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Airport month · December 2025
Blue Grass in December 2025
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 586 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 69.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 63.8% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 2.7 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 714 departures with 80.4% leaving on time: a change of −11.1 points, with flights down 18%.
Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 67.4% of the time (582 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 63.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 33.3%
- Cancelled 2.4%
- Diverted 0.5%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 69.3% | 80.4% | 78.7% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 63.8% | 78.2% | 77.9% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 2.4% | 0.1% | 2.2% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 27.6 min | 20.4 min | 18.5 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 20 | 24 | 25 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 586 | 714 | 9,242 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 152 | 26% | 55.9% | 28.9 min | 3.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 106 | 18% | 73.6% | 1.1 min | 4.7% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 99 | 17% | 65.7% | 13.4 min | 2.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 85 | 15% | 49.4% | 45.5 min | 2.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 60 | 10% | 73.3% | 21.2 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 42 | 7% | 57.1% | 20.2 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 42 | 7% | 85.7% | -2.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEX–ORD | Lexington to Chicago | 122 | 48.4% | 35.8 min | 3.3% |
| LEX–ATL | Lexington to Atlanta | 106 | 73.6% | 1.1 min | 4.7% |
| LEX–DFW | Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth | 90 | 71.1% | 18.0 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–CLT | Lexington to Charlotte | 68 | 70.6% | 11.2 min | 1.5% |
| LEX–DTW | Lexington to Detroit | 43 | 79.1% | 14.5 min | 2.3% |
| LEX–DEN | Lexington to Denver | 31 | 77.4% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–PGD | Lexington to Punta Gorda | 22 | 63.6% | 6.0 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–DCA | Lexington to Washington | 21 | 71.4% | 3.4 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–SFB | Lexington to Sanford | 19 | 36.8% | 100.9 min | 10.5% |
| LEX–PHL | Lexington to Philadelphia | 17 | 47.1% | 12.6 min | 5.9% |
| LEX–PIE | Lexington to St. Petersburg | 15 | 40.0% | 27.2 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–FLL | Lexington to Fort Lauderdale | 12 | 33.3% | 45.3 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LEX on time in December 2025?
69.3% of 586 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 63.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 80.4% of 714 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 69.3% and 2.4% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for LEX · methodology · corrections.