Blue Grass in February 2026

82.5%departed on time

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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 576 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 82.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.4% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 622 departures with 77.7% leaving on time: a change of +4.8 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 77.9% of the time (574 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 80.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from LEX in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	82.5%	77.7%	78.7%	78.1%
Arrived on time	80.4%	74.9%	77.9%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.7%	2.4%	2.2%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.4 min	18.8 min	18.5 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	21	25	17,168
Scheduled departures	576	622	9,242	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	136	24%	86.8%	-7.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	109	19%	83.5%	9.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	86	15%	82.6%	7.6 min	3.5%
MQ Envoy Air	79	14%	78.5%	-4.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	66	11%	78.8%	2.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	55	10%	58.2%	16.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	45	8%	82.2%	9.3 min	2.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LEX–ATL	Lexington to Atlanta	136	86.8%	-7.0 min	0.0%
LEX–ORD	Lexington to Chicago	87	74.7%	8.5 min	0.0%
LEX–DTW	Lexington to Detroit	84	81.0%	4.7 min	0.0%
LEX–CLT	Lexington to Charlotte	72	81.9%	10.5 min	4.2%
LEX–DFW	Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth	64	84.4%	2.3 min	1.6%
LEX–DEN	Lexington to Denver	28	89.3%	0.6 min	0.0%
LEX–DCA	Lexington to Washington	24	79.2%	3.3 min	0.0%
LEX–PGD	Lexington to Punta Gorda	12	66.7%	-0.4 min	0.0%
LEX–LGA	Lexington to New York	11	90.9%	-2.8 min	0.0%
LEX–PHL	Lexington to Philadelphia	11	81.8%	-5.6 min	0.0%
LEX–SFB	Lexington to Sanford	11	45.5%	17.0 min	0.0%
LEX–FLL	Lexington to Fort Lauderdale	8	50.0%	39.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	40.9%	38.2%	3,432
Late-arriving aircraft	36.1%	37.2%	3,034
National Aviation System	14.7%	18.5%	1,231
Extreme weather	8.1%	6.0%	678
Security	0.2%	0.2%	20

8,395 delay minutes on 107 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left LEX on time in February 2026?

82.5% of 576 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 77.7% of 622 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 82.5% and 0.7% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.