Blue Grass in March 2026

76.2%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 638 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 76.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.1% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 723 departures with 84.1% leaving on time: a change of −7.9 points, with flights down 12%.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 73.0% of the time (638 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 78.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.7%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	76.2%	84.1%	78.7%	72.8%
Arrived on time	78.1%	83.0%	77.9%	73.2%
Cancelled	2.0%	1.4%	2.2%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.5 min	12.2 min	18.5 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	24	25	20,403
Scheduled departures	638	723	9,242	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	125	20%	87.2%	-11.6 min	2.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	123	19%	71.5%	23.7 min	2.4%
MQ Envoy Air	116	18%	76.7%	13.6 min	0.9%
OH PSA Airlines	87	14%	81.6%	-3.5 min	4.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	66	10%	66.7%	18.5 min	1.5%
AA American Airlines	62	10%	72.6%	69.2 min	1.6%
YX Republic Airline	59	9%	88.1%	0.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LEX–ATL	Lexington to Atlanta	125	87.2%	-11.6 min	2.4%
LEX–ORD	Lexington to Chicago	120	68.3%	19.9 min	3.3%
LEX–DTW	Lexington to Detroit	93	77.4%	15.0 min	0.0%
LEX–CLT	Lexington to Charlotte	87	81.6%	-3.5 min	4.6%
LEX–DFW	Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth	85	75.3%	49.9 min	1.2%
LEX–DEN	Lexington to Denver	31	83.9%	31.5 min	0.0%
LEX–DCA	Lexington to Washington	27	96.3%	-5.9 min	0.0%
LEX–PGD	Lexington to Punta Gorda	15	73.3%	20.5 min	0.0%
LEX–SFB	Lexington to Sanford	13	61.5%	36.7 min	0.0%
LEX–PIE	Lexington to St. Petersburg	11	45.5%	30.0 min	0.0%
LEX–FLL	Lexington to Fort Lauderdale	9	77.8%	7.9 min	0.0%
LEX–LAS	Lexington to Las Vegas	9	77.8%	-2.1 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	49.4%	33.5%	7,840
Late-arriving aircraft	32.1%	39.3%	5,098
National Aviation System	16.0%	21.0%	2,549
Extreme weather	2.5%	5.9%	398
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

15,885 delay minutes on 126 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 March 2026?

76.2% of 638 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 84.1% of 723 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 76.2% and 2.0% in March 2026.

Provenance

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