Blue Grass in July 2026

73.7%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 925 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 73.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.4% reached their destination on time; 2.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 4.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 897 departures with 72.4% leaving on time: a change of +1.3 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 63.9% of the time (926 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 36% and extreme weather 12%.

On time 74.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.5%
Cancelled 2.8%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	73.7%	72.4%	78.7%	68.8%
Arrived on time	74.4%	69.8%	77.9%	69.4%
Cancelled	2.8%	2.1%	2.2%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.2 min	21.6 min	18.5 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	31	30	25	21,066
Scheduled departures	925	897	9,242	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	236	26%	70.3%	14.5 min	3.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	201	22%	73.1%	9.0 min	1.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	182	20%	78.0%	18.5 min	3.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	120	13%	65.0%	23.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	92	10%	83.7%	-3.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	63	7%	81.0%	-10.2 min	11.1%
UA United Airlines	31	3%	87.1%	0.1 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LEX–ATL	Lexington to Atlanta	201	73.1%	9.0 min	1.5%
LEX–CLT	Lexington to Charlotte	147	72.1%	14.7 min	1.4%
LEX–ORD	Lexington to Chicago	128	75.0%	22.4 min	5.5%
LEX–DFW	Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth	120	77.5%	0.1 min	2.5%
LEX–PHL	Lexington to Philadelphia	61	72.1%	13.8 min	4.9%
LEX–DTW	Lexington to Detroit	59	86.4%	7.5 min	0.0%
LEX–DEN	Lexington to Denver	31	87.1%	0.1 min	3.2%
LEX–LGA	Lexington to New York	31	71.0%	-6.6 min	19.4%
LEX–SFB	Lexington to Sanford	28	67.9%	17.4 min	0.0%
LEX–DCA	Lexington to Washington	27	88.9%	-12.4 min	3.7%
LEX–PIE	Lexington to St. Petersburg	24	79.2%	16.4 min	0.0%
LEX–PGD	Lexington to Punta Gorda	15	73.3%	20.7 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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	36.1%	31.7%	7,199
Late-arriving aircraft	40.6%	41.8%	8,095
National Aviation System	10.5%	19.9%	2,100
Extreme weather	12.4%	6.5%	2,478
Security	0.3%	0.1%	58

19,930 delay minutes on 208 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 July 2026?

73.7% of 925 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 72.4% of 897 departures left on time and 2.1% were cancelled, against 73.7% and 2.8% in July 2026.

Provenance

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