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📍 Lexington⬆ 979 ft2 runways
KLEX · LEX

Blue Grass Airport

38.03650°N
-84.60590°W
ARR / DAY
88
▼ 11.5%
DEP / DAY
95
▼ 5.2%
ON-TIME
23.8% Bottom 25%
arr · avg 13 minest
AVG DELAY
13 min
7d window

Blue Grass Airport (KLEX/LEX) is a large international airport located in Lexington, KY. It features 2 runways with the longest being 7,003 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 88 arrivals and 95 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 27 carriers across 73 routes. The most active carrier is SKY West Aviation (SKW). The busiest route is to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (KORD). On-time performance averages 24% with an average delay of 13 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 240 seconds.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

44m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
10 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KLEX 131454Z 22010G20KT 10SM CLR 25/15 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP166 T02500150 51006

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

Schedule vs actual
59m 5a 10m 6a 16m 7a 3m 8a 4m 9a 6m 10a 12m 11a 4m 12p

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
TWR 119.100 24
TWR 257.800 24
GND 121.900 24
ATIS 126.300 24
APCH 120.150 24
APCH 120.750 24
APCH 133.400 24
APCH 259.300 24
APCH 298.900 24
UNICOM 122.950 —
LCL/P 119.100 24
CLASS C 120.150 24
CLASS C 120.750 24
EMERG 121.500 24
LEXINGTO 122.600 —
OTHER 122.600 —
CD/P 132.350 24
OTHER 132.350 24
EMERG 243.000 24
LCL/P 257.800 24
CLASS C 259.300 24
CLASS C 298.900 24
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZID
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KLEX · last 7d

39 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 10 AM · 1 movement every 240 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
LEXORD
Chicago, US
SKY West Aviation 72 1h 4m
LEXATL
Atlanta, US
Delta AIR Lines 64 1h 3m
LEXCLT
Charlotte, US
PSA Airlines 59 0h 53m
LEXDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
Envoy AIR 22 2h 4m
LEXDTW
Detroit, US
SKY West Aviation 21 0h 56m
LEXDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
PSA Airlines 18 1h 56m
LEXPHL
Philadelphia, US
PSA Airlines 13 1h 20m
LEXDTW
Detroit, US
Endeavor AIR 13 1h 1m
LEXDCA
Washington, US
Republic Airlines 11 1h 12m
LEXSFB
Orlando, US
Allegiant AIR 11 1h 36m
LEXLGA
New York, US
Republic Airlines 10 1h 41m
LEXDEN
Denver, US
United Airlines 9 2h 30m
LEXLGA
New York, US
Endeavor AIR 8 1h 44m
LEXPIE
St Petersburg-Clearwater, US
Allegiant AIR 5 1h 43m
LEXBDL
Hartford, US
Flexjet LLC (Richardson 2 1h 37m
LEXFLL
Fort Lauderdale, US
Allegiant AIR 2 2h 15m
LEXF13
Punta Gorda, US
Allegiant AIR 2 1h 47m
LEXADS
Dallas, US
GTA AIR 2 4h 0m
LEXPGD
Punta Gorda, US
Allegiant AIR 2 1h 45m
LEXPAH
Paducah, US
Netjets Aviation 2 0h 46m
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