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Blue Grass Airport

38.03650°N
-84.60590°W
ARR / DAY
88
▼ 12.3%
DEP / DAY
90
▼ 14.2%
ON-TIME
86.6% Top 25%
arr · avg 7 min
dep · 100% · avg -15 min cal
AVG DELAY
7 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 90 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 29 carriers across 58 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 87% with an average delay of 7 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 257 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 2 total

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Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
2
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Return to field
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
8 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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KLEX 051354Z 06008KT 10SM CLR 23/20 A3001 RMK AO2 PK WND 05028/1255 RAE1255 SLP152 P0000 T02280200 $

Runways

2 installed

7,003 FT MAX
04/22
7,003 ft × 150
ASP● LIT
09/27
4,000 ft × 75
concrete● LIT

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

Schedule vs actual
0m 5a 29m 6a 23m 7a 5m 8a 12m 9a 6m 10a 11m 11a 3m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

35 total
TOP 9 372
SKY West Aviation 26% PSA Airlines 25% Delta AIR Lines 18% Endeavor AIR 8% Netjets Aviation 7% Republic Airlines 6% Envoy AIR 5% United Airlines 3% Gojet Airlines 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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ORD 75
ATL 66
CLT 49
DTW 36
DFW 30
PHL 25

Carriers

See all + destinations → 35
SKY West Aviation
97
PSA Airlines
92
Delta AIR Lines
66
Endeavor AIR
28
Netjets Aviation
26
Republic Airlines
21
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Envoy AIR
20
United Airlines
11
Gojet Airlines
11
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
10
United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond
10
Allegiant AIR
9
Executive JET Management
9
Zetta JET USA
6
SLA
4
American Airlines
4
WUP
4
United States Department of Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation Service (Jpats) (el Paso
2
JET OUT
2
Holman Leasing Systems
2
L.J. Associates D/B/A L J Aviation (Latrobe
2
Spirit Jets
2
OZN
2
JEN
2
CGY
2
Aircraft Management Group
2
ATI JET
2
Middle Tennessee State University (Mtsu)
2
Institute of Aviation AT Parkland College
2
Airsprint
2
Executive Aerospace (Pty)
2
Summit Aviation
2
JET Logistics
2
Hop-A-Jet
1
NON
1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KLEX · last 7d

34 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 10 AM · 1 movement every 257 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 66 1h 1m
LEXATL
Atlanta, US
 Delta AIR Lines 66 1h 0m
LEXCLT
Charlotte, US
 PSA Airlines 48 0h 51m
LEXPHL
Philadelphia, US
 PSA Airlines 25 1h 20m
LEXDTW
Detroit, US
 SKY West Aviation 22 0h 54m
LEXDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
 Envoy AIR 17 1h 56m
LEXDTW
Detroit, US
 Endeavor AIR 14 1h 0m
LEXDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
 PSA Airlines 13 1h 51m
LEXDEN
Denver, US
 United Airlines 11 2h 29m
LEXLGA
New York, US
 Endeavor AIR 10 1h 52m
LEXLGA
New York, US
 Republic Airlines 10 1h 38m
LEXORD
Chicago, US
 Gojet Airlines 9 1h 2m
LEXDCA
Washington, US
 Republic Airlines 9 1h 8m
LEXLUK
Cincinnati, US
 Zetta JET USA 4 0h 19m
LEXPIE
St Petersburg-Clearwater, US
 Allegiant AIR 3 1h 52m
LEXAVL
Asheville, US
 SLA 2 1h 37m
LEX99KY
Danville, US
 OZN 2 0h 15m
LEXSCH
Schenectady, US
 Zetta JET USA 2 1h 25m
LEXKMBT
Murfreesboro, US
 Middle Tennessee State University (Mtsu) 2 1h 26m
LEXCOU
Columbia, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 1h 3m
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