LEX — Blue Grass Airport
- IATA code
- LEX
- ICAO code
- KLEX
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 1,591,871
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
- Nonstop routes
- 47
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−5 / UTC−4
- America/New_York
- Elevation
- 298 m
- 978 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 2,135 m
Local time now: —
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About LEX
Blue Grass Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Lexington, United States. It opened in 1942. 1,591,871 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 47 nonstop routes from LEX.
Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from LEX
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| LEX → ATL | 488 km | 431,290 |
| LEX → ORD | 521 km | 242,462 |
| LEX → CLT | 453 km | 196,518 |
| LEX → DFW | 1,263 km | 177,255 |
| LEX → DTW | 476 km | 115,756 |
| LEX → SFB | 1,074 km | 65,487 |
| LEX → PIE | 1,137 km | 54,464 |
| LEX → DEN | 1,748 km | 52,517 |
| LEX → PGD | 1,257 km | 50,611 |
| LEX → FLL | 1,391 km | 39,433 |
| LEX → PHL | 837 km | 37,298 |
| LEX → LGA | 973 km | 34,078 |
| LEX → LAS | 2,713 km | 24,999 |
| LEX → SRQ | 1,196 km | 24,981 |
| LEX → DCA | 667 km | 22,429 |
| LEX → VPS | 856 km | 8,162 |
| LEX → MYR | 704 km | 5,784 |
| LEX → MIA | 1,417 km | 1,965 |
| LEX → MSP | 1,046 km | 1,487 |
| LEX → CVG | 113 km | 1,054 |
| LEX → SDF | 100 km | 662 |
| LEX → CMH | 264 km | 458 |
| LEX → AUS | 1,483 km | 349 |
| LEX → OKC | 1,196 km | 308 |
| LEX → TYS | 253 km | 204 |
| LEX → BNA | 281 km | 179 |
| LEX → PHX | 2,521 km | 172 |
| LEX → CHA | 337 km | 153 |
| LEX → MDW | 496 km | 129 |
| LEX → MSY | 1,033 km | 110 |
| LEX → AGS | 570 km | 103 |
| LEX → IAH | 1,333 km | 92 |
| LEX → DAY | 210 km | 89 |
| LEX → SBN | 433 km | 89 |
| LEX → CAE | 552 km | 83 |
| LEX → HPN | 995 km | 83 |
| LEX → TUL | 1,022 km | 75 |
| LEX → SHV | 1,043 km | 70 |
| LEX → BWI | 703 km | 68 |
| LEX → IAD | 632 km | 64 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Airlines at LEX
- OO SkyWest Airlines · 4,451 flights
- OH PSA Airlines · 4,052 flights
- DL Delta Air Lines · 4,044 flights
- MQ Envoy Air · 1,833 flights
- G4 Allegiant Air · 1,811 flights
- G7 GoJet Airlines · 1,676 flights
- 9E Endeavor Air · 1,633 flights
- YX Republic Airline · 1,257 flights
- PT Piedmont Airlines · 791 flights
- AA American Airlines · 626 flights
- UA United Air Lines · 141 flights
Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources
Punctuality
- Departures on time
- 80.4%
- Within 15 minutes of schedule
- Cancelled
- 2.2%
- Departures counted
- 9,242
- US domestic flights
US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources
Airports within 150 km
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| SDF | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | 100 km |
| CVG | Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport | 113 km |
| LUK | Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field | 120 km |
Distance from LEX to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,135 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
| 09/27 | 1,219 m | 23 m | Concrete |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Lexington, Kentucky, United States · 38.0351, -84.6067
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