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📍 Lexington⬆ 979 ft2 runways
KLEX · LEX

Blue Grass Airport

38.03650°N
-84.60590°W
ARR / DAY
77
11.4%
DEP / DAY
80
12.2%
ON-TIME
86.1% Top 25%
arr · avg 7 min
dep · 100% · avg -14 min cal
AVG DELAY
7 min
7d window

Blue Grass Airport (KLEX/LEX) is a large domestic airport located in Lexington, KY. It features 2 runways with the longest being 7,004 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 77 arrivals and 80 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 24 carriers across 52 routes. The most active carrier is PSA Airlines (JIA). The busiest route is to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (KORD). On-time performance averages 86% 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 277 seconds.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

27m ago
Temp
93°F
Wind
8 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KLEX 012054Z 23008KT 10SM CLR 34/20 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP173 T03390200 58016 $

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

36 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 2 PM · 1 movement every 277 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 45 0h 59m
LEXATL
Atlanta, US
Delta AIR Lines 45 1h 0m
LEXCLT
Charlotte, US
PSA Airlines 42 0h 51m
LEXPHL
Philadelphia, US
PSA Airlines 21 1h 19m
LEXDTW
Detroit, US
SKY West Aviation 18 0h 56m
LEXDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
PSA Airlines 14 1h 55m
LEXDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
Envoy AIR 14 1h 59m
LEXLGA
New York, US
Republic Airlines 8 1h 34m
LEXDCA
Washington, US
Republic Airlines 8 1h 11m
LEXDEN
Denver, US
United Airlines 7 2h 34m
LEXLGA
New York, US
Endeavor AIR 6 1h 34m
LEXLOU
Louisville, US
United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 6 0h 30m
LEXDTW
Detroit, US
Endeavor AIR 5 1h 4m
LEXORD
Chicago, US
Gojet Airlines 4 0h 57m
LEXLBE
Latrobe, US
L.J. Associates D/B/A L J Aviation (Latrobe 4 0h 54m
LEXSFB
Orlando, US
Allegiant AIR 4 1h 32m
LEXPIE
St Petersburg-Clearwater, US
Allegiant AIR 3 1h 47m
LEXMDW
Chicago, US
Flexjet LLC (Richardson 2 0h 52m
LEX99KY
Danville, US
OZN 2 0h 15m
LEXDAA
Fort Belvoir, US
Department of the Army 2 1h 38m
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