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Airport Reliability

LEX · Lexington

Lexington, KY (LEX)

80%
Departures within 15 minutes
14 min
Average departure delay
75%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
2.3%
Departures cancelled

Based on 11,284 departures and 11,282 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

Departures from LEX departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 46% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Wednesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 82% on time on Wednesdays against 76% on Sundays.

Ticking up lately.

Departures from LEX arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% in the three months before that.

When LEX gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(400 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(3264 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(2099 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(1496 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(2028 flights)
  • 6–9 PM64%(1384 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM46%(326 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(1592 flights)
  • Tue80%(1475 flights)
  • Wed82%(1497 flights)
  • Thu79%(1695 flights)
  • Fri80%(1605 flights)
  • Sat79%(1416 flights)
  • Sun76%(1717 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 70% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%1012
July 202573%1002
August 202580%952
September 202588%909
October 202582%1033
November 202579%864
December 202568%844
January 202680%752
February 202682%761
March 202679%878
April 202683%934
May 202682%1056

Airlines departing LEX

Busiest routes from LEX

Based on 11,284 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.