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Blue Grass Airport

Blue Grass Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorLexington-Fayette Urban County Airport Board
ServesLexington, Kentucky
LocationFayette County
Elevation AMSL979 ft / 298 m
Coordinates38°02′11″N 084°36′21″W / 38.03639°N 84.60583°W / 38.03639; -84.60583
Websitebluegrassairport.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 7,004 2,135 Asphalt
9/27 4,000 1,219 Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Passenger volume1,354,136
Departing passengers681,611
Commercial aircraft operations17,720
Based aircraft (2021)169
Source: Blue Grass Airport,[1] Federal Aviation Administration,[2] BTS[3]

Blue Grass Airport (IATA: LEX, ICAO: KLEX, FAA LID: LEX) is a public airport in Fayette County, Kentucky, United States, 6 miles west of downtown Lexington. Located among horse farms and situated directly across from Keeneland Race Course, Blue Grass Airport is the primary airport serving central and eastern Kentucky. More than 1.3 million passengers depart or arrive annually at Blue Grass Airport. In 2017, the airport served 1,316,847 passengers via four major airline carriers: Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines.[4]

  1. ^ "Blue Grass Airport Passenger Stats for 2023" (PDF). bluegrassairport.com. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  2. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for LEX PDF, effective October 31, 2024.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference transtats.bts.gov was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Blue Grass Airport Passenger Statistics

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