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Blue Grass Airport

ICAO KLEX38.0351°N 84.6067°W980 ft / 299 mMedium airport
On the map
KLEX Blue Grass Airport
PD USGS basemap as extracted by Dual Freq. · Public domain · Commons

Blue Grass Airport (IATA: LEX, ICAO: KLEX) is a medium airport in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It opened in 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,004 ft (2,135 m). In 2025 it handled 1.6 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1942–2006
1942
OpenedBlue Grass Airport opens.
27 AUG 2006
DisasterComair Flight 5191.49 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
TAC AirConcourse BConcourse AThe Club at Blue Grass
04/22042° / 222° · LIT
LENGTH7,004 ft2,135 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
09/27083° / 263° · LIT
LENGTH4,000 ft1,219 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.2M
1.2M
1.3M
1.3M
1.3M
1.4M
574K
930K
1.2M
1.3M
1.5M
1.6M
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Routes

12 destinations · 1 country
500 km1,000 km1,500 km250 mi500 mi750 miCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 281 mi / 453 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 324 mi / 521 kmPHL · Philadelphia International Airport · 519 mi / 835 kmSFB · Orlando Sanford International Airport · 669 mi / 1,076 kmPIE · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · 708 mi / 1,140 kmSRQ · Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · 745 mi / 1,199 kmPGD · Punta Gorda Airport · 783 mi / 1,260 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 784 mi / 1,261 kmFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 866 mi / 1,394 kmMYR · Myrtle Beach International Airport · 437 mi / 704 kmVPS · Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport · 533 mi / 858 kmMIA · Miami International Airport · 882 mi / 1,420 kmMIADFWPGDPIESFBVPSPHLMYRORDCLTSRQFLLLEX
Most destinationsAllegiant Air 7American Eagle 5

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LEX. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Blue Grass Airport” (revision of 27 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.6M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#659of 3,974 · #160 North America · #113 USLongest runway7,004 ft2,135 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,453of 29,823 · =801 North America · =603 USElevation980 ft299 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=18,117of 43,341 · =8,109 North America · =6,505 USAgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =924 North America · =885 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels
A/DLEXINGTON APP/DEP120.150
ATISATIS126.300
CLDCLNC DEL132.350
GNDGND121.900
TWRLEXINGTON TWR119.100
UNICUNICOM122.950