# Blue Grass Airport (LEX / KLEX) **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. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/klex ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: LEX / KLEX - FAA: LEX - Type: Medium airport - Serves: Lexington, Kentucky, United States - Opened: 1942 - Elevation: 980 ft / 299 m - Coordinates: 38.0351, -84.6067 - Runways: 2 - Longest runway: 7,004 ft / 2,135 m - Instrument procedures: 7 approaches - Passengers: 1,585,940 (2025) - Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York - Website: http://www.bluegrassairport.com/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Grass_Airport (12 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q598259 - Weather station: KLEX · WMO 72422 - Ident: KLEX ## Timeline - 1942: Blue Grass Airport opens. - 27 Aug 2006: Comair Flight 5191. 49 killed. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 04/22 | 7,004 ft / 2,135 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 042° / 222° | yes | | 09/27 | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 083° / 263° | yes | - FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00697AD.PDF ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2014 | 1,209,327 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 1,215,274 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2016 | 1,276,723 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2017 | 1,274,160 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2018 | 1,312,709 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2019 | 1,415,910 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2020 | 574,466 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2021 | 929,547 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2022 | 1,156,061 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2023 | 1,331,318 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2024 | 1,548,124 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2025 | 1,585,940 | BTS T-100 Segment | ## Routes 12 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (9) - [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 281 mi / 453 km · American Eagle - [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 324 mi / 521 km · American Eagle - [PHL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphl.md) Philadelphia International Airport · United States · 519 mi / 835 km · American Eagle - [SFB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksfb.md) Orlando Sanford International Airport · United States · 669 mi / 1,076 km · Allegiant Air - [PIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpie.md) St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · United States · 708 mi / 1,140 km · Allegiant Air - [SRQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksrq.md) Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · United States · 745 mi / 1,199 km · Allegiant Air - [PGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpgd.md) Punta Gorda Airport · United States · 783 mi / 1,260 km · Allegiant Air - [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 784 mi / 1,261 km · American Eagle - [FLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfll.md) Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · United States · 866 mi / 1,394 km · Allegiant Air ### Seasonal (3) - [MYR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmyr.md) Myrtle Beach International Airport · United States · 437 mi / 704 km · Allegiant Air - [VPS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvps.md) Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport · United States · 533 mi / 858 km · Allegiant Air - [MIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmia.md) Miami International Airport · United States · 882 mi / 1,420 km · American Eagle ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from LEX, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (2) - G4 [Allegiant Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/allegiant-air) · 7 - [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 5 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 1.6M (2025) | #659 of 3,974 | #160 in North America | #113 in US | | Longest runway | 7,004 ft / 2,135 m | =3,453 of 29,858 | =801 in North America | =603 in US | | Elevation | 980 ft / 299 m | =18,133 of 43,403 | =8,112 in North America | =6,508 in US | | Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US | | Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | A/D | LEXINGTON APP/DEP | 120.150 | | ATIS | ATIS | 126.300 | | CLD | CLNC DEL | 132.350 | | GND | GND | 121.900 | | TWR | LEXINGTON TWR | 119.100 | | UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 | ## Nearby airports - [KRGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ki39.md) Central Kentucky Regional Airport · 32 mi / 51 km - [LOU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klou.md) Bowman Field · 59 mi / 95 km - [SDF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksdf.md) Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · 62 mi / 100 km - [SME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksme.md) Lake Cumberland Regional Airport · 68 mi / 109 km - [CVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcvg.md) Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport · 70 mi / 113 km - [LOZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kloz.md) London-Corbin Airport/Magee Field · 72 mi / 116 km ## Sources - [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government)) - [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government)) - [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government)) - [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain) - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0) - [Wikipedia: “Blue Grass Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue_Grass_Airport&oldid=1371651575), revision of 27 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0) - [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0) - Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/klex/data