Blue Grass Airport
LEX · KLEX · Lexington, Kentucky · Fayette County · map
Blue Grass Airport is a public-use airport owned by Lexington-Fayette CO Arpt Brd, 4 miles west of Lexington, Kentucky, 980 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 7,004 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 169 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 92,698 takeoffs and landings a year. About 753,119 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KLEX · observed 11:54 am EDT (15:54 UTC), 29 minutes ago
LIFR very low ceiling or visibility
- Wind from the north-northwest (340°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 400 feet
- Weather: light rain
- Temperature 62°F (17°C), dew point 61°F (16°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 9:23 am EDT (13:23 UTC), good until Mon 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC)
- From Sun 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility 2 miles, light rain showers, mist, overcast at 400 feet LIFR
- From Sun 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the north at 6 knots, visibility 6 miles, light rain showers, mist, overcast at 700 feet IFR
- From Sun 4:00 pm EDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 700 feet IFR
- From Sun 11:00 pm EDT (03:00 UTC): wind from the west at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 2,500 feet MVFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLEX 111554Z 34005KT 10SM -RA OVC004 17/16 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP129 P0000 T01670161
TAF KLEX 111323Z 1113/1212 VRB06KT 2SM -SHRA BR OVC004 FM111600 35006KT 6SM -SHRA BR OVC007 FM112000 29008KT P6SM OVC007 FM120300 26005KT P6SM OVC025
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
1 warning in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to cig blw 010 vis blw 3sm pcpn br).
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- E55P at 0 ft, 0 nm south, 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): overcast above 1,300 ft.
- C68A at 0 ft, 0 nm south, 9:43 am EDT (13:43 UTC): a broken layer above 1,200 ft.
- GL5T at 0 ft, 2 nm southwest, 12:15 pm EDT (16:15 UTC): overcast from 40,000 ft to 3,200 ft.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (GSP, 221 nm southeast), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 240° at 20 kt; 6,000 ft: 280° at 17 kt, 9 °C; 9,000 ft: 260° at 26 kt, 8 °C; 12,000 ft: 240° at 37 kt, 7 °C; 18,000 ft: 230° at 43 kt, -5 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA LEX · ICAO KLEX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Lexington-Fayette CO Arpt Brd
- Elevation
- 980 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 7,004 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 36 ft high 2,000 ft from the end
- Runway 22: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 54 ft high 1,980 ft from the end
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the right
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 126.3 | Lexington |
| Clearance delivery | 118.65 | |
| Clearance delivery | 127.425 | |
| Clearance delivery | 132.35 | Lexington |
| Ground | 121.9 | Lexington |
| Tower | 119.1 | Lexington |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Departure procedure (JIVAD) arriving from headings 040 to 220 | 120.15 | Lexington |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 221 to 039 | 120.75 | Lexington |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) arriving from headings 040 to 220 | 133.4 | Lexington |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Lexington |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 859-203-5240.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 115 |
| multi-engine | 22 |
| jets | 23 |
| helicopters | 9 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 92,698, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 17,528 |
| air taxi and commuter | 10,732 |
| general aviation, travelling | 44,668 |
| general aviation, local | 17,470 |
| military | 2,300 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Lexington from the FAA register
194 aircraft are registered to owners in Lexington, Kentucky: 124 piston singles, 17 business jets, 15 helicopters, 10 piston twins, 7 weight-shift and powered parachutes. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Kentucky.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Georgetown-Scott County Regional (14 nm northeast), Capital City Airport (17 nm northwest), Central Kentucky Regional (28 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Kentucky · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Lexington, by their names on the register:
- Lexington Flying Club INC 4 aircraft Lexington Flying Club is a nonprofit flying club chartered in 1953 that provides members with access to a fleet of five aircraft based at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky.
- Louisville Soaring Club INC 3 aircraft
- Lexington Flying Club 2 aircraft Lexington Flying Club is a nonprofit flying club chartered in 1953 that provides members with access to a fleet of five aircraft based at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky.
Charter operators and airlines based in Lexington:
- Triton Airways LLC 6 aircraft on the certificate Triton Airways is a private charter operator and aircraft management company headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky.
Repair stations in Lexington:
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 5 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 5 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance).
- Jw Lynn private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Lexington, KY (0 nm) · (859) 583-3361 · jwlynndpe@gmail.com
- Wayne Lee Sherman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Lancaster, KY (22 nm) · (630) 248-1452 · wayne.sherman14@gmail.com
- Bruce Lyndon Moore private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Eastern Kentucky University · Richmond, KY (28 nm) · (904) 315-1605 · blm.hdfs@att.net
- Sean Edward Howard private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals; airplanes · Richmond, KY (28 nm) · (859) 227-8070 · boomer223@icloud.com
- Paul Skjeveland private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Deer Run Airpark · Campbellsburg, KY (40 nm) · (507) 382-2742 · flyingroosterllc@gmail.com
All 11 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 26 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Ics/index D rescue and firefighting (ARFF) cpblitys upon required.
- Flight notification service (adcus) available.
- Engineered material arresting system (emas) 316 feet in length by 170 feet in width starting 186 feet der 04.
- Engineered material arresting system (emas) 283 feet in length by 170 feet in width starting 307 feet der 22.
- Runway 09/27 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Durg L pattern do not mistake runway 27 for runway 22. Wall mural bfr threshold gives illusion of a bridge.
- Taxiway B and taxiway F west of taxiway F3; not available for schedule air carrier operations more than 9 passenger seats or unscheduled air carrier at least 31 passenger seats; closed to aircraft with wingspan greater than 78 feet.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Lexington 194 aircraft · 124 piston singles, 17 business jets, 15 helicopters
- Airmart INC 16 aircraft in town
- Lt Aviation LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Lexington Flying Club INC 4 aircraft in town
- Bcd Leasing CORP 4 aircraft in town
- Triton Airways LLC 6 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Lexington Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · flying club
- Louisville Soaring Club INC 3 aircraft · flying club
- Lexington Flying Club 2 aircraft · flying club
- Thoroughbred Aviation Maintenance INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 26 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Kentucky 702 since 1982 · 112 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Kentucky 60 landing places
- Kentucky 2,979 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LEX.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 9, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.