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Blue Grass Airport
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Blue Grass Airport
IATA: LEX
ICAO: KLEX
FAA LID: LEX
Summary
Airport type
Public
Owner
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Airport Board
Operator
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Airport Board
Serves
Lexington, Kentucky
Location
Fayette County
Elevation AMSL
979 ft / 298 m
Coordinates
38°02′11″N 084°36′21″W / 38.03639°N 84.60583°W / 38.03639; -84.60583Coordinates: 38°02′11″N 084°36′21″W / 38.03639°N 84.60583°W / 38.03639; -84.60583
Website
bluegrassairport.com
Map
LEX
Location of airport in Kentucky / United States
LEX
LEX (the US)
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Runways
Direction
Length
Surface
ft
m
4/22 7,004 2,135 Asphalt
9/27 4,000 1,219 Concrete
Statistics (2016)
Aircraft operations
69,485
Based aircraft (2015)
107
Passengers
1,245,251
Source: Blue Grass Airport[1]
Blue Grass Airport (IATA: LEX, ICAO: KLEX, FAA LID: LEX) is a public airport in Fayette County, Kentucky, 4 miles west of downtown Lexington. Located among world-renowned horse farms and situated directly across from Keeneland Race Course, Blue Grass Airport is the primary airport serving central and eastern Kentucky. More than 1.2 million passengers depart or arrive annually at Blue Grass Airport. In 2016, the airport served 1,245,251 passengers via four major airline carriers: Allegiant, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines.[2]
The airport covers 911 acres (3.69 km2) and has two runways. On August 4, 2010, a new 4,000 foot runway, 9/27, opened replacing the previous 3,500 foot runway, 8/26.[3] The previous runway, which is in a similar location as the new runway except that it overlapped runway 22, was removed after a 2006 crash of a Delta Connection flight, during which all aboard except the co-pilot were killed after an attempted take-off from the wrong, shorter runway.[4] Blue Grass Airport is home to the Aviation Museum of Kentucky, which features more than 25,000 square feet of exhibit space displaying restored aircraft and memorabilia. The current main terminal building opened in 1977. On April 18, 2007, Blue Grass Airport opened an extension of Concourse B, adding six boarding gates with four new jet bridges.
Blue Grass Airport is a catalyst for economic growth in the region, contributing to both the Lexington area and other parts of Kentucky. The airport is an important component of Lexington's economy, providing 3,478 jobs for Lexington and an annual economic impact of $370 million.[5] In addition to commercial passenger service, the airport also offers corporate and general aviation services, including a newly constructed general aviation terminal, U.S. Customs, charter flights, aircraft maintenance, hangars and flight instruction.
The airport is the third busiest airport in Kentucky, behind Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (6.3 million passengers/year) and Louisville International Airport (3.4 million passengers/year).
Contents
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1 Airlines and destinations
1.1 Passenger
2 Statistics
2.1 Top destinations
2.2 Airline market share
3 History
4 Accidents and incidents
5 Popular culture
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Airlines and destinations[edit]
Passenger[edit]
Airlines
Destinations
Refs
Allegiant Air Fort Lauderdale, Orlando/Sanford, Punta Gorda (FL), St. Petersburg/Clearwater
Seasonal: Fort Walton Beach, Myrtle Beach, Savannah [6]
American Eagle Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Philadelphia [7]
Delta Air Lines Atlanta [8]
Delta Connection Atlanta, Detroit, New York–La Guardia, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Washington–National [8]
United Express Chicago–O'Hare, Houston–Intercontinental, Newark [9]
Statistics[edit]
Top destinations[edit]
Busiest Domestic Routes from LEX (Jun 2016 – May 2017)[10]
Rank
Airport
Passengers
Carriers
1 Atlanta, Georgia 178,000 Delta
2 Charlotte, North Carolina 81,000 American
3 Chicago–O'Hare, Illinois 80,000 American, United
4 Detroit, Michigan 54,000 Delta
5 Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas 42,000 American
6 Orlando–Sanford, Florida 41,000 Allegiant
7 Fort Myers/Punta Gorda, Florida 33,000 Allegiant
8 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 24,000 American
9 St. Petersburg/Clearwater, Florida 23,000 Allegiant
10 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 23,000 Allegiant
Airline market share[edit]
Largest Airlines at LEX (Nov 2015 – Oct 2016)[10]
Rank
Airline
Passengers
Share
1 ExpressJet 266,000 21.21%
2 Allegiant Airlines 251,000 20.01%
3 Delta Air Lines 217,000 17.31%
4 PSA Airlines 155,000 12.35%
5 Envoy Air 83,650 6.66%
History[edit]
Blue Grass airport opened with a star-shaped layout. In World War II it was used by pilots training at Bowman for dead-stick landing practice in preparation for glider assaults.[11]
Accidents and incidents[edit]
December 5, 1987: After suffering an in-flight engine fire en route from Dallas, Texas to New York, the flight crew of a Hawker Siddeley HS.125 business jet, registration number N400PH, touched down short of the runway while attempting an emergency landing at Blue Grass Airport. The jet crossed a highway and struck an automobile, utility poles, and 2 fences, killing the pilot and co-pilot, and injuring both passengers in the aircraft and 2 people in the automobile. The accident was attributed to the crew's inadvertent retraction of the aircraft's flaps, causing the jet to suddenly lose altitude.[12][13]
November 1993: The flight crew of an unidentified commercial jet at Blue Grass Airport was cleared for takeoff on Runway 22 but mistakenly lined up at the shorter Runway 26 instead. Tower personnel noticed the mistake and cancelled the aircraft's takeoff clearance just as the crew realized their error. The aircraft subsequently made a safe departure from Runway 22.[14]
August 30, 2002: A Learjet 35C, registration number N45CP, overran Runway 4 on landing, killing 1 passenger and seriously injuring 4 other occupants of the aircraft. The accident was attributed to the pilot's application of additional forward thrust after failing to properly deploy the jet's thrust reversers.[15]
August 27, 2006: Comair Flight 5191, a Bombardier CRJ-100ER operated by regional carrier Comair on behalf of Delta Connection, overran Runway 26 and crashed after being cleared to take off from the much longer Runway 22. There were 49 fatalities, with the first officer, James Polehinke, being the only survivor.
March 25, 2009: A Cessna 182, registration number N4871N, crashed 3 mi (5 km) west of Blue Grass Airport, killing the pilot and sole occupant. The pilot apparently became disoriented during the landing approach after losing electrical power in densely clouded IFR conditions, but the cause of the crash had not been positively determined as of September 2009.[16]
March 25, 2010: A medical helicopter, Eurocopter EC135, had to make an emergency landing at Blue Grass Airport on Wednesday, March 24, 2010. The chopper, with a patient on board, skidded to a stop along a grassy area next to a runway after one engine lost power. There were no reports of injuries, but emergency vehicles flooded the area moments after the helicopter landed.
March 9, 2011: NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and two others were unhurt after the landing gear of the Falcon 20 they were flying collapsed as the plane landed at Blue Grass Airport in the morning. The incident happened at about 11:00 AM, when a mechanical failure during the landing caused the aircraft to skid to a stop on the runway, which is the main runway at the airport. The plane was en route to Lexington from Statesville, North Carolina.[17]
The evening after Biffle's accident, around 7:00 PM, an Atlantic Southeast Airlines Bombardier regional jet flying for Delta Connection made an emergency landing in Lexington. The plane carried 38 people, including the entire football coaching staff from Marshall University. The jet was supposed to land in Charleston, West Virginia, but diverted due to landing gear troubles. The Marshall coaches were reportedly on their way back from trips to Mississippi State and Texas Christian University.
December 21, 2011: An AirTran Boeing 717 carrying 106 passengers had engine trouble on its way from O'Hare International Airport to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport and safely landed at Blue Grass Airport just after 4 p.m. An AirTran spokesperson says the captain shut the engine down during flight and diverted to Lexington. Crews replaced that engine overnight. There were no reported injuries.
May 19, 2018: An Endeavor Air Bombardier CRJ-900 operating as Delta Connection Flight 3359 from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport skidded off the runway after an inch of rain fell in an hour. No one was injured.[18]
Popular culture[edit]
Blue Grass Field was Auric Goldfinger's flight destination in the James Bond film Goldfinger.[19]
See also[edit]
Kentucky World War II Army Airfields
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Passenger statistics". Retrieved July 24, 2017.
Jump up ^ Blue Grass Airport Passenger Statistics
Jump up ^ 2013 Passenger Statistics Blue Grass Airport. Retrieved 2014-05-19
Jump up ^ "Blue Grass Airport has undergone many changes since crash of Flight 5191".
Jump up ^ Blue Grass Airport Economic Impact Study 2011
Jump up ^ "Allegiant Air". Retrieved 7 January 2017.
Jump up ^ "Flight schedules and notifications". Retrieved 7 January 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b "FLIGHT SCHEDULES". Retrieved 7 January 2017.
Jump up ^ "Timetable". Retrieved 7 January 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Lexington, KY: Blue Grass (LEX) RITA. Retrieved February 11, 2017
Jump up ^ James A Clark Jr. Jim Clark Soldier Farmer Legislator. p. 45.
Jump up ^ "NTSB Probable Cause Report ATL88MA053". National Traffic Safety Board. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
Jump up ^ Staff writers (1987-12-06). "2 Killed, 4 Injured in Kentucky Plane Crash". The Dallas Morning News.
Jump up ^ "NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System report #256788". NASA. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
Jump up ^ "NTSB Probable Cause Report NYC02FA177". National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 2006-08-27.
Jump up ^ "NTSB Preliminary Report ERA09FA215". National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
Jump up ^ Evans, Tamara. "Problem with NASCAR driver's plane causes scare at airport".
Jump up ^ WKYT. "Plane skids off runway at Blue Grass Airport, no injuries reported". Retrieved 2018-05-20.
Jump up ^ "Goldfinger Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or James Bond movie". www.script-o-rama.com. line feed character in |title= at position 11 (help)
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blue Grass Airport.
Blue Grass Airport (official web site)
FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective June 21, 2018
Resources for this airport:
AirNav airport information for KLEX
ASN accident history for LEX
FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
SkyVector aeronautical chart for KLEX
FAA current LEX delay information
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