Blue Grass Airport

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Blue Grass Airport

IATA: LEX – ICAO: KLEX – FAA: LEX
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Lexington-Fayette 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, -84.60583
Website		www.bluegrassairport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
4/22	7,003	2,135	Asphalt
8/26	3,500	1,067	Asphalt/Concrete

Blue Grass Airport (IATA: LEX, ICAO: KLEX, FAA LID: LEX) is a public airport located in Fayette County, Kentucky, United States, four miles (6 km) west of the central business district of the City of Lexington. The airport covers an area of 911 acres (3.69 km²) and has two runways. It is also home to the Aviation Museum of Kentucky. On April 18, 2007, Blue Grass Airport opened up an extension of Concourse B. The extension added six new boarding gates.

1 Airlines and destinations
- 1.1 Concourse B
- 1.2 Concourse C
2 Cargo Service
3 Future
4 Incidents and accidents
- 4.1 Comair Flight 5191
5 Fictional Reference
6 References
- 6.1 Notes
7 External links

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Concourse B

Continental Airlines Gate B2
- Continental Connection operated by CommutAir (Cleveland) [ends Sept 3]
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
Northwest Airlines Gate B3
- Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines (Memphis)
- Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Detroit, Memphis)
Delta Air Lines Gates B6-B8 (Atlanta)
- Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
- Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
- Delta Connection operated by Comair (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, New York-LaGuardia, Orlando, Washington-Reagan)

[edit] Concourse C

United Airlines Gate C1
- United Express operated by SkyWest (Chicago-O'Hare)
US Airways Gate C3
- US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin (Charlotte)
- US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines (Charlotte)
- US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte)
American Airlines Gate C4
- American Eagle (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth)

[edit] Cargo Service

Kitty Hawk Aircargo
Express.Net Airlines
ExPlorer Airways Cargo

[edit] Future

The airport's Master Plan includes a proposal to build a new crosswind runway, 9-27, which would replace the current 8-26. Additional land would need to be acquired to build the runway, and a possible new general aviation area would be built next to it.^[1]

[edit] Incidents and accidents

USGS image dated April 2, 2002, overlayed with runway information. Runway 4/22 Runway 8/26

On August 30, 2002, a Lear Jet over-ran Runway 4 on landing, killing one passenger.^[2]

[edit] Comair Flight 5191

Main article: Comair Flight 5191

On August 27, 2006, a CRJ-100ER operated by regional carrier Comair on behalf of Delta Connection (Comair Flight 5191), crashed while attempting to take off from the wrong runway. There were 49 fatalities, with the first officer, James Polehinke, being the only survivor. Polehinke did initial rehablitation at Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Center in Lexington, Kentucky before returning to Florida.