Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Lexington KY
DFW → LEX
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Lexington, Kentucky, operates with an average on-time performance rate of 71%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 21.4 minutes. Over the course of a year, approximately 238 flights are conducted using Embraer RJ140 and RJ145 aircraft, serving the relatively busy destination airport which handles around 1,314,762 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Lexington KY (LEX) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 320 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.25%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Lexington KY the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Lexington KY: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Lexington KY (LEX) heads north-east for about 1,261 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 60m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 38% of DFW-LEX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Lexington KY it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 320 tracked DFW-LEX flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 1.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-LEX
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Lexington KY (LEX) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 320 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Lexington KY is 1.25% across 320 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
