Flights Lexington KY → St. Petersburg
LEX → PIE
Route overview
The flight route from Lexington, Kentucky to St. Petersburg operates with an average of thirty flights annually using Airbus A320 aircraft. With only sixty percent of these flights arriving on time and a mean delay of twenty-two minutes, the punctuality is relatively low compared to industry standards.
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 Lexington KY (LEX) → St. Petersburg (PIE) route is operated by Allegiant Air. Across 41 flights monitored in recent months, 68% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At St. Petersburg the average ATFM delay is 3.5 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Lexington KY the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to St. Petersburg: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Lexington KY (LEX) to St. Petersburg (PIE) heads south for about 1,140 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 51m.
Departures from Lexington KY on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 49% of LEX-PIE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Lexington KY the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into St. Petersburg it is 3.5 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 41 tracked LEX-PIE flights, 68% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegiant Air (G4) | 78% | 11 min | 2.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about LEX-PIE
On the Lexington KY (LEX) -> St. Petersburg (PIE) route, on-time performance is 68% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 41 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Lexington KY-St. Petersburg is 0.00% across 41 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Allegiant Air.
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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.
