Blue Grass Airport

Blue Grass Airport (KLEX) sits 4 miles west of downtown Lexington, Kentucky, in the heart of Bluegrass horse country. The field handles modest commercial service (American, Delta, United, Allegiant) and a meaningful flow of business aviation, particularly driven by the Thoroughbred horse industry (Lexington is the global epicenter of horse breeding — Claiborne Farm, Three Chimneys, Coolmore America, and hundreds of others are within 30 minutes), the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky plant in Georgetown, and the year-round bourbon-trail tourism flow. The two runways at KLEX (4/22 7,003 ft, 9/27 4,001 ft) handle most current business jets up through heavy operations on the longer 4/22. TAC Air operates the FBO. Field elevation is 979 feet, no density-altitude concerns. The dominant operational considerations are Kentucky weather (occasional winter ice events, summer thunderstorms, freezing rain), and the structural Keeneland horse-racing season (April spring meet and October fall meet — both drive concentrated UHNW private-jet traffic). The Breeders' Cup at Keeneland (when hosted) is a major event peak. Ground time to downtown Lexington is 5 minutes; Keeneland Race Course is 2; the major horse farms are 15–30; downtown Louisville via I-64 is 80 minutes.