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
ft m
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.

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[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Concourse B

[edit] Concourse C

[edit] Cargo Service

[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
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.

[edit] Fictional Reference

Blue Grass Field was Auric Goldfinger's flight destination in the James Bond film Goldfinger[3]

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Bluegrass Airport Master Plan Update". Retrieved on 2007-11-02. 
  2. ^ "NTSB Probable Cause Report NYC02FA177", National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved on 2006-08-27. 
  3. ^ Goldfinger Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or James Bond movie

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