Blue Grass Airport

Blue Grass Airport is a public airport in , United States, 6 miles west of downtown . Located among horse farms and situated directly across from Keeneland Race Course, Blue Grass Airport is the primary airport serving central and eastern Kentucky.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as: “Blue Grass Airport Park”, “Blue Grass Field”, “Flughafen Lexington - Blue Grass”, “KLEX”, “LEX”, and “レキシントン空港”
  • Address: KY

Places of Interest

Highlights: Aviation Museum of Kentucky and Paul Laurence Dunbar High School.

Museum
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colony and Beaumont Park.

Neighborhood
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Neighborhood
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Blue Grass Airport

Latitude
38.03471° or 38° 2′ 5″ north
Longitude
-84.6083° or 84° 36′ 30″ west
Elevation
974 feet (297 metres)
Operator
Lexington-Fayette County Airport Board
IATA airport code
LEX
ICAO airport code
KLEX
FAA airport code
LEX
Open location code
86CQ29MR+VM
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Blue Grass Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Blue Grass Airport”
  • Chinese: “蓝草机场”
  • Chinese: “藍草機場”
  • Dutch: “Blue Grass Airport”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار بلو جراس”
  • French: “aérodrome de Blue Grass”
  • German: “Blue Grass Airport”
  • Japanese: “ブルーグラス空港”
  • Navajo: “Haltsooí Háálį́įdi chidí naatʼaʼí ńdinibįįhígi”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بلوگرس”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Blue Grass”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Блу Грасс”
  • Turkish: “Blue Grass Airport”
  • Turkish: “Blue Grass Havaalanı”
  • Urdu: “بلیو گراس ہوائی اڈا”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Little Georgetown and Fort Spring.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: KLEX ARFF and Kentucky National Guard Armory.

Kentucky: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Frankfort and Louisville.

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