Blue Grass Airport
Blue Grass Airport is a public airport in Fayette County, Kentucky, United States, 6 miles west of downtown Lexington. Located among horse farms and situated directly across from Keeneland Race Course, Blue Grass Airport is the primary airport serving central and eastern Kentucky.- 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colony and Beaumont Park.
Beaumont Park
Neighborhood
Beaumont Park is a neighborhood in southwestern Lexington, Kentucky, United States.
Blue Grass Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transport
- Location: Fayette, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
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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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