Blue Grass Airport — Lexington, United States

Blue Grass Airport serves Lexington in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region, the celebrated horse country of the American South. At an elevation of about 979 feet, it has two runways, the longer near 7,004 feet, offering scheduled links to hubs across the eastern United States. Lexington is a center of the thoroughbred breeding and racing industry, surrounded by the rolling green pastures and famous horse farms that give the region its name. The airport handles the passenger traffic of a mid-sized city with strong ties to the equine world and a major university. The LEX code identifies this field, the gateway to the Bluegrass country of central Kentucky.