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'Blue Grass Airport' is a public airport located in unincorporated Fayette County, Kentucky, United States, west of the city limits of and 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 18th, 2007, Bluegrass Airport opened up an extension of Concourse B. The extension added six new boarding gates. Delta Air Lines is currently occuping the new concourse and Continental Airlines and Northwest Airlines will move in later.

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Airlines and destinations

New Retail and Dining Options

Cargo Service

Incidents and accidents

Comair Flight 5191

Fictional Reference

References

Notes

External links

Airlines and destinations

★ American Airlines Gate C4

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★ American Eagle (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth)

★ Continental Airlines Gate B1

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★ Continental Connection operated by CommutAir (Cleveland)

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★ Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)

★ Delta Air Lines Gates B2, B3, B6-B8 (Atlanta)

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★ Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)

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★ Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)

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★ Delta Connection operated by Comair (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, New York-LaGuardia, Washington-Reagan)

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★ Delta Connection operated by Freedom Airlines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Orlando)

★ Northwest Airlines Gate C2

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★ Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Detroit)

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★ Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines (Memphis)

★ United Airlines Gate C1

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★ United Express operated by SkyWest (Chicago-O'Hare)

★ US Airways Gate C3

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★ US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte)

New Retail and Dining Options

From an article in the May 21st edition of the Lexington Herald Leader . . .

★ "Come late fall, the airport is expected to have several new food and beverage concessions and retail shops that will offer Kentucky-made or Kentucky-inspired products. They include a deSha's American Tavern, a three-portal store called Blue Grass MarketPlace -- one of the portals is to be the Keeneland Shop, which will provide merchandise geared to equine enthusiasts -- and Knob Creek Tavern, with a drink menu that will include mint juleps . . . . Details are still being worked out, but plans include replacing Creative Croissants Cafe & Spirits, which is outside the security checkpoint on the ground floor of the airport terminal, with Knob Creek Tavern and a Quiznos sandwich shop. DeSha's American Tavern is to replace the Bourbon Bar & Restaurant, past security at the top of the escalators . . . Blue Grass MarketPlace will replace Lexington Gifts on the ground floor. In addition to the Keeneland Shop, the new store is to include The Paddock Shop, which would sell T-shirts and souvenirs, and a third shop that would offer newspapers, books and convenience items. A CNBC News Lexington store would replace the shop that sells travel accessories and magazines at the top of the escalators between concourses A and B. The New York Times Bookstore, which has been highly popular with travelers, would continue to operate under a new Paradies Shops contract, Caudill said."

Cargo Service

★ Kitty Hawk Aircargo

★ Express.Net Airlines

★ ExPlorer Airways Cargo

Incidents and accidents

On August 30, 2002, a Lear Jet over-ran Runway 4 on landing, killing one passenger. ^[1]

Comair Flight 5191

Main articles: 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.

Fictional Reference

Bluegrass field was Auric Goldfinger's flight destination in the James Bond film Goldfinger ^[2]

References

★ Blue Grass Airport (official web site)

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★ {http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/103631.html/ Kentucky.com airticle on new dining/retail options}

Notes

1. NTSB Probable Cause Report NYC02FA177
2. http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/g/goldfinger-script-transcript-james-bond.html

External links

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