A record number of passengers traveled through Lexington’s Blue Grass Airport in 2019.

Blue Grass Airport saw 1,465,049 total passengers between its four airlines: Allegiant, American, Delta, and United.

That was a 7.6% total passenger increase over 2018 and was the eighth consecutive year the airport had seen a record number of travelers.

Blue Grass Airport has taken on several improvement projects in recent years, including expanding its long-term parking lot by 300 spaces and select curbside pick-up for Lyft and Uber drivers.

It’s become a four-letter word in Middle Tennessee.

Maybe it’s because drivers lose about 58 hours a year stuck in congestion. Or because Nashville drivers spend roughly 20% more than the national average commuting — more than $7,700 annually. Or, maybe traffic ticks people off because just one alert snarls the entire ride.

Whatever the case, Steve Glover, an at-large member of the Nashville Metro Council, weighs in, “traffic is horrendous, and we hate it!”

Glover also readily admits there’s a problem, and throwing more money at public transportation isn’t his answer.

Basketball star LeBron James and his company Uninterrupted are teaming up with ridesharing company Lyft to give thousands of young people across the country free access to bikes.

James said riding bikes gave him a sense of independence growing up as a kid in inner-city Akron, Ohio.

The Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport (OWB) announced the schedule for flights to and from Nashville and St. Louis on Tuesday.

The first plane to Nashville (BNA) takes off Wednesday.

Flights start at $29 each way.

The flights will run on one schedule Monday-Saturday and then on a separate schedule for Sunday.

Nashville is home to some of the country’s best restaurants and this week, you can celebrate all the food Music City has to offer.

This week marks Nashville Originals’ annual Restaurant Week. Every January, several locally-owned restaurants offer special deals and unique dishes for one week.

New nonstop flights from Nashville International Airport to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) will operate twice daily starting in April, JetBlue announced Thursday.

The New York-based airline announced a series of scheduled and route changes as it prepares to celebrate its 20th anniversary next month.

Sun Country Airlines in January announced the addition of three new nonstop flights out of Nashville International Airport. Tuesday, Allegiant Air unveiled plans to add three more direct flights to and from Nashville.

It’s the latest in several new destinations Music City has connected to in the last few years, and comes after the airline entered the market in November of 2018.

If you’re looking for a quick getaway without having to scramble through another airport to catch a connecting flight, here are all the regular nonstop flights out of BNA.

Nashville International Airport recently announced that Allegiant Air will be adding nine new destination cities for nonstop flights with fares starting as low as $44.

In an interview with Fox 17 Nashville, BNA President and CEO Doug Kreulen said, “Allegiant continues to increase its air service options to and from Nashville and we appreciate their commitment to this market. These additional flight options help keep air fares competitive, serve the increasing travel needs of this region and keep us one of the fastest growing airports in the country.”

Nashville’s airport saw 18.3 million travelers in 2019, registering a seventh year in a row of record-setting growth.

Nashville International Airport says the traveler total was an increase of more than 2.2 million compared to the 2018 calendar year.

Last year was the airport’s first to see an increase of more than 2 million passengers and its second to welcome more than 1 million passengers every month.