john smith wrote:

Dark at 38N at 7am in Aug??

Yes, LEX is on the western edge of the Eastern Time Zone.
Sunrise is just before 7 AM. The aircraft departed about 6:04 AM.


I checked out a couple of news sites and they do mention the time that
you do, but I bet I saw Fox and Sky News last evening and they both
mentioned 7 am!

Fwiw, at 6.15 am, which is when I leave for work, my C240's auto
headlights don't come on. That must translate into adequate enough
daylight at that time of the day here in Dubai!

Ramapriya