Bellingham International Airport (BLI) delays & on-time performance
Bellingham, Washington · 9 nonstop destinations · 2 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at BLI right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
86%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.5%
33 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
75 min when late
Departed on time
89%
avg taxi-out 16 min
Figures cover 2,237 departures from BLI; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into BLI were on time 85% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Bellingham International Airport (BLI) arrived on time 86% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.5% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
- Allegiant Air was the most punctual airline here (88% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (84%).
- Departures scheduled around 7am did best (95% on time); around 4pm did worst (75%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (56%).
Most delayed routes from BLI
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SEA · Seattle83%1,217 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas88%435 flts
Most reliable routes from BLI
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- LAS · Las Vegas88%435 flts
- SEA · Seattle83%1,217 flts
Best airline at BLI
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegiant Air | 88% | 0.7% | 15 min | 7 | 885 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 84% | 2.0% | 10 min | 2 | 1,352 |
Best time to fly out of BLI
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am93%264 flts
- 6am90%187 flts
- 7am95%145 flts
- 8am90%352 flts
- 9am86%148 flts
- 10am88%42 flts
- 11am84%59 flts
- 12pm83%173 flts
- 1pm79%262 flts
- 2pm83%101 flts
- 3pm80%169 flts
- 4pm75%153 flts
- 5pm77%98 flts
- 6pm86%37 flts
- 7pm95%41 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)56%
- Late-arriving aircraft24%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion11%
- Extreme weather9%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.