Bellingham International in September 2023

87.0%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 216 domestic departures from Bellingham International (BLI). 87.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so BLI departures were 6.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BLI that month were on time 87.0% of the time (216 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 83.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.3%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.9%

Every scheduled departure from BLI in September 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	BLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	87.0%	—	87.3%	80.5%
Arrived on time	83.8%	—	84.4%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.5%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.7 min	—	10.9 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	6	18,978
Scheduled departures	216	—	2,237	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	87	40%	77.0%	12.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	69	32%	95.7%	-6.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	60	28%	80.0%	18.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BLI–LAS	Bellingham to Las Vegas	74	81.1%	4.3 min	0.0%
BLI–OAK	Bellingham to Oakland	61	88.5%	6.6 min	0.0%
BLI–SEA	Bellingham to Seattle	60	80.0%	18.9 min	0.0%
BLI–AZA	Bellingham to Phoenix	8	100.0%	-4.0 min	0.0%
BLI–LAX	Bellingham to Los Angeles	8	87.5%	-7.0 min	0.0%
BLI–DEN	Bellingham to Denver	5	80.0%	2.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	55.1%	36.4%	1,405
Late-arriving aircraft	37.1%	38.3%	947
National Aviation System	7.8%	19.9%	199
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.1%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,551 delay minutes on 33 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left BLI on time in September 2023?

87.0% of 216 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for BLI · methodology · corrections.