Bellingham International in October 2023

86.2%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 246 domestic departures from Bellingham International (BLI). 86.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.8% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so BLI departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BLI that month were on time 84.6% of the time (246 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and extreme weather 13%.

On time 85.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.8%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	BLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	86.2%	—	87.3%	83.8%
Arrived on time	85.8%	—	84.4%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	1.5%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.0 min	—	10.9 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	6	19,966
Scheduled departures	246	—	2,237	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	96	39%	92.7%	-4.6 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	88	36%	79.5%	10.6 min	1.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	25%	83.9%	4.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BLI–LAS	Bellingham to Las Vegas	83	84.3%	1.9 min	1.2%
BLI–OAK	Bellingham to Oakland	62	85.5%	7.5 min	0.0%
BLI–SEA	Bellingham to Seattle	62	83.9%	4.7 min	0.0%
BLI–AZA	Bellingham to Phoenix	14	85.7%	-2.3 min	0.0%
BLI–PSP	Bellingham to Palm Springs	12	100.0%	-5.9 min	0.0%
BLI–LAX	Bellingham to Los Angeles	9	88.9%	-2.7 min	0.0%
BLI–DEN	Bellingham to Denver	4	100.0%	-3.0 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	47.2%	41.3%	1,088
Late-arriving aircraft	32.7%	40.5%	754
National Aviation System	6.9%	14.4%	159
Extreme weather	13.2%	3.7%	305
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,306 delay minutes on 34 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 October 2023?

86.2% of 246 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.