Bellingham International in November 2023

90.0%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 229 domestic departures from Bellingham International (BLI). 90.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.2% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so BLI departures were 4.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BLI that month were on time 88.2% of the time (229 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, extreme weather 22% and late-arriving aircraft 15%.

On time 85.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.5%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	BLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	90.0%	—	87.3%	86.0%
Arrived on time	85.2%	—	84.4%	86.2%
Cancelled	1.3%	—	1.5%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.1 min	—	10.9 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	6	18,793
Scheduled departures	229	—	2,237	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	88	38%	88.6%	3.3 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	82	36%	91.5%	2.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	59	26%	71.2%	11.9 min	5.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BLI–LAS	Bellingham to Las Vegas	72	94.4%	-4.0 min	0.0%
BLI–OAK	Bellingham to Oakland	64	87.5%	4.5 min	0.0%
BLI–SEA	Bellingham to Seattle	59	71.2%	11.9 min	5.1%
BLI–AZA	Bellingham to Phoenix	12	75.0%	43.7 min	0.0%
BLI–PSP	Bellingham to Palm Springs	11	100.0%	-5.4 min	0.0%
BLI–LAX	Bellingham to Los Angeles	9	88.9%	1.2 min	0.0%
BLI–DEN	Bellingham to Denver	2	50.0%	1.0 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	48.8%	42.5%	1,255
Late-arriving aircraft	15.0%	37.3%	386
National Aviation System	13.5%	16.2%	347
Extreme weather	22.4%	3.7%	576
Security	0.3%	0.3%	8

2,572 delay minutes on 31 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 November 2023?

90.0% of 229 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.