Bellingham International in January 2024

81.4%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 204 domestic departures from Bellingham International (BLI). 81.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.5% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so BLI departures were 7.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BLI that month were on time 80.5% of the time (205 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, extreme weather 32% and late-arriving aircraft 13%.

On time 76.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.1%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from BLI in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	BLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	81.4%	—	87.3%	74.0%
Arrived on time	76.5%	—	84.4%	72.9%
Cancelled	1.0%	—	1.5%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.3 min	—	10.9 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	6	18,242
Scheduled departures	204	—	2,237	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	81	40%	81.5%	3.7 min	2.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	30%	61.3%	30.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	61	30%	85.2%	22.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BLI–LAS	Bellingham to Las Vegas	72	84.7%	22.1 min	1.4%
BLI–SEA	Bellingham to Seattle	62	61.3%	30.5 min	0.0%
BLI–OAK	Bellingham to Oakland	40	77.5%	0.6 min	2.5%
BLI–AZA	Bellingham to Phoenix	10	90.0%	14.8 min	0.0%
BLI–PSP	Bellingham to Palm Springs	9	88.9%	-17.1 min	0.0%
BLI–LAX	Bellingham to Los Angeles	8	87.5%	-0.1 min	0.0%
BLI–DEN	Bellingham to Denver	3	66.7%	10.0 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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	41.6%	32.6%	2,039
Late-arriving aircraft	13.4%	39.0%	654
National Aviation System	13.1%	17.9%	643
Extreme weather	31.9%	10.3%	1,560
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,896 delay minutes on 45 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 January 2024?

81.4% of 204 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.