On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2024

Bellingham International in February 2024

93.0%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 200 domestic departures from Bellingham International (BLI). 93.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.0% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so BLI departures were 9.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BLI that month were on time 86.5% of the time (200 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, national aviation system 29% and air carrier 24%.

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

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

MeasureFeb 2024Year earlierBLI, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time93.0%—87.3%84.0%
Arrived on time88.0%—84.4%83.4%
Cancelled1.0%—1.5%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)4.2 min—10.9 min11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day7—617,307
Scheduled departures200—2,237519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines7538%88.0%1.5 min2.7%
G4 Allegiant Air6734%91.0%-4.6 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines5829%84.5%-0.1 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BLI–LASBellingham to Las Vegas7690.8%-4.3 min1.3%
BLI–SEABellingham to Seattle5884.5%-0.1 min0.0%
BLI–OAKBellingham to Oakland2989.7%3.8 min3.4%
BLI–PSPBellingham to Palm Springs1392.3%3.9 min0.0%
BLI–AZABellingham to Phoenix1190.9%-6.9 min0.0%
BLI–LAXBellingham to Los Angeles977.8%-0.9 min0.0%
BLI–DENBellingham to Denver475.0%10.8 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2024Minutes
Air carrier24.4%35.9%231
Late-arriving aircraft35.0%36.9%331
National Aviation System29.3%21.7%277
Extreme weather11.3%5.3%107
Security0.0%0.3%0
946 delay minutes on 22 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left BLI on time in February 2024?

93.0% of 200 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.