Bellingham International in March 2024

87.1%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 255 domestic departures from Bellingham International (BLI). 87.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so BLI departures were 8.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BLI that month were on time 80.4% of the time (255 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 34%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 80.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.2%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	BLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	87.1%	—	87.3%	78.5%
Arrived on time	80.0%	—	84.4%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.5%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.1 min	—	10.9 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	—	6	19,726
Scheduled departures	255	—	2,237	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	89	35%	83.1%	0.2 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	86	34%	77.9%	9.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	80	31%	78.8%	6.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BLI–LAS	Bellingham to Las Vegas	95	80.0%	5.9 min	0.0%
BLI–SEA	Bellingham to Seattle	80	78.8%	6.5 min	0.0%
BLI–OAK	Bellingham to Oakland	31	77.4%	5.8 min	0.0%
BLI–PSP	Bellingham to Palm Springs	21	81.0%	3.3 min	0.0%
BLI–AZA	Bellingham to Phoenix	14	85.7%	-3.2 min	0.0%
BLI–LAX	Bellingham to Los Angeles	9	88.9%	-2.9 min	0.0%
BLI–DEN	Bellingham to Denver	5	80.0%	13.2 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	27.6%	32.1%	665
Late-arriving aircraft	33.6%	42.1%	809
National Aviation System	22.9%	21.4%	552
Extreme weather	15.9%	4.2%	383
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,409 delay minutes on 49 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 March 2024?

87.1% of 255 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.