Bellingham International in May 2024

88.9%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 244 domestic departures from Bellingham International (BLI). 88.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 91.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so BLI departures were 15.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BLI that month were on time 84.4% of the time (244 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 65%, late-arriving aircraft 23% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 91.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.2%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	BLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	88.9%	—	87.3%	73.4%
Arrived on time	91.8%	—	84.4%	72.3%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.5%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.4 min	—	10.9 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	6	20,325
Scheduled departures	244	—	2,237	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	89	36%	89.9%	-3.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	83	34%	88.0%	9.3 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	72	30%	98.6%	-14.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BLI–LAS	Bellingham to Las Vegas	98	93.9%	-8.6 min	0.0%
BLI–SEA	Bellingham to Seattle	83	88.0%	9.3 min	0.0%
BLI–OAK	Bellingham to Oakland	36	91.7%	-8.7 min	0.0%
BLI–AZA	Bellingham to Phoenix	9	100.0%	-16.4 min	0.0%
BLI–LAX	Bellingham to Los Angeles	9	88.9%	-2.2 min	0.0%
BLI–DEN	Bellingham to Denver	4	100.0%	-8.7 min	0.0%
BLI–SAN	Bellingham to San Diego	3	100.0%	-8.7 min	0.0%
BLI–PSP	Bellingham to Palm Springs	2	100.0%	-11.0 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	65.3%	29.8%	900
Late-arriving aircraft	22.7%	43.0%	313
National Aviation System	12.0%	20.1%	165
Extreme weather	0.0%	7.0%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,378 delay minutes on 20 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 May 2024?

88.9% of 244 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 91.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.