Bellingham International in July 2024

82.5%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 280 domestic departures from Bellingham International (BLI). 82.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.4% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so BLI departures were 14.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BLI that month were on time 74.6% of the time (280 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 85.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.9%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	BLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	82.5%	—	87.3%	68.5%
Arrived on time	85.4%	—	84.4%	68.1%
Cancelled	1.1%	—	1.5%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.9 min	—	10.9 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	—	6	21,154
Scheduled departures	280	—	2,237	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	97	35%	82.5%	1.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	95	34%	90.5%	-11.5 min	3.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	88	31%	83.0%	12.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BLI–LAS	Bellingham to Las Vegas	101	88.1%	-3.5 min	1.0%
BLI–SEA	Bellingham to Seattle	88	83.0%	12.5 min	0.0%
BLI–OAK	Bellingham to Oakland	45	82.2%	-3.5 min	2.2%
BLI–AZA	Bellingham to Phoenix	17	100.0%	-21.1 min	0.0%
BLI–DEN	Bellingham to Denver	12	66.7%	11.3 min	0.0%
BLI–SAN	Bellingham to San Diego	9	88.9%	-21.7 min	11.1%
BLI–LAX	Bellingham to Los Angeles	8	87.5%	-2.9 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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.9%	36.6%	716
Late-arriving aircraft	52.6%	42.7%	969
National Aviation System	8.5%	16.0%	157
Extreme weather	0.0%	4.6%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,842 delay minutes on 36 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 July 2024?

82.5% of 280 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.