Bellingham International in October 2024

81.6%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 174 domestic departures from Bellingham International (BLI). 81.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so BLI departures were 3.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 246 departures with 86.2% leaving on time: a change of −4.6 points, with flights down 29%.

Flights arriving at BLI that month were on time 82.2% of the time (174 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 63%, late-arriving aircraft 21% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 81.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.0%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	BLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	81.6%	86.2%	87.3%	85.5%
Arrived on time	81.0%	85.8%	84.4%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.4%	1.5%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.5 min	10.0 min	10.9 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	8	6	20,517
Scheduled departures	174	246	2,237	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	88	51%	79.5%	11.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	86	49%	82.6%	3.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BLI–SEA	Bellingham to Seattle	88	79.5%	11.5 min	0.0%
BLI–LAS	Bellingham to Las Vegas	45	82.2%	7.1 min	0.0%
BLI–AZA	Bellingham to Phoenix	12	83.3%	-7.5 min	0.0%
BLI–PSP	Bellingham to Palm Springs	12	66.7%	15.4 min	0.0%
BLI–LAX	Bellingham to Los Angeles	9	88.9%	-0.1 min	0.0%
BLI–OAK	Bellingham to Oakland	8	100.0%	-14.7 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	62.7%	42.7%	1,331
Late-arriving aircraft	21.1%	37.4%	447
National Aviation System	13.1%	16.3%	278
Extreme weather	3.1%	3.4%	66
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,122 delay minutes on 33 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 October 2024?

81.6% of 174 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 86.2% of 246 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 81.6% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.