Bellingham International in February 2025

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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 179 domestic departures from Bellingham International (BLI). 81.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.7% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so BLI departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 200 departures with 93.0% leaving on time: a change of −11.4 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at BLI that month were on time 74.4% of the time (180 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 36%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 73.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.1%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from BLI in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	BLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	81.6%	93.0%	87.3%	79.2%
Arrived on time	73.7%	88.0%	84.4%	77.9%
Cancelled	1.1%	1.0%	1.5%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.0 min	4.2 min	10.9 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	7	6	16,830
Scheduled departures	179	200	2,237	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	104	58%	65.4%	23.1 min	1.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	75	42%	85.3%	13.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BLI–SEA	Bellingham to Seattle	104	65.4%	23.1 min	1.9%
BLI–LAS	Bellingham to Las Vegas	32	90.6%	-6.4 min	0.0%
BLI–PSP	Bellingham to Palm Springs	17	70.6%	25.1 min	0.0%
BLI–AZA	Bellingham to Phoenix	10	90.0%	-7.8 min	0.0%
BLI–LAX	Bellingham to Los Angeles	8	87.5%	-16.4 min	0.0%
BLI–OAK	Bellingham to Oakland	8	87.5%	125.1 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	33.8%	33.9%	1,558
Late-arriving aircraft	11.8%	36.9%	543
National Aviation System	18.7%	22.5%	862
Extreme weather	35.7%	6.6%	1,647
Security	0.1%	0.1%	6

4,616 delay minutes on 45 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 February 2025?

81.6% of 179 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 93.0% of 200 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 81.6% and 1.1% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.