Bellingham International in October 2025

85.1%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 202 domestic departures from Bellingham International (BLI). 85.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.6% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so BLI departures were 5.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 174 departures with 81.6% leaving on time: a change of +3.5 points, with flights up 16%.

Flights arriving at BLI that month were on time 86.6% of the time (201 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, extreme weather 32% and late-arriving aircraft 22%.

On time 85.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.4%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	BLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	85.1%	81.6%	87.3%	80.0%
Arrived on time	85.6%	81.0%	84.4%	79.1%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.0%	1.5%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.3 min	12.5 min	10.9 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	6	6	20,195
Scheduled departures	202	174	2,237	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	117	58%	80.3%	4.6 min	1.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	85	42%	92.9%	-7.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BLI–SEA	Bellingham to Seattle	117	80.3%	4.6 min	1.7%
BLI–LAS	Bellingham to Las Vegas	38	94.7%	-11.7 min	0.0%
BLI–AZA	Bellingham to Phoenix	15	86.7%	6.9 min	0.0%
BLI–PSP	Bellingham to Palm Springs	13	84.6%	-1.6 min	0.0%
BLI–OAK	Bellingham to Oakland	10	100.0%	-14.6 min	0.0%
BLI–LAX	Bellingham to Los Angeles	9	100.0%	-12.9 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	35.1%	34.0%	645
Late-arriving aircraft	21.7%	39.7%	398
National Aviation System	11.1%	22.9%	203
Extreme weather	32.1%	3.3%	589
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,835 delay minutes on 27 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 2025?

85.1% of 202 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 81.6% of 174 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 85.1% and 1.0% in October 2025.

Provenance

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