Bellingham International in November 2025

84.4%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 173 domestic departures from Bellingham International (BLI). 84.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.0% reached their destination on time; 8.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so BLI departures were 6.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 163 departures with 90.8% leaving on time: a change of −6.4 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at BLI that month were on time 77.0% of the time (174 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 41% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 85.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 6.4%
Cancelled 8.7%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	BLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	84.4%	90.8%	87.3%	78.1%
Arrived on time	85.0%	89.0%	84.4%	77.3%
Cancelled	8.7%	0.6%	1.5%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	3.6 min	6.0 min	10.9 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	5	6	19,018
Scheduled departures	173	163	2,237	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	96	55%	81.3%	-9.5 min	10.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	77	45%	89.6%	-8.6 min	6.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BLI–SEA	Bellingham to Seattle	96	81.3%	-9.5 min	10.4%
BLI–LAS	Bellingham to Las Vegas	35	80.0%	-6.7 min	14.3%
BLI–PSP	Bellingham to Palm Springs	13	92.3%	-10.3 min	0.0%
BLI–AZA	Bellingham to Phoenix	10	100.0%	-10.1 min	0.0%
BLI–OAK	Bellingham to Oakland	10	100.0%	-8.7 min	0.0%
BLI–LAX	Bellingham to Los Angeles	9	100.0%	-10.7 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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	44.4%	30.2%	204
Late-arriving aircraft	41.0%	38.3%	188
National Aviation System	14.6%	26.7%	67
Extreme weather	0.0%	4.6%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

459 delay minutes on 11 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 November 2025?

84.4% of 173 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 90.8% of 163 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 84.4% and 8.7% in November 2025.

Provenance

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