Bellingham International in January 2026

85.9%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 163 domestic departures from Bellingham International (BLI). 85.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.4% reached their destination on time; 4.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so BLI departures were 10.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 189 departures with 84.1% leaving on time: a change of +1.8 points, with flights down 14%.

Flights arriving at BLI that month were on time 81.0% of the time (163 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 66%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 7%.

On time 83.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.3%
Cancelled 4.3%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from BLI in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	BLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	85.9%	84.1%	87.3%	75.6%
Arrived on time	83.4%	78.8%	84.4%	75.3%
Cancelled	4.3%	2.6%	1.5%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.8 min	9.8 min	10.9 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	6	6	18,133
Scheduled departures	163	189	2,237	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	98	60%	78.6%	-0.9 min	7.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	65	40%	90.8%	3.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BLI–SEA	Bellingham to Seattle	98	78.6%	-0.9 min	7.1%
BLI–LAS	Bellingham to Las Vegas	30	86.7%	16.5 min	0.0%
BLI–PSP	Bellingham to Palm Springs	14	92.9%	-12.4 min	0.0%
BLI–AZA	Bellingham to Phoenix	10	90.0%	-0.3 min	0.0%
BLI–OAK	Bellingham to Oakland	10	100.0%	-7.3 min	0.0%
BLI–LAX	Bellingham to Los Angeles	1	100.0%	7.0 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	65.7%	37.3%	1,144
Late-arriving aircraft	26.2%	35.0%	456
National Aviation System	6.7%	18.0%	116
Extreme weather	1.4%	9.6%	24
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,740 delay minutes on 20 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 January 2026?

85.9% of 163 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 84.1% of 189 departures left on time and 2.6% were cancelled, against 85.9% and 4.3% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.