Bellingham International in February 2026

93.2%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 147 domestic departures from Bellingham International (BLI). 93.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.8% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so BLI departures were 15.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 179 departures with 81.6% leaving on time: a change of +11.6 points, with flights down 18%.

Flights arriving at BLI that month were on time 92.5% of the time (146 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 60%, national aviation system 20% and air carrier 20%.

On time 89.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.8%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	BLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	93.2%	81.6%	87.3%	78.1%
Arrived on time	89.8%	73.7%	84.4%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.4%	1.1%	1.5%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.8 min	21.0 min	10.9 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	6	6	17,168
Scheduled departures	147	179	2,237	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	82	56%	86.6%	-1.7 min	2.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	65	44%	93.8%	-9.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BLI–SEA	Bellingham to Seattle	82	86.6%	-1.7 min	2.4%
BLI–LAS	Bellingham to Las Vegas	29	96.6%	-12.0 min	0.0%
BLI–PSP	Bellingham to Palm Springs	12	83.3%	-4.7 min	0.0%
BLI–AZA	Bellingham to Phoenix	11	90.9%	-7.2 min	0.0%
BLI–OAK	Bellingham to Oakland	8	100.0%	-5.1 min	0.0%
BLI–BUR	Bellingham to Burbank	5	100.0%	-19.4 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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	19.5%	38.2%	162
Late-arriving aircraft	59.6%	37.2%	496
National Aviation System	20.0%	18.5%	166
Extreme weather	1.0%	6.0%	8
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

832 delay minutes on 13 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 2026?

93.2% of 147 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 81.6% of 179 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 93.2% and 1.4% in February 2026.

Provenance

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