Bellingham International in July 2026

91.8%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 182 domestic departures from Bellingham International (BLI). 91.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.7% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so BLI departures were 23.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 223 departures with 90.1% leaving on time: a change of +1.7 points, with flights down 18%.

Flights arriving at BLI that month were on time 87.4% of the time (182 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 79.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.3%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	BLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	91.8%	90.1%	87.3%	68.8%
Arrived on time	79.7%	89.7%	84.4%	69.4%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.4%	1.5%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.3 min	5.6 min	10.9 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	7	6	21,066
Scheduled departures	182	223	2,237	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	124	68%	78.2%	7.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	58	32%	82.8%	12.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BLI–SEA	Bellingham to Seattle	93	75.3%	8.1 min	0.0%
BLI–LAS	Bellingham to Las Vegas	36	75.0%	23.5 min	0.0%
BLI–PDX	Bellingham to Portland	31	87.1%	3.9 min	0.0%
BLI–AZA	Bellingham to Phoenix	13	100.0%	-5.2 min	0.0%
BLI–BUR	Bellingham to Burbank	9	88.9%	-9.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	49.8%	31.7%	981
Late-arriving aircraft	30.3%	41.8%	597
National Aviation System	19.9%	19.9%	393
Extreme weather	0.0%	6.5%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,971 delay minutes on 37 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 July 2026?

91.8% of 182 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 90.1% of 223 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 91.8% and 0.0% in July 2026.

Provenance

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