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Airport · BLI · Bellingham, Washington

Bellingham, WA

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Bellingham, WA (BLI) ranks #182 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Bellingham, WA posts top-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

85.8%
On-time
Top 25%
on-time, US airports
67 min
Delay when late
1.45%
Cancelled
#182 of 382
Corpus placement
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BLI on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%85.8%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 122,120.

Late Aircraft 32.5% (39,664 min)
Carrier 39.3% (47,999 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 16.1% (19,677 min)
Weather 11.9% (14,583 min)
Security 0.2% (197 min)

BLI - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: May (95.5%) · worst: December (91.3%)

91%92%93%94%95%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 91.3%

BLI - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 97.1% 94% ▼ -3.2%

BLI - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 14.8 min · taxi-in 5.3 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min Jan 24Dec 25 16.9 min 17.1 min ▲ +1.2%

BLI's average taxi-out (14.8 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 11.9 min (July 2024) to 20.0 min (February 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Bellingham, WA.

Cancellation Rate

1.45%

424 of 29,229 flights

Diversion Rate

0.09%

26 of 29,229 flights

Delay Rate

14.2%

4,158 of 29,229 flights

Top Routes from BLI

Busiest routes to and from Bellingham, WA.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
SEA (Seattle) → BLI (Bellingham) 5,958 85.1% 93 mi
BLI (Bellingham) → SEA (Seattle) 5,955 84.5% 93 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → BLI (Bellingham) 3,745 82.5% 954 mi
BLI (Bellingham) → LAS (Las Vegas) 3,743 89.2% 954 mi
OAK (Oakland) → BLI (Bellingham) 1,966 81.2% 764 mi
BLI (Bellingham) → OAK (Oakland) 1,964 83.2% 764 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Bellingham, WA, both outside Washington so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 85.8%).

Salt Lake City, UT

Salt Lake City, UT

85.8% on-time 1,319,985 flights

Flagstaff, AZ

Flagstaff, AZ

85.8% on-time 22,330 flights

Rochester, MN

Rochester, MN

85.8% on-time 20,848 flights

Redding, CA

Redding, CA

85.8% on-time 16,709 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 29,229).

Minot, ND

Minot, ND

29,078 flights 84.8% on-time

Great Falls, MT

Great Falls, MT

29,395 flights 88.3% on-time

Montgomery, AL

Montgomery, AL

30,016 flights 82.3% on-time

Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN

Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN

27,896 flights 85.9% on-time

Other Airports in Washington

Compare performance with other Washington airports.

SEA 83.1%

Seattle, WA

Seattle · 1,871,155 flights
GEG 84.4%

Spokane, WA

Spokane · 205,595 flights
PSC 86.9%

Pasco/Kennewick/Richland, WA

Pasco/Kennewick/Richland · 63,750 flights
PAE 84.3%

Everett, WA

Everett · 19,411 flights
PUW 86.6%

Pullman, WA

Pullman · 4,696 flights
ALW 88.8%

Walla Walla, WA

Walla Walla · 4,519 flights
EAT 87.3%

Wenatchee, WA

Wenatchee · 2,841 flights
YKM 88%

Yakima, WA

Yakima · 2,733 flights

BLI delay-share reading

The standout signal at Bellingham, WA is the delay mix: Carrier owns 39.3% of 122,120 delay minutes across 29,229 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 85.8% (6.8 pts above the 79% national average), with 4,158 delayed and 424 cancelled (1.45%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (32.5% late-aircraft, 39.3% carrier, 16.1% NAS, 11.9% weather, 0.2% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, BLI is strongest in May (95.5% on-time) and weakest in December (91.3%), a 4.2-point swing. Volume peaks in April (~488 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to SEA (Seattle) at 85.1% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Washington: Washington flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using BLI's data

BLI's on-time book is stronger than most peers; the remaining risk sits in the delay mix, not a weak headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from BLI before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in May rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 14.8 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.