Bellingham International Airport

Bellingham International Airport

(Bellingham/Tulip Army Airfield)
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorPort of Bellingham
ServesBellingham metropolitan area
LocationWhatcom County
Hub forSan Juan Airlines
Operating base forAllegiant Air
Elevation AMSL170 ft / 52.1 m
Coordinates48°47′33″N 122°32′15″W / 48.79250°N 122.53750°W / 48.79250; -122.53750
Websitewww.portofbellingham.com/888/Airport Edit this at Wikidata
Maps
FAA airport diagram as of March 2024
FAA airport diagram as of March 2024
BLI is located in Washington (state)
BLI
BLI
Location of airport in Washington
BLI is located in the United States
BLI
BLI
BLI (the United States)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 6,701 2,042 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft movements61,261
Total passengers served620,000

Bellingham International Airport (IATA: BLI, ICAO: KBLI, FAA LID: BLI) is three miles (5 km) northwest of Bellingham, in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. BLI covers 2,190 acres (886 ha) of land,[2][4] and is the third-largest commercial airport in Washington.

Bellingham is a low-fare alternative to Vancouver International Airport, and an estimated 65% of customers come from Canada.[5][6] It is only 54 miles (87 km) from downtown Vancouver, and only 23 miles (37 km) from the Peace Arch Border Crossing, where Greater Vancouver starts.

  1. ^ "WSDOT – Aviation – All State Airports – Bellingham International – Bellingham". wsdot.wa.gov.
  2. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for BLI PDF, effective September 8, 2022
  3. ^ https://aspm.faa.gov/opsnet/sys/Airport.as [bare URL]
  4. ^ "BLI airport data at skyvector.com". Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  5. ^ Nicas, Jack (June 8, 2012). "Canadians Crowd U.S. Airports. Why? Taxes". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on March 25, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  6. ^ "From Buffalo to Bellingham, U.S. airports court Canadian fliers". usatoday.com. USA Today. Gannett Co., Inc. February 8, 2016.

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