Bellingham International Airport

Bellingham International Airport

(Bellingham/Tulip Army Airfield)
Bellingham International Airport; (Bellingham/Tulip Army Airfield)
	IATA: BLI; ICAO: KBLI; FAA LID: BLI;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Port of Bellingham
Serves	Bellingham metropolitan area
Location	Whatcom County
Hub for	San Juan Airlines
Operating base for	Allegiant Air
Elevation AMSL	170 ft / 52.1 m
Coordinates	48°47′33″N 122°32′15″W / 48.79250°N 122.53750°W
Website	www.portofbellingham.com/888/Airport
Maps
	; FAA airport diagram as of March 2024
	BLI Location of airport in Washington BLI BLI (the United States)
Runways
Statistics
Aircraft movements (2016)
Aircraft movements (2016)	82,234
Total passengers served (12 months ending Oct. 2017)	737,000
	Sources:; WSDOT and Federal Aviation Administration

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]^[3] 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.^[4]^[5] 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.

^ "WSDOT – Aviation – All State Airports – Bellingham International – Bellingham". wsdot.wa.gov.
^ ^a ^b FAA Airport Form 5010 for BLI PDF, effective September 8, 2022
^ "BLI airport data at skyvector.com". Retrieved September 18, 2022.
^ 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.
^ "From Buffalo to Bellingham, U.S. airports court Canadian fliers". usatoday.com. USA Today. Gannett Co., Inc. February 8, 2016.

[1] "WSDOT – Aviation – All State Airports – Bellingham International – Bellingham". wsdot.wa.gov.

[FAA-2] FAA Airport Form 5010 for BLI PDF, effective September 8, 2022

[3] "BLI airport data at skyvector.com". Retrieved September 18, 2022.

[nicas20120608-4] 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.

[5] "From Buffalo to Bellingham, U.S. airports court Canadian fliers". usatoday.com. USA Today. Gannett Co., Inc. February 8, 2016.

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