Bellingham International
BLI · KBLI · Bellingham, Washington · Whatcom County · map
Bellingham International is a public-use airport owned by the Port of Bellingham, 3 miles northwest of Bellingham, Washington, 171 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 6,700 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBLI · observed 1:53 pm PDT (20:53 UTC), 28 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind calm
- Visibility 2 miles
- Sky: overcast at 800 feet
- Weather: mist
- Temperature 59°F (15°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.18 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:35 pm PDT (20:35 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm PDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 4 knots, visibility 2 miles, mist, a broken layer at 700 feet IFR
- From Tue 3:00 pm PDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 700 feet VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm PDT (01:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm PDT (05:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility 1 mile, mist, a broken layer at 300 feet LIFR
- From Wed 1:00 am PDT (08:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility ¼ mile, fog, overcast at 300 feet LIFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBLI 062053Z 00000KT 2SM BR OVC008 15/13 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP226 T01500128 58005
TAF KBLI 062035Z 0621/0718 31004KT 2SM BR BKN007 FM062200 29005KT P6SM SCT007 FM070100 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM070500 00000KT 1SM BR BKN003 FM070800 00000KT 1/4SM FG OVC003
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BLI · ICAO KBLI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Port of Bellingham
- Elevation
- 171 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,030 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:30 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · customs available · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 6,700 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 124.9 | Bellingham |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 134.45 | Bellingham |
| Ground | 127.4 | Bellingham |
| Approach and departure | 132.7 | Bellingham |
| Madee Rnav Star West | 118.2 | Bellingham |
| Madee Rnav Star East | 120.7 | Bellingham |
| Bellingham and rco | 122.15 | Bellingham |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 360-671-8688.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Bellingham from the FAA register
205 aircraft are registered to owners in Bellingham, Washington: 138 piston singles, 26 business jets, 16 piston twins, 12 turboprops, 7 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Washington.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 25 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 16; runway end identifier lights runway 34; high-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Ovr 7500 LB.
- Pattern altitude 1030 feet above ground level fixed wing; 530 feet above ground level helicopter; 1830 feet above ground level turbo.
- Taxiway a between taxiway east and F closed to wingspan gtr than 118FT. portions of taxiway a at taxiway G and J not visibility from the control tower.
- Commercial ramp closed to pvt aircraft.
- Air carrier operations use taxiway a, taxiway B, taxiway C, taxiway D west of taxiway east, taxiway east, taxiway F west of taxiway a, taxiway G and taxiway H.
- Flight notification service (adcus) available.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.