Flights Bellingham → Oakland
BLI → OAK
Route overview
The flight route from Bellingham to Oakland has a high on-time performance rate of 84%, with an average delay of just 1.2 minutes across the total of 25 flights recorded. The destination airport in Oakland, which opened in 1927, handles over eleven million passengers annually, making it one of the busiest airports in its region.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Bellingham (BLI) → Oakland (OAK) route is operated by Allegiant Air. Across 65 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.54%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 8.2/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Bellingham the average ATFM delay is 0.8 minutes.
Heading to Oakland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Bellingham (BLI) to Oakland (OAK) heads south for about 1,231 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 58m.
Departures from Bellingham on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 74% of BLI-OAK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Bellingham the average ATFM delay is 0.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Oakland it is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 65 tracked BLI-OAK flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 1.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegiant Air (G4) | 78% | 11 min | 2.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about BLI-OAK
On the Bellingham (BLI) -> Oakland (OAK) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 65 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Bellingham-Oakland is 1.54% across 65 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Allegiant Air.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
