Bellingham International Airport (Bellingham/Tulip Army Airfield) | |||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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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.
- ^ "WSDOT – Aviation – All State Airports – Bellingham International – Bellingham". wsdot.wa.gov.
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for BLI PDF, effective September 8, 2022
- ^ https://aspm.faa.gov/opsnet/sys/Airport.as [bare URL]
- ^ "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.