Three decades of passenger totals at BLI

Since 1990, the lowest number of passengers flying from at Bellingham International Airport was 64,000 in 2003. The 2022 forecast was for 326,000 emplanements, according to the Port of Bellingham, which operates the Whatcom County airport. Flights increased in 2012-13 with the Canadian dollar on par with the U.S. dollar and flights to Hawaii.