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KBLI — Bellingham Intl
Bellingham, WA · field elevation 171 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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KBLI current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KBLI 111153Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM FU CLR 14/12 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP194 T01390117 10156 20133 53005
- Wind
- from 190° at 4 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 14 °C / dewpoint 12 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Density altitude
- -129 ft · pressure altitude 1 ft
- Observed
- 23 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 190° at 4 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | 4 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 34 | 4 kt tail | 1 kt from the left |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KBLI 111126Z 1112/1212 20004KT P6SM SCT200 FM111400 18006KT P6SM SCT008 SCT200 FM112000 21009KT P6SM SCT200 FM120300 19003KT P6SM SCT200
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 48.79269, -122.53753
- Elevation
- 171 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1258Z / 0332Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2230
- Magnetic variation
- 16° (2020)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Seattle
- County
- Whatcom, WA
Airport diagram
Everything else KBLI publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 6,700 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 134.45
- Tower 0700-2230
- 124.9
- Ground
- 127.4
- CTAF
- 124.9
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 132.7
Published procedures
- 7 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS), RNAV (RNP)
- 2 departures published
- 1 arrival published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KBLI airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Washington airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.