The Bellingham International airport (BLI) is located in Whatcom County (map) and borders the Lower-Mainland / Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada. With four motor vehicle ports of entry into Blaine, WA and Blaine’s close proximity (20 miles or 32 kilometers) to the airport, BLI offers multiple advantages to the BC business traveler.
From most B.C. locations like White Rock, Delta, Surrey, South Surrey, Langley, Aldergrove or Abbotsford, BLI is less than an hour drive away. That travel time is expedited when traffic at the border crossing is light &/or you use a Nexus card (more information about border times and Nexus can be found at UCanTrade.com).
In fact, border wait times are down. There has been a 10% decline in motor vehicle traffic at the Pacific border crossings to date this year compared to the same period in 2015, reports Dave Gallagher of the Bellingham Herald, the weakened Canadian dollar primarily to blame. “When the loonie was nearly at par with the U.S. dollar a few years ago,” reports Gallagher, “it was estimated that more than half of the [airport] passengers were Canadian.”
Even with current exchange rates, travel through BLI still continues to offer “executives and personnel from B.C. companies who conduct their business through Whatcom County … low cost business travel [options] to their U.S. market,” says Jim Pettinger, president of UCanTrade, Inc. Direct flights offered by regional airlines to major cities within U.S. states like Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii and California save B.C. business travelers both time and money.
We welcome visitors! If you are planning a trip to your U.S. market via Bellingham International airport, please consider stopping by UCanTrade, Inc. for a visit! Our 25,000 square foot warehouse is conveniently located just off Interstate 5 between Blaine and Bellingham, at Exit 260, Slater Rd. We’re right on the way and would love to give you a tour.
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Read more from the Bellingham Herald HERE