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Meadows Field (BFL) delays & on-time performance

Bakersfield, California · 4 nonstop destinations · 4 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at BFL right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.

On-time arrivals
83%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.4%
41 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
85 min when late
Departed on time
85%
avg taxi-out 18 min

Figures cover 2,927 departures from BFL; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into BFL were on time 75% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Meadows Field (BFL) arrived on time 83% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
  • 1.4% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • American Airlines was the most punctual airline here (84% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (81%).
  • Departures scheduled around 5am did best (93% on time); around 2pm did worst (68%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (37%).

Most delayed routes from BFL

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 4 routes from BFL →

Most reliable routes from BFL

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at BFL

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
Envoy Air92%0.0%4 min186
United Airlines91%0.0%11 min170
American Airlines84%2.4%17 min2662
SkyWest Airlines81%1.2%16 min32,109

Best time to fly out of BFL

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 5am93%365 flts
  • 6am88%800 flts
  • 7am83%92 flts
  • 9am86%223 flts
  • 12pm81%612 flts
  • 1pm75%242 flts
  • 2pm68%224 flts
  • 4pm78%196 flts
  • 6pm75%92 flts
  • 7pm77%76 flts

Monthly trend

60%80%100%July 2025: 77.4% on time, 0.4% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 89.6% on time, 0.4% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 89.9% on time, 1.9% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 85.5% on time, 0.4% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 80.3% on time, 2.5% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 80.2% on time, 1.1% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 71.8% on time, 6.4% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 84.0% on time, 0.5% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 87.4% on time, 0.5% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 78.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 87.9% on time, 1.2% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 77.5% on time, 1.2% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 81.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft37%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)33%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion16%
  • Extreme weather14%
  • Security0%

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.