Meadows Field in August 2023

86.2%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 247 domestic departures from Meadows Field (BFL). 86.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.8% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so BFL departures were 9.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BFL that month were on time 83.4% of the time (247 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 44% and national aviation system 4%.

On time 85.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.4%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from BFL in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	BFL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	86.2%	—	83.5%	76.7%
Arrived on time	85.8%	—	81.3%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	1.4%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.0 min	—	14.9 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	8	20,100
Scheduled departures	247	—	2,927	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	151	61%	90.1%	-8.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	75	30%	74.7%	26.6 min	2.7%
MQ Envoy Air	21	9%	95.2%	-6.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BFL–PHX	Bakersfield to Phoenix	92	90.2%	-5.2 min	1.1%
BFL–DFW	Bakersfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	79.0%	23.1 min	1.6%
BFL–SFO	Bakersfield to San Francisco	62	82.3%	1.3 min	0.0%
BFL–DEN	Bakersfield to Denver	31	93.5%	-17.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	43.6%	36.7%	1,623
Late-arriving aircraft	52.6%	42.2%	1,959
National Aviation System	3.8%	15.7%	142
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.1%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,724 delay minutes on 33 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left BFL on time in August 2023?

86.2% of 247 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for BFL · methodology · corrections.