Meadows Field in October 2023

88.0%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 250 domestic departures from Meadows Field (BFL). 88.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.6% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so BFL departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BFL that month were on time 80.9% of the time (251 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 42% and national aviation system 2%.

On time 83.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.4%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	BFL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	88.0%	—	83.5%	83.8%
Arrived on time	83.6%	—	81.3%	84.0%
Cancelled	1.6%	—	1.4%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.4 min	—	14.9 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	8	19,966
Scheduled departures	250	—	2,927	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	147	59%	85.7%	-0.8 min	1.4%
AA American Airlines	62	25%	72.6%	15.6 min	3.2%
MQ Envoy Air	41	16%	92.7%	-1.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BFL–PHX	Bakersfield to Phoenix	104	88.5%	-4.0 min	1.9%
BFL–DFW	Bakersfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	72.6%	15.6 min	3.2%
BFL–SFO	Bakersfield to San Francisco	53	84.9%	1.6 min	0.0%
BFL–DEN	Bakersfield to Denver	31	87.1%	5.3 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	55.0%	41.3%	1,742
Late-arriving aircraft	42.3%	40.5%	1,342
National Aviation System	2.1%	14.4%	66
Extreme weather	0.6%	3.7%	19
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,169 delay minutes on 36 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 October 2023?

88.0% of 250 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.