Meadows Field in November 2023

90.0%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 210 domestic departures from Meadows Field (BFL). 90.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so BFL departures were 4.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BFL that month were on time 89.0% of the time (209 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 59%, extreme weather 25% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 88.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	BFL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	90.0%	—	83.5%	86.0%
Arrived on time	88.1%	—	81.3%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.4%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.0 min	—	14.9 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	8	18,793
Scheduled departures	210	—	2,927	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	160	76%	88.1%	1.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	43	20%	86.0%	-2.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	7	3%	100.0%	-9.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BFL–PHX	Bakersfield to Phoenix	99	92.9%	-3.1 min	0.0%
BFL–SFO	Bakersfield to San Francisco	47	78.7%	13.6 min	0.0%
BFL–DFW	Bakersfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	34	82.4%	0.1 min	0.0%
BFL–DEN	Bakersfield to Denver	30	93.3%	-10.2 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	59.1%	42.5%	1,291
Late-arriving aircraft	7.2%	37.3%	158
National Aviation System	9.1%	16.2%	199
Extreme weather	24.6%	3.7%	537
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

2,185 delay minutes on 24 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 November 2023?

90.0% of 210 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.