Meadows Field in December 2023

89.7%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 195 domestic departures from Meadows Field (BFL). 89.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.7% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so BFL departures were 6.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BFL that month were on time 83.0% of the time (194 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 70%, national aviation system 23% and late-arriving aircraft 8%.

On time 88.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.3%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	BFL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	89.7%	—	83.5%	83.1%
Arrived on time	88.7%	—	81.3%	83.8%
Cancelled	1.0%	—	1.4%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.5 min	—	14.9 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	8	19,013
Scheduled departures	195	—	2,927	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	132	68%	85.6%	1.0 min	1.5%
AA American Airlines	63	32%	95.2%	-10.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BFL–PHX	Bakersfield to Phoenix	84	94.0%	-8.4 min	0.0%
BFL–SFO	Bakersfield to San Francisco	49	83.7%	-5.5 min	2.0%
BFL–DEN	Bakersfield to Denver	31	77.4%	27.0 min	3.2%
BFL–DFW	Bakersfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	93.5%	-11.3 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	69.6%	37.1%	1,410
Late-arriving aircraft	7.6%	38.8%	154
National Aviation System	22.8%	17.6%	462
Extreme weather	0.0%	6.2%	0
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

2,026 delay minutes on 20 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 December 2023?

89.7% of 195 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.