Meadows Field in August 2024

89.1%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 266 domestic departures from Meadows Field (BFL). 89.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.5% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so BFL departures were 13.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 247 departures with 86.2% leaving on time: a change of +2.9 points, with flights up 8%.

Flights arriving at BFL that month were on time 81.2% of the time (266 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 86.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.8%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from BFL in August 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	BFL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	89.1%	86.2%	83.5%	75.4%
Arrived on time	86.5%	85.8%	81.3%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.8%	1.4%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.6 min	16.0 min	14.9 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	8	8	20,634
Scheduled departures	266	247	2,927	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	156	59%	89.1%	-1.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	63	24%	79.4%	7.4 min	1.6%
MQ Envoy Air	47	18%	87.2%	3.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BFL–PHX	Bakersfield to Phoenix	113	90.3%	-1.9 min	0.0%
BFL–DFW	Bakersfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	57	80.7%	6.4 min	1.8%
BFL–DEN	Bakersfield to Denver	52	78.8%	15.4 min	0.0%
BFL–SFO	Bakersfield to San Francisco	44	93.2%	-11.8 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	42.4%	33.8%	1,131
Late-arriving aircraft	33.9%	39.8%	905
National Aviation System	23.7%	20.4%	632
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.9%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,668 delay minutes on 34 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 2024?

89.1% of 266 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 86.2% of 247 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 89.1% and 0.4% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; 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.