Meadows Field in September 2024

89.2%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 223 domestic departures from Meadows Field (BFL). 89.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so BFL departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 232 departures with 85.3% leaving on time: a change of +3.9 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at BFL that month were on time 85.7% of the time (224 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 82%, national aviation system 11% and late-arriving aircraft 6%.

On time 90.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.9%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	BFL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	89.2%	85.3%	83.5%	84.4%
Arrived on time	90.1%	85.8%	81.3%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.4%	1.4%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.2 min	12.7 min	14.9 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	8	8	19,421
Scheduled departures	223	232	2,927	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	185	83%	90.8%	-6.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	32	14%	87.5%	1.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	6	3%	83.3%	0.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BFL–PHX	Bakersfield to Phoenix	80	91.3%	-5.5 min	0.0%
BFL–SFO	Bakersfield to San Francisco	60	91.7%	-10.7 min	0.0%
BFL–DEN	Bakersfield to Denver	51	88.2%	-3.5 min	0.0%
BFL–DFW	Bakersfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	32	87.5%	1.3 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	82.3%	38.6%	1,400
Late-arriving aircraft	6.3%	38.4%	107
National Aviation System	10.8%	18.2%	184
Extreme weather	0.6%	4.8%	10
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,701 delay minutes on 22 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 September 2024?

89.2% of 223 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 85.3% of 232 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 89.2% and 0.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

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