Meadows Field in October 2024

91.5%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 259 domestic departures from Meadows Field (BFL). 91.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so BFL departures were 6.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 250 departures with 88.0% leaving on time: a change of +3.5 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at BFL that month were on time 87.3% of the time (259 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 70%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 4%.

On time 90.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.0%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	BFL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	91.5%	88.0%	83.5%	85.5%
Arrived on time	90.0%	83.6%	81.3%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	1.6%	1.4%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.7 min	13.4 min	14.9 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	8	8	20,517
Scheduled departures	259	250	2,927	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	131	51%	87.8%	-5.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	78	30%	89.7%	8.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	50	19%	96.0%	-11.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BFL–PHX	Bakersfield to Phoenix	112	93.8%	-7.5 min	0.0%
BFL–SFO	Bakersfield to San Francisco	62	82.3%	-0.7 min	0.0%
BFL–DEN	Bakersfield to Denver	54	90.7%	-12.1 min	0.0%
BFL–DFW	Bakersfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	90.3%	28.3 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	70.1%	42.7%	1,647
Late-arriving aircraft	25.6%	37.4%	601
National Aviation System	4.3%	16.3%	101
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.4%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,349 delay minutes on 26 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 2024?

91.5% of 259 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 88.0% of 250 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 91.5% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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