Meadows Field in November 2024

83.4%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 265 domestic departures from Meadows Field (BFL). 83.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.4% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so BFL departures were 1.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 210 departures with 90.0% leaving on time: a change of −6.6 points, with flights up 26%.

Flights arriving at BFL that month were on time 81.9% of the time (265 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 73%, late-arriving aircraft 14% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 80.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.6%
Cancelled 2.3%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	BFL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	83.4%	90.0%	83.5%	85.2%
Arrived on time	80.4%	88.1%	81.3%	84.8%
Cancelled	2.3%	0.0%	1.4%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.2 min	11.0 min	14.9 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	7	8	19,180
Scheduled departures	265	210	2,927	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	137	52%	75.2%	2.1 min	2.9%
AA American Airlines	98	37%	84.7%	-2.0 min	1.0%
MQ Envoy Air	30	11%	90.0%	-6.2 min	3.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BFL–PHX	Bakersfield to Phoenix	126	81.0%	1.0 min	2.4%
BFL–DEN	Bakersfield to Denver	59	83.1%	-2.3 min	1.7%
BFL–SFO	Bakersfield to San Francisco	59	74.6%	-1.5 min	3.4%
BFL–DFW	Bakersfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	21	85.7%	-0.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	72.9%	36.9%	1,943
Late-arriving aircraft	13.6%	35.6%	362
National Aviation System	11.0%	21.9%	293
Extreme weather	2.5%	5.4%	67
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,665 delay minutes on 44 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 2024?

83.4% of 265 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 90.0% of 210 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 83.4% and 2.3% in November 2024.

Provenance

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