Meadows Field in December 2024

88.9%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 261 domestic departures from Meadows Field (BFL). 88.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so BFL departures were 11.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 195 departures with 89.7% leaving on time: a change of −0.8 points, with flights up 34%.

Flights arriving at BFL that month were on time 84.4% of the time (262 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 87.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.6%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	BFL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	88.9%	89.7%	83.5%	77.8%
Arrived on time	87.0%	88.7%	81.3%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	1.0%	1.4%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.8 min	11.5 min	14.9 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	7	8	19,686
Scheduled departures	261	195	2,927	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	147	56%	86.4%	-3.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	63	24%	92.1%	-7.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	51	20%	82.4%	14.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BFL–PHX	Bakersfield to Phoenix	113	86.7%	0.8 min	0.0%
BFL–DEN	Bakersfield to Denver	62	91.9%	-9.0 min	0.0%
BFL–SFO	Bakersfield to San Francisco	62	87.1%	-4.9 min	0.0%
BFL–DFW	Bakersfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	24	75.0%	22.3 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	46.0%	34.3%	1,233
Late-arriving aircraft	31.2%	40.2%	837
National Aviation System	16.4%	17.8%	439
Extreme weather	6.5%	7.5%	174
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,683 delay minutes on 33 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 2024?

88.9% of 261 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 89.7% of 195 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 88.9% and 0.0% in December 2024.

Provenance

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