Meadows Field in April 2025

83.0%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 288 domestic departures from Meadows Field (BFL). 83.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.9% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so BFL departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 169 departures with 82.8% leaving on time: a change of +0.2 points, with flights up 70%.

Flights arriving at BFL that month were on time 84.0% of the time (288 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, late-arriving aircraft 21% and extreme weather 17%.

On time 80.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.7%

Every scheduled departure from BFL in April 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

April 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	BFL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	83.0%	82.8%	83.5%	80.6%
Arrived on time	80.9%	83.4%	81.3%	79.5%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.6%	1.4%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.5 min	12.6 min	14.9 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	6	8	19,465
Scheduled departures	288	169	2,927	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	206	72%	85.4%	4.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	82	28%	69.5%	11.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BFL–PHX	Bakersfield to Phoenix	138	82.6%	3.6 min	0.0%
BFL–DEN	Bakersfield to Denver	60	83.3%	17.1 min	0.0%
BFL–SFO	Bakersfield to San Francisco	60	80.0%	0.1 min	0.0%
BFL–DFW	Bakersfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	30	70.0%	12.2 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	52.3%	32.7%	2,094
Late-arriving aircraft	20.5%	39.4%	823
National Aviation System	10.5%	22.2%	419
Extreme weather	16.7%	5.5%	670
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,006 delay minutes on 53 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 April 2025?

83.0% of 288 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 82.8% of 169 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 83.0% and 0.0% in April 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 2025; 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.