Meadows Field in September 2025

91.0%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 211 domestic departures from Meadows Field (BFL). 91.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.2% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so BFL departures were 7.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 223 departures with 89.2% leaving on time: a change of +1.8 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at BFL that month were on time 77.7% of the time (211 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 41% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 88.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.0%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	BFL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	91.0%	89.2%	83.5%	83.1%
Arrived on time	88.2%	90.1%	81.3%	82.8%
Cancelled	1.9%	0.0%	1.4%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.1 min	8.2 min	14.9 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	7	8	18,748
Scheduled departures	211	223	2,927	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	128	61%	91.4%	-6.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	79	37%	83.5%	0.6 min	5.1%
MQ Envoy Air	4	2%	75.0%	3.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BFL–PHX	Bakersfield to Phoenix	68	86.8%	-0.1 min	2.9%
BFL–DEN	Bakersfield to Denver	60	91.7%	-6.1 min	0.0%
BFL–SFO	Bakersfield to San Francisco	53	88.7%	-6.5 min	0.0%
BFL–DFW	Bakersfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	30	83.3%	-2.9 min	6.7%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	40.6%	34.3%	441
Late-arriving aircraft	48.4%	37.4%	526
National Aviation System	11.0%	22.6%	120
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.6%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,087 delay minutes on 21 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 2025?

91.0% of 211 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 89.2% of 223 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 91.0% and 1.9% in September 2025.

Provenance

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