Meadows Field in February 2026

80.0%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 195 domestic departures from Meadows Field (BFL). 80.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.6% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so BFL departures were 1.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 240 departures with 86.3% leaving on time: a change of −6.3 points, with flights down 19%.

Flights arriving at BFL that month were on time 74.4% of the time (195 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 23% and extreme weather 21%.

On time 83.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.9%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from BFL in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	BFL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	80.0%	86.3%	83.5%	78.1%
Arrived on time	83.6%	87.5%	81.3%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.0%	1.4%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.7 min	14.0 min	14.9 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	8	8	17,168
Scheduled departures	195	240	2,927	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	172	88%	82.0%	1.5 min	0.6%
AA American Airlines	23	12%	95.7%	0.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BFL–PHX	Bakersfield to Phoenix	100	83.0%	4.6 min	1.0%
BFL–DEN	Bakersfield to Denver	56	89.3%	-6.7 min	0.0%
BFL–SFO	Bakersfield to San Francisco	28	71.4%	4.8 min	0.0%
BFL–DFW	Bakersfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	11	90.9%	3.5 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	40.6%	38.2%	1,072
Late-arriving aircraft	22.9%	37.2%	605
National Aviation System	15.6%	18.5%	412
Extreme weather	20.9%	6.0%	551
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,640 delay minutes on 31 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 February 2026?

80.0% of 195 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 86.3% of 240 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 80.0% and 0.5% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.