Meadows Field in April 2026

85.2%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 229 domestic departures from Meadows Field (BFL). 85.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so BFL departures were 6.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 288 departures with 83.0% leaving on time: a change of +2.2 points, with flights down 20%.

Flights arriving at BFL that month were on time 77.4% of the time (230 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 78.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	BFL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	85.2%	83.0%	83.5%	79.1%
Arrived on time	78.6%	80.9%	81.3%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	1.4%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.0 min	14.5 min	14.9 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	10	8	19,931
Scheduled departures	229	288	2,927	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	206	90%	76.7%	5.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	23	10%	95.7%	-15.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BFL–PHX	Bakersfield to Phoenix	116	85.3%	4.3 min	0.0%
BFL–DEN	Bakersfield to Denver	60	80.0%	-5.5 min	0.0%
BFL–SFO	Bakersfield to San Francisco	30	36.7%	34.6 min	0.0%
BFL–DFW	Bakersfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	23	95.7%	-15.4 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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	39.2%	33.5%	1,301
Late-arriving aircraft	34.3%	40.4%	1,138
National Aviation System	24.6%	21.0%	816
Extreme weather	1.8%	5.0%	61
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,316 delay minutes on 49 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 2026?

85.2% of 229 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 83.0% of 288 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 85.2% and 0.0% in April 2026.

Provenance

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