Meadows Field in May 2026

89.6%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 251 domestic departures from Meadows Field (BFL). 89.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.9% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so BFL departures were 12.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 251 departures with 88.8% leaving on time: a change of +0.8 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at BFL that month were on time 85.3% of the time (252 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 62%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 86.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.0%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	BFL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	89.6%	88.8%	83.5%	77.1%
Arrived on time	86.9%	88.0%	81.3%	77.6%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.4%	1.4%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.2 min	12.8 min	14.9 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	8	8	20,391
Scheduled departures	251	251	2,927	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	200	80%	86.0%	1.7 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	39	16%	87.2%	-5.1 min	5.1%
UA United Airlines	10	4%	100.0%	-10.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	2	1%	100.0%	-7.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BFL–PHX	Bakersfield to Phoenix	116	91.4%	-2.5 min	0.0%
BFL–DEN	Bakersfield to Denver	62	95.2%	-1.5 min	0.0%
BFL–SFO	Bakersfield to San Francisco	42	64.3%	10.4 min	2.4%
BFL–DFW	Bakersfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	83.9%	-0.3 min	6.5%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	62.4%	33.0%	1,610
Late-arriving aircraft	25.5%	40.4%	659
National Aviation System	12.1%	20.5%	312
Extreme weather	0.0%	6.0%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,581 delay minutes on 30 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 May 2026?

89.6% of 251 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 88.8% of 251 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 89.6% and 1.2% in May 2026.

Provenance

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