Meadows Field in June 2026

78.6%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 June 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 257 domestic departures from Meadows Field (BFL). 78.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.3% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.2% of flights departed on time and 72.8% arrived on time, so BFL departures were 6.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in June 2025, the airport had 240 departures with 89.2% leaving on time: a change of −10.6 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at BFL that month were on time 63.4% of the time (257 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 76.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.2%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Jun 2026	Jun 2025	BFL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jun 2026
Departed on time	78.6%	89.2%	83.5%	72.2%
Arrived on time	76.3%	87.1%	81.3%	72.8%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.0%	1.4%	1.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.3 min	9.1 min	14.9 min	20.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	8	8	20,253
Scheduled departures	257	240	2,927	607,577

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	126	49%	65.9%	17.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	101	39%	87.1%	0.7 min	3.0%
UA United Airlines	30	12%	83.3%	12.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BFL–PHX	Bakersfield to Phoenix	107	86.0%	1.5 min	0.9%
BFL–DEN	Bakersfield to Denver	60	75.0%	13.3 min	0.0%
BFL–SFO	Bakersfield to San Francisco	60	55.0%	22.9 min	0.0%
BFL–DFW	Bakersfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	30	86.7%	11.1 min	6.7%

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), June 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jun 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	41.3%	30.8%	1,908
Late-arriving aircraft	35.7%	42.1%	1,651
National Aviation System	21.9%	20.3%	1,013
Extreme weather	1.1%	6.7%	51
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,623 delay minutes on 57 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 June 2026?

78.6% of 257 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.2% and 72.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In June 2025, 89.2% of 240 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 78.6% and 1.2% in June 2026.

Provenance

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