Meadows Field in July 2026

83.3%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 263 domestic departures from Meadows Field (BFL). 83.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.4% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so BFL departures were 14.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 246 departures with 79.3% leaving on time: a change of +4.0 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at BFL that month were on time 65.0% of the time (263 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 81.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.3%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	BFL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	83.3%	79.3%	83.5%	68.8%
Arrived on time	81.4%	76.4%	81.3%	69.4%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.4%	1.4%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.0 min	30.5 min	14.9 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	8	8	21,066
Scheduled departures	263	246	2,927	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	139	53%	73.4%	12.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	63	24%	88.9%	1.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	31	12%	87.1%	-6.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	11%	96.7%	-15.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BFL–PHX	Bakersfield to Phoenix	109	85.3%	2.3 min	0.0%
BFL–SFO	Bakersfield to San Francisco	62	72.6%	9.7 min	0.0%
BFL–DEN	Bakersfield to Denver	61	78.7%	5.6 min	0.0%
BFL–DFW	Bakersfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	90.3%	-2.6 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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	44.0%	31.7%	1,480
Late-arriving aircraft	34.5%	41.8%	1,162
National Aviation System	19.8%	19.9%	668
Extreme weather	1.7%	6.5%	56
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,366 delay minutes on 48 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 July 2026?

83.3% of 263 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 79.3% of 246 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 83.3% and 0.0% in July 2026.

Provenance

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