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Airport Reliability

BFL · Bakersfield

Bakersfield, CA (BFL)

86%
Departures within 15 minutes
10 min
Average departure delay
76%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
1.3%
Departures cancelled

Based on 2,893 departures and 2,893 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from BFL departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 77% between 3–6 PM.

Thursday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 86% on time on Thursdays against 81% on Mondays.

Ticking up lately.

Departures from BFL arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% in the three months before that.

When BFL gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(367 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(864 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(182 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(1073 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(137 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(223 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon81%(404 flights)
  • Tue85%(390 flights)
  • Wed82%(401 flights)
  • Thu86%(419 flights)
  • Fri84%(413 flights)
  • Sat84%(387 flights)
  • Sun82%(433 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 88% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202588%239
July 202577%243
August 202590%222
September 202590%207
October 202586%256
November 202580%269
December 202581%278
January 202673%248
February 202684%194
March 202688%214
April 202679%229
May 202688%248

Airlines departing BFL

Busiest routes from BFL

Based on 2,893 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.