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KBFL · BFL

Meadows Field

35.43360°N
-119.05700°W
ARR / DAY
79
▼ 3.5%
DEP / DAY
89
▲ 2.0%

Meadows Field (KBFL/BFL) is a medium general aviation airport located in Bakersfield, CA. It features 2 runways with the longest being 10,857 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 79 arrivals and 89 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

45m ago
Temp
53°F
Wind
4 kts
110°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KBFL 131454Z 11004KT 9SM CLR 12/05 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP167 T01170050 51022

Runways

2 installed

10,857 FT MAX
12L/30R
10,857 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH
12R/30L
3,700 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Top carriers

Share of flights

17 total
TOP 9 190
SKY West Aviation 25% Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 19% American Airlines 16% Westair Industries 13% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 8% United Airlines 6% Envoy AIR 5% Ameriflight 5% VEL 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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PHX 27
ONT 23
SFO 20
DEN 19
LAX 9
DFW 9

Carriers

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SKY West Aviation
47
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
37
American Airlines
31
Westair Industries
24
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
16
United Airlines
11
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Envoy AIR
10
Ameriflight
9
VEL
5
NON
3
Foreflight
3
Lossiemouth FTU
3
VJA
2
AIR Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (Appleton
2
Netjets Aviation
2
SAN Carlos Flight Center
1
Global Crossing Airlines
1

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 118.100 —
TWR 118.100 0600-2300
TWR 257.800 0600-2300
GND 121.700 0600-2300
ATIS 118.600 0600-2300
APCH 118.800 0600-2300
APCH 118.900 0600-2300
APCH 119.075 0600-2300
APCH 270.300 0600-2300
APCH 284.625 0600-2300
DEP 126.450 0600-2300
UNICOM 122.950 —
OTHER 111.200 —
BFL VOT 111.200 —
LCL/P 118.100 0600-2300
EMERG 121.500 0600-2300
OTHER 127.100 —
BAKERSFI 127.100 —
EMERG 243.000 0600-2300
LCL/P 257.800 0600-2300
OTHER 317.700 —
BAKERSFI 317.700 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZLA
Mag var:
14° E
Fuel:
100, 100LL

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KBFL · last 7d

21 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 9 AM · 1 movement every 257 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
BFLONT
Ontario, US
 Westair Industries 23 0h 58m
BFLSFO
San Francisco, US
 SKY West Aviation 20 0h 54m
BFLPHX
Phoenix, US
 American Airlines 16 1h 23m
BFLDEN
Denver, US
 United Airlines 11 2h 8m
BFLLAX
Los Angeles, US
 SKY West Aviation 9 0h 39m
BFLDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
 American Airlines 9 2h 57m
BFLDEN
Denver, US
 SKY West Aviation 8 2h 8m
BFLPHX
Phoenix, US
 Envoy AIR 7 1h 9m
BFLSBP
San Luis Obispo, US
 Ameriflight 5 0h 26m
BFLPHX
Phoenix, US
 SKY West Aviation 4 1h 15m
BFLKL19
Wasco, US
 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 3 0h 15m
BFLBUR
Burbank, US
 Ameriflight 3 0h 28m
BFLAZ42
Phoenix, US
 Envoy AIR 3 1h 20m
BFL2CN4
Lost Hills, US
 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 2 0h 24m
BFLKL73
Famoso, US
 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 2 0h 8m
BFLAZ42
Phoenix, US
 American Airlines 2 1h 23m
BFLKCHD
Chandler, US
 American Airlines 2 1h 47m
BFLLAS
Las Vegas, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 2 0h 50m
BFLKSLI
Los Alamitos, US
 Lossiemouth FTU 2 0h 51m
BFLSMX
Santa Maria, US
 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 2 0h 50m

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

2
Emceezee
4/12/2021
Airline Service = yes
American is operating to Phoenix and Dallas, United to Denver.
Cpfau182
11/4/2014
Pick up
On the way to Carson City
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