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KBFL · BFL

Meadows Field

35.43360°N
-119.05700°W
ARR / DAY
41
▼ 46.0%
DEP / DAY
49
▼ 44.7%

Meadows Field (KBFL/BFL) is a medium general aviation airport located in Bakersfield, CA. It features 2 runways with the longest being 10,849 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 41 arrivals and 49 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

36m ago
Temp
69°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KBFL 231254Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/15 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP144 T02060150 $

Runways

2 installed

10,849 FT MAX
12L/30R
10,849 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH
12R/30L
7,700 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Top carriers

Share of flights

15 total
TOP 9 107
SKY West Aviation 38% American Airlines 14% Westair Industries 11% ATP Flight School 10% United Airlines 7% Envoy AIR 7% C.C. Calzone 6% Ameriflight 3% Pacific JET 3%

Top destinations

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PHX 25
DEN 16
SFO 15
ONT 11
DFW 7
RAL 6

Carriers

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SKY West Aviation
41
American Airlines
15
Westair Industries
12
ATP Flight School
11
United Airlines
8
Envoy AIR
8
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C.C. Calzone
6
Ameriflight
3
Pacific JET
3
KEY Lime AIR (Englewood
3
NON
2
United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond
2
SCJ
2
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (McClellan
1
JXA
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

13 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 12 PM · 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
BFLSFO
San Francisco, US
 SKY West Aviation 15 0h 54m
BFLONT
Ontario, US
 Westair Industries 10 0h 56m
BFLPHX
Phoenix, US
 SKY West Aviation 10 1h 19m
BFLPHX
Phoenix, US
 American Airlines 8 1h 18m
BFLDEN
Denver, US
 United Airlines 8 2h 5m
BFLDEN
Denver, US
 SKY West Aviation 8 2h 13m
BFLDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
 American Airlines 7 2h 56m
BFLPHX
Phoenix, US
 Envoy AIR 7 1h 12m
BFLRAL
Riverside, US
 ATP Flight School 4 1h 39m
BFLAZ42
Phoenix, US
 SKY West Aviation 3 1h 24m
BFLBUR
Burbank, US
 Ameriflight 2 0h 24m
BFLFAT
Fresno, US
 ATP Flight School 2 1h 58m
BFLGRK
Fort Hood/Killeen, US
 KEY Lime AIR (Englewood 2 3h 13m
BFLSAN
San Diego, US
 C.C. Calzone 2 0h 42m
BFLRAL
Riverside, US
 United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 2 1h 11m
BFLUS-1747
Bakersfield, US
 ATP Flight School 1 0h 7m
BFLHWD
Hayward, US
 ATP Flight School 1 1h 55m
BFL67CA
Chowchilla, US
 ATP Flight School 1 1h 4m
BFLAZ42
Phoenix, US
 Envoy AIR 1 1h 39m
BFLMKE
Milwaukee, US
 SCJ 1 3h 19m

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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Emceezee
04/12/2021
Airline Service = yes
American is operating to Phoenix and Dallas, United to Denver.
Cpfau182
11/04/2014
Pick up
On the way to Carson City
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