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KBFL · BFL

Meadows Field

35.43360°N
-119.05700°W
ARR / DAY
79
▼ 6.6%
DEP / DAY
83
▼ 8.6%

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 83 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 7 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
7
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Return to field
2

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

36m ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KBFL 051354Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/09 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP136 T01720089

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 9 175
SKY West Aviation 41% American Airlines 15% Westair Industries 11% United Airlines 8% Ameriflight 6% Lossiemouth FTU 6% ATP Flight School 5% AIR Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (Appleton 5% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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PHX 32
DEN 26
SFO 18
ONT 17
DFW 12
LAX 10

Carriers

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SKY West Aviation
72
American Airlines
27
Westair Industries
19
United Airlines
14
Ameriflight
10
Lossiemouth FTU
10
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ATP Flight School
9
AIR Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (Appleton
8
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
6
TYS
4
Maxair
3
Usac Airways 695
3
Scott Aviation
2
BBQ
2
Netjets Aviation
2
NON
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

22 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 12 PM · 1 movement every 225 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
BFLPHX
Phoenix, US
 SKY West Aviation 21 1h 14m
BFLSFO
San Francisco, US
 SKY West Aviation 18 0h 57m
BFLONT
Ontario, US
 Westair Industries 16 1h 1m
BFLDEN
Denver, US
 United Airlines 14 2h 7m
BFLDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
 American Airlines 12 2h 53m
BFLDEN
Denver, US
 SKY West Aviation 12 2h 19m
BFLPHX
Phoenix, US
 American Airlines 11 1h 14m
BFLLAX
Los Angeles, US
 SKY West Aviation 10 0h 40m
BFLSBP
San Luis Obispo, US
 Ameriflight 5 0h 24m
BFLBUR
Burbank, US
 Ameriflight 4 0h 28m
BFLAZ42
Phoenix, US
 SKY West Aviation 4 1h 28m
BFLKSLI
Los Alamitos, US
 Lossiemouth FTU 4 0h 49m
BFLVNY
Van Nuys, US
 Usac Airways 695 3 0h 30m
BFLPMD
Palmdale, US
 Lossiemouth FTU 2 0h 39m
BFLGRK
Fort Hood/Killeen, US
 TYS 2 3h 26m
BFLLVK
Livermore, US
 ATP Flight School 2 1h 48m
BFLATW
Appleton, US
 Maxair 2 4h 29m
BFLRAL
Riverside, US
 ATP Flight School 2 1h 37m
BFLSNA
Santa Ana, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 39m
BFLPOC
La Verne, US
 ATP Flight School 1 1h 6m

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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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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