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KBFL · BFL

Meadows Field

35.43360°N
-119.05700°W
ARR / DAY
74
▲ 9.1%
DEP / DAY
81
▲ 7.4%

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 74 arrivals and 81 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 6 total

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Go-arounds
1
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
5
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Return to field
8

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

28m ago
Temp
90°F
Wind
6 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KBFL 200354Z 35006KT 10SM CLR 32/08 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP095 T03220083

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

19 total
TOP 9 158
SKY West Aviation 47% American Airlines 17% Westair Industries 10% United Airlines 7% Ameriflight 6% KEY Lime AIR (Englewood 4% Global Crossing Airlines 3% Baker Aviation 3% Netjets Aviation 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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PHX 35
DEN 22
SFO 18
ONT 14
LAX 12
DFW 11

Carriers

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SKY West Aviation
75
American Airlines
27
Westair Industries
16
United Airlines
11
Ameriflight
9
KEY Lime AIR (Englewood
7
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Global Crossing Airlines
5
Baker Aviation
4
Netjets Aviation
4
Lossiemouth FTU
4
Maxair
3
BBQ
3
Scott Aviation
2
Tropic Airlines-Air Molokai(Honolulu
2
United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond
2
Fltplan
1
JET Linx Aviation
1
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (McClellan
1
ATP Flight School
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

19 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 11 AM · 1 movement every 240 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 23 1h 15m
BFLSFO
San Francisco, US
 SKY West Aviation 18 0h 57m
BFLONT
Ontario, US
 Westair Industries 13 0h 52m
BFLLAX
Los Angeles, US
 SKY West Aviation 12 0h 41m
BFLPHX
Phoenix, US
 American Airlines 12 1h 20m
BFLDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
 American Airlines 11 2h 59m
BFLDEN
Denver, US
 United Airlines 11 2h 5m
BFLDEN
Denver, US
 SKY West Aviation 11 2h 12m
BFLAZ42
Phoenix, US
 SKY West Aviation 4 1h 21m
BFLBUR
Burbank, US
 Ameriflight 4 0h 38m
BFLSBP
San Luis Obispo, US
 Ameriflight 3 0h 31m
BFLRDD
Redding, US
 Lossiemouth FTU 2 1h 42m
BFLKSLI
Los Alamitos, US
 Lossiemouth FTU 2 0h 42m
BFLBED
Bedford, US
 Baker Aviation 2 5h 20m
BFLMRY
Monterey, US
 Netjets Aviation 2 1h 21m
BFLATW
Appleton, US
 Maxair 2 4h 7m
BFLOPF
Miami, US
 BBQ 1 4h 53m
BFLKCHD
Chandler, US
 SKY West Aviation 1 1h 20m
BFLOPF
Miami, US
 Global Crossing Airlines 1 4h 50m
BFLKL73
Famoso, US
 Ameriflight 1 0h 3m

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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