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KBFL · BFL

Meadows Field

35.43360°N
-119.05700°W
ARR / DAY
84
▲ 2.3%
DEP / DAY
86
▼ 4.1%

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 84 arrivals and 86 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 8 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
8
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Return to field
2

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

39m ago
Temp
65°F
Wind
3 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KBFL 030954Z AUTO 25003KT 10SM CLR 18/10 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP137 T01830100

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

18 total
TOP 9 193
SKY West Aviation 43% American Airlines 16% Westair Industries 9% United Airlines 8% Lossiemouth FTU 8% Ameriflight 5% ATP Flight School 5% AIR Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (Appleton 4% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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PHX 38
DEN 28
SFO 24
ONT 17
DFW 13
LAX 10

Carriers

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SKY West Aviation
83
American Airlines
31
Westair Industries
18
United Airlines
15
Lossiemouth FTU
15
Ameriflight
10
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ATP Flight School
9
AIR Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (Appleton
7
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
5
Maxair
3
SAN Carlos Flight Center
2
Scott Aviation
2
BBQ
2
GRZ
2
Usac Airways 695
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

23 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 25 1h 15m
BFLSFO
San Francisco, US
 SKY West Aviation 24 1h 3m
BFLONT
Ontario, US
 Westair Industries 16 0h 57m
BFLDEN
Denver, US
 United Airlines 15 2h 7m
BFLPHX
Phoenix, US
 American Airlines 13 1h 14m
BFLDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
 American Airlines 13 2h 52m
BFLDEN
Denver, US
 SKY West Aviation 13 2h 21m
BFLLAX
Los Angeles, US
 SKY West Aviation 10 0h 39m
BFLKSLI
Los Alamitos, US
 Lossiemouth FTU 7 1h 6m
BFLSBP
San Luis Obispo, US
 Ameriflight 5 0h 25m
BFLBUR
Burbank, US
 Ameriflight 4 0h 29m
BFLAZ42
Phoenix, US
 SKY West Aviation 4 1h 29m
BFLPMD
Palmdale, US
 Lossiemouth FTU 2 0h 39m
BFLUS-1410
Los Angeles, US
 SKY West Aviation 2 0h 50m
BFLLVK
Livermore, US
 ATP Flight School 2 1h 48m
BFLATW
Appleton, US
 Maxair 2 4h 29m
BFLVNY
Van Nuys, US
 Usac Airways 695 2 0h 33m
BFLNKX
San Diego, US
 GRZ 2 1h 20m
BFLRAL
Riverside, US
 ATP Flight School 2 1h 37m
BFLABQ
Albuquerque, US
 AIR Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (Appleton 1 1h 55m

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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