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KBFL · BFL

Meadows Field

35.43360°N
-119.05700°W
ARR / DAY
84
▲ 7.5%
DEP / DAY
87
▲ 2.2%

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 87 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

35m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
8 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KBFL 022054Z 30008KT 10SM CLR 26/09 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP156 T02610089 58019

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

17 total
TOP 9 186
SKY West Aviation 44% American Airlines 17% Westair Industries 9% United Airlines 8% Lossiemouth FTU 8% Ameriflight 5% AIR Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (Appleton 4% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 3% ATP Flight School 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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PHX 38
DEN 27
SFO 23
ONT 15
DFW 13
LAX 9

Carriers

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SKY West Aviation
81
American Airlines
31
Westair Industries
17
United Airlines
14
Lossiemouth FTU
14
Ameriflight
10
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AIR Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (Appleton
7
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
6
ATP Flight School
6
Netjets Aviation
6
Scott Aviation
3
NON
3
SAN Carlos Flight Center
2
Maxair
2
BBQ
2
GRZ
2
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 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 26 1h 15m
BFLSFO
San Francisco, US
 SKY West Aviation 23 1h 3m
BFLONT
Ontario, US
 Westair Industries 14 0h 54m
BFLDEN
Denver, US
 United Airlines 14 2h 8m
BFLDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
 American Airlines 13 2h 55m
BFLPHX
Phoenix, US
 American Airlines 12 1h 9m
BFLDEN
Denver, US
 SKY West Aviation 12 2h 21m
BFLLAX
Los Angeles, US
 SKY West Aviation 9 0h 41m
BFLKSLI
Los Alamitos, US
 Lossiemouth FTU 7 1h 21m
BFLSBP
San Luis Obispo, US
 Ameriflight 5 0h 25m
BFLBUR
Burbank, US
 Ameriflight 4 0h 29m
BFLAZ42
Phoenix, US
 SKY West Aviation 3 1h 27m
BFLUS-1410
Los Angeles, US
 SKY West Aviation 2 0h 50m
BFLSNA
Santa Ana, US
 Scott Aviation 2 0h 41m
BFLHOU
Houston, US
 Netjets Aviation 2 2h 55m
BFLNKX
San Diego, US
 GRZ 2 1h 20m
BFLRAL
Riverside, US
 ATP Flight School 2 1h 37m
BFLSAN
San Diego, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 1 0h 57m
BFLFAT
Fresno, US
 SKY West Aviation 1 0h 23m
BFLAZA
Phoenix, US
 Lossiemouth FTU 1 1h 26m

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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