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KBFL · BFL

Meadows Field

35.43360°N
-119.05700°W
ARR / DAY
68
▼ 17.6%
DEP / DAY
68
▼ 23.9%

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 68 arrivals and 68 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
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

59m ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
9 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KBFL 030054Z 30009KT 10SM CLR 28/09 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP133 T02780089

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 9 159
SKY West Aviation 45% American Airlines 16% Westair Industries 9% United Airlines 8% Lossiemouth FTU 8% Ameriflight 5% ATP Flight School 4% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 3% AIR Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (Appleton 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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PHX 33
DEN 24
SFO 20
ONT 13
DFW 11
LAX 8

Carriers

See all + destinations → 17
SKY West Aviation
71
American Airlines
26
Westair Industries
14
United Airlines
13
Lossiemouth FTU
13
Ameriflight
8
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ATP Flight School
6
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
4
AIR Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (Appleton
4
SAN Carlos Flight Center
2
Scott Aviation
2
Maxair
2
BBQ
2
GRZ
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 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 22 1h 15m
BFLSFO
San Francisco, US
 SKY West Aviation 20 1h 3m
BFLDEN
Denver, US
 United Airlines 13 2h 7m
BFLONT
Ontario, US
 Westair Industries 12 0h 55m
BFLDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
 American Airlines 11 2h 52m
BFLDEN
Denver, US
 SKY West Aviation 11 2h 20m
BFLPHX
Phoenix, US
 American Airlines 11 1h 9m
BFLLAX
Los Angeles, US
 SKY West Aviation 8 0h 41m
BFLKSLI
Los Alamitos, US
 Lossiemouth FTU 6 1h 12m
BFLSBP
San Luis Obispo, US
 Ameriflight 4 0h 26m
BFLAZ42
Phoenix, US
 SKY West Aviation 3 1h 27m
BFLBUR
Burbank, US
 Ameriflight 3 0h 30m
BFLUS-1410
Los Angeles, US
 SKY West Aviation 2 0h 50m
BFLNKX
San Diego, US
 GRZ 2 1h 20m
BFLRAL
Riverside, US
 ATP Flight School 2 1h 37m
BFLPOC
La Verne, US
 ATP Flight School 1 1h 6m
BFLAZA
Phoenix, US
 Lossiemouth FTU 1 1h 26m
BFLONT
Ontario, US
 Ameriflight 1 0h 44m
BFLATW
Appleton, US
 Maxair 1 5h 31m
BFLBFI
Seattle, US
 Global Crossing Airlines 1 1h 52m

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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