SFO to BFL flight delays
San Francisco, CA (SFO) Bakersfield, CA (BFL) · 238 miles
580 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
70.09%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.69%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
69 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
22 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In March it ran 43.6 points more punctual than in June — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 9.3 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
This route does worse than its own airport. SFO as a whole runs 7 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Only SkyWest Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on SFO to BFL. Flights ran closest to schedule in March and worst in June.
Every airline on SFO to BFL
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 580 | 70.09% | 0.69% | 69 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from San Francisco
Common questions
Are flights from San Francisco to Bakersfield usually delayed?
70.09% of flights on the SFO to BFL route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from San Francisco to Bakersfield?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 580 flights and 70.09% arriving on time.
How often are SFO to BFL flights cancelled?
0.69% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 7 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly San Francisco to Bakersfield?
March, when 90.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 46.7%.
When SFO to BFL flights are late, how late are they?
About 69 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on SFO to BFL during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →