OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Bakersfield to Denver

845 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BFL–DEN arrive on time 86% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate86%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.3%of scheduled flights

based on 719 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time86%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel0.3%
    Flights719

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline31%
  • Weather24%
  • Air traffic (NAS)18%
  • Late aircraft27%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather100%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 2 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly BFL → DEN

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 91% on time.

  • Mornings91% on time · p90 5 min · 1,050 flights
  • Middays81% on time · p90 45 min · 737 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 83% to 90% on time.

  • Mondays90% on time · p90 15 min · 259 flights
  • Thursdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 262 flights
  • Sundays88% on time · p90 25 min · 240 flights
  • Fridays87% on time · p90 20 min · 263 flights
  • Tuesdays86% on time · p90 30 min · 262 flights
  • Wednesdays86% on time · p90 30 min · 261 flights
  • Saturdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 240 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.