OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Phoenix to Bakersfield

425 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on PHX–BFL arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled flights

based on 1,085 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel2.1%
    Flights438
  • Envoy Air
    On-time83%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights320
  • American Airlines
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights327

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline45%
  • Weather8%
  • Air traffic (NAS)6%
  • Late aircraft41%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly PHX → BFL

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 81% to 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 359 flights
  • Middays86% on time · p90 25 min · 1,012 flights
  • Evenings85% on time · p90 20 min · 462 flights
  • Overnights82% on time · p90 35 min · 862 flights
  • Afternoons81% on time · p90 50 min · 812 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 83% to 85% on time.

  • Wednesdays85% on time · p90 30 min · 476 flights
  • Thursdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 535 flights
  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 30 min · 451 flights
  • Saturdays84% on time · p90 30 min · 452 flights
  • Fridays83% on time · p90 30 min · 525 flights
  • Mondays83% on time · p90 40 min · 525 flights
  • Sundays83% on time · p90 30 min · 544 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.