OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

San Francisco to Bakersfield

238 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.4%of scheduled flights

based on 703 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.4%
    Flights703

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline34%
  • Weather18%
  • Air traffic (NAS)19%
  • Late aircraft28%
  • 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 SFO → 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 80% to 89% on time.

  • Mornings89% on time · p90 15 min · 55 flights · limited
  • Overnights84% on time · p90 20 min · 838 flights
  • Middays81% on time · p90 35 min · 722 flights
  • Evenings80% on time · p90 35 min · 97 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 78% to 89% on time.

  • Tuesdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 256 flights
  • Saturdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 225 flights
  • Wednesdays84% on time · p90 30 min · 262 flights
  • Thursdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 250 flights
  • Fridays80% on time · p90 30 min · 251 flights
  • Sundays78% on time · p90 50 min · 246 flights
  • Mondays78% on time · p90 35 min · 264 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.