Live flights over Meadows Field (BFL)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 546 departures and 552 arrivals at Meadows Field, 157 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Phoenix (PHX), Denver (DEN) and Ontario (ONT). The airline seen most often is SkyWest Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- BFL
- ICAO code
- KBFL
- City
- Bakersfield
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 155 m (510 ft)
- Coordinates
- 35.4336, -119.057
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Meadows Field that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Bakersfield.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 44 | 43 | 87 |
| Mon 2 | 83 | 75 | 158 |
| Tue 3 | 82 | 84 | 166 |
| Wed 4 | 76 | 73 | 149 |
| Thu 5 | 87 | 91 | 178 |
| Fri 6 | 99 | 106 | 205 |
| Sat 7 | 75 | 80 | 155 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Phoenix PHX 45 flights
- Denver DEN 27 flights
- Ontario ONT 21 flights
- San Francisco SFO 19 flights
- Los Angeles LAX 16 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 9 flights
- San Luis Obispo SBP 5 flights
- Stockton SCK 5 flights
- Burbank BUR 4 flights
- Boise BOI 2 flights
- Victoria YYJ Canada 1 flights
- Fresno FAT 1 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 1 flights
- Santa Barbara SBA 1 flights
- San Jose SJC 1 flights
- Salt Lake City SLC 1 flights
1 more connections
- Santa Ana SNA 1
Airlines
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 53
- Envoy AirENY 28
- American AirlinesAAL 26
- Westair IndustriesPCM 22
- Air WisconsinAWI 14
- United AirlinesUAL 12
- AmeriflightAMF 10
- NetJetsEJA 6
- FlexjetLXJ 2
- REHREH 2
Aircraft
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 525
- E75L 57
- C208 55
- CH7B 39
- CRJ2 32
- PA44 30
- Airbus A319 A319 26
- BE20 23
- B407 18
- S22T 18
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Meadows Field, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/35.4336/lon/-119.057/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Bakersfield right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Meadows Field? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Bakersfield: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of BFL, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Meadows Field? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were SkyWest Airlines, Envoy Air, American Airlines, Westair Industries and Air Wisconsin.
What are the main connections from Meadows Field? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Phoenix (PHX, 45), Denver (DEN, 27), Ontario (ONT, 21), San Francisco (SFO, 19) and Los Angeles (LAX, 16). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Bakersfield? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Meadows Field? +
Meadows Field has IATA code BFL and ICAO code KBFL. It lies in California, United States, at coordinates 35.4336, -119.057.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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