Flights Bakersfield → Denver
BFL → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Bakersfield to Denver has an on-time performance rate of 87%, with an average delay of 4.8 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route saw a total of 178 flights, connecting passengers to Denver International Airport, which opened in 1989 and currently handles over 82 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Bakersfield (BFL) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 209 flights monitored in recent months, 88% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.48%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12.1/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Bakersfield the average ATFM delay is 2.1 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Bakersfield (BFL) to Denver (DEN) heads north-east for about 1,357 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 7m.
Departures from Bakersfield on this leg cluster in the evening window: about 57% of BFL-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Bakersfield the average ATFM delay is 2.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 209 tracked BFL-DEN flights, 88% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 0.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about BFL-DEN
On the Bakersfield (BFL) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 88% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 209 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Bakersfield-Denver is 0.48% across 209 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
