Flights Denver → Bakersfield
DEN → BFL
Route overview
This flight route connects Denver with Bakersfield and has an on-time performance rate of 86%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 5.4 minutes. Since its origin airport opened in 1989, the route has seen 178 total flights, serving a destination city that handles approximately 203,585 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 Denver (DEN) → Bakersfield (BFL) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 209 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.48%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Bakersfield the average ATFM delay is 2.1 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Bakersfield: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Denver (DEN) to Bakersfield (BFL) heads west for about 1,357 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 7m.
Departures from Denver on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 57% of DEN-BFL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Bakersfield it is 2.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 209 tracked DEN-BFL flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 6 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 DEN-BFL
On the Denver (DEN) -> Bakersfield (BFL) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 209 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Denver-Bakersfield 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.
