Meadows Field

ICAO KBFL35.4336°N 119.0570°W510 ft / 155 mMedium airport

Meadows Field (IATA: BFL, ICAO: KBFL) is a medium airport in Bakersfield, California, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 10,849 ft (3,307 m). In 2025 it handled 437 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1940–1940

APR 1940

OpenedMeadows Field opens.

From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF

12L/30R135° / 315° · LIT

LENGTH10,849 ft3,307 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

12R/30L135° / 315° · LIT

LENGTH7,700 ft2,347 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025

284K

241K

201K

199K

212K

259K

169K

265K

286K

351K

391K

437K

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Routes

8 destinations · 1 country

Year-round5

LAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · United Express176 km109 mi SFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Express383 km238 mi PHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines684 km425 mi DENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Express1,357 km843 mi DFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,041 km1,268 mi

Seasonal1

DENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,357 km843 mi

Cargo3

SBPSan Luis County Regional AirportUnited States · Ameriflight145 km90 mi BURHollywood Burbank/Bob Hope AirportUnited States · Ameriflight151 km94 mi ONTOntario International AirportUnited States · Ameriflight, FedEx Express203 km126 mi

Most destinationsUnited Express 3Ameriflight 3American Airlines 2American Eagle 1United Airlines 1FedEx Express 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BFL. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Meadows Field Airport” (revision of 12 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers437K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,181of 3,974 · #274 North America · #187 US Longest runway10,849 ft3,307 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#705of 29,823 · #170 North America · #137 US Elevation510 ft155 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#26,874of 43,341 · #12,871 North America · #10,770 US AgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =366 North America · =338 US Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

10 channels

APPBAKERSFIELD APP SOUTH INITIAL CONTACT118.800

ATISATIS118.600

CTAFCTAF118.100

DEPBAKERSFIELD DEP126.450

GNDGND121.700

RDORANCHO RDO122.450

TWRBAKERSFIELD TWR118.100

UNICUNICOM122.950

APPBAKERSFIELD APP NORTH INITIAL CONTACT118.900

CTRLOS ANGELES CENTER127.100