Bakersfield to Los Angeles flight

Flights from Bakersfield to Los Angeles start at €31.41 and take 3h 48m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Bakersfield to Los Angeles starts at €31.41 and takes 3h 48m door to door, run by 2 operators over 168 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked 17 September 2026Priced for 2 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 48mDoor to door
  • 38mMoving
  • €31.41 to €42.62From
  • 06:06 to 17:30First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 41.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 2 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€31.41 to €42.62 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €40.85Fri18
  2. about €42.62Sat19
  3. about €31.41Sun20
  4. about €31.41Mon21
  5. about €31.41Tue22
  6. about €31.41Wed23
  7. about €31.41Thu24
  8. about €31.41Fri25
  9. about €31.41Sat26
  10. about €31.41Sun27
  11. about €31.41Mon28
  12. about €31.41Tue29
  13. about €31.41Wed30
  14. about €31.41Thu1

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 2 October 2026

Fastest€31.41
  1. SkyWest SW387611:5738m12:35Bakersfield BFLLos Angeles LAX

Door to door 3h 48mCO2 41.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

The flight gets you into Los Angeles. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Los Angeles for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Bakersfield to Los Angeles

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €19.9690 days
  2. €19.9660 days
  3. €19.9645 days
  4. €19.9630 days
  5. €21.6321 days
  6. €22.7214 days
  7. €24.937 days
  8. €28.233 days
  9. €33.731 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €19.96.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 69 percent. The dearest point is €33.73, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €21.07Sun
  2. €21.63Mon
  3. €21.07Tue
  4. €21.08Wed
  5. €22.72Thu
  6. €24.38Fri
  7. €26.03Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Bakersfield

Air
  • BFL

Los Angeles

Air
  • LAX
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 168 km against 163 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Simi Valley, Santa Clarita, Palmdale, Valencia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Bakersfield at 06:06 and the last at 17:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Bakersfield to Los Angeles

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Bakersfield to Los Angeles take?

The Flight from Bakersfield to Los Angeles takes 3h 48m door to door, of which 38m is spent moving. The route runs 168 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Bakersfield to Los Angeles cost?

The Flight from Bakersfield to Los Angeles starts at €31.41 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €31.41. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Bakersfield to Los Angeles?

2 operators run the Flight from Bakersfield to Los Angeles: SkyWest, United Airlines. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Bakersfield to Los Angeles use?

The Flight from Bakersfield to Los Angeles leaves from Bakersfield BFL and arrives at Los Angeles LAX. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Bakersfield to Los Angeles?

Fares for the Flight from Bakersfield to Los Angeles bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €19.96. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 69 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Bakersfield to Los Angeles produce?

The Flight from Bakersfield to Los Angeles produces about 41.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 168 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Bakersfield to Los Angeles on 17 September 2026: 168 km of route against 163 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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