Bakersfield to Irvine

The fastest journey from Bakersfield to Irvine takes 4h 43m door to door, of which 1h 13m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 23m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

The cheapest fare from Bakersfield to Irvine is €16.66, as of 22 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €26.85. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

The cheapest way from Bakersfield to Irvine is by coach, at €16.66 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 5m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

The fastest way from Bakersfield to Irvine is by flight, at 4h 45m door to door. Only 1h 13m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 32m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €42.02.

Fares from Bakersfield to Irvine bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €16.66. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 69 percent, measured on 22 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bakersfield to Irvine, at €16.66. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 22 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Bakersfield to Irvine, at €16.66 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

4 operators sell services from Bakersfield to Irvine across 2 modes: Altamont Corridor Express, Amtrak California, Metrolink, SkyWest. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

0 percent of the services we sell from Bakersfield to Irvine are direct. The rest connect at Valencia, Santa Clarita, Los Angeles, Hollywood, with about 75 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Travelling from Bakersfield to Irvine by coach produces about 8.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 37.3 kg, roughly 4 times as much for one passenger.

Services from Bakersfield to Irvine by flight leave from Meadows Field BFL and arrive at Irvine Transportation Center. Allow about 1h 57m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

3 of the 4 operators we sell from Bakersfield to Irvine allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.