Bakersfield to Irvine flight

Flights from Bakersfield to Irvine start at €42.02 and take 4h 45m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Bakersfield to Irvine starts at €42.02 and takes 4h 45m door to door, run by 2 operators over 234 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 22, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 45mDoor to door
  • 1h 13mMoving
  • €42.02 to €68.58From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 37.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€42.02 to €68.58 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. 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 €55.60Wed23
  2. about €68.58Thu24
  3. about €58.55Fri25
  4. about €60.32Sat26
  5. about €50.88Sun27
  6. about €46.75Mon28
  7. about €43.21Tue29
  8. about €42.62Wed30
  9. about €46.75Thu1
  10. about €42.62Fri2
  11. about €44.39Sat3
  12. about €45.57Sun4
  13. about €42.02Mon5
  14. about €42.02Tue6

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Fastest€42.02
  1. SkyWest SW932507:3039m08:09Meadows Field BFLLos Angeles International Airport LAX
  2. Amtrak California AC248209:4434m10:18Los Angeles Union StationIrvine Transportation Center

Changes at Los Angeles, with 95 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 4h 45mCO2 37.3 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
SkyWest740 km/hFixed fareNot published
Amtrak California140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • SkyWest
  • Amtrak California

The flight gets you into Irvine. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Irvine for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Irvine Transportation Center and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Bakersfield to Irvine

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

  1. €16.6790 days
  2. €16.6660 days
  3. €16.6645 days
  4. €16.6730 days
  5. €16.6621 days
  6. €16.6614 days
  7. €18.887 days
  8. €23.833 days
  9. €28.231 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.66.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 69 percent. The most expensive point is €28.23, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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. €20.53Sun
  2. €17.77Mon
  3. €16.66Tue
  4. €17.78Wed
  5. €22.73Thu
  6. €19.97Fri
  7. €21.08Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Bakersfield

Air
  • BFL
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 234 km against 219 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Valencia, Santa Clarita, Los Angeles, Hollywood. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Flights against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 45m1h 13m3h 32m€42.0237.3 kg1
Coach5h 5m3h 4m2h 1m€16.668.6 kg3

Questions about Bakersfield to Irvine

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Irvine take?

The Flight from Bakersfield to Irvine takes 4h 45m door to door, of which 1h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 234 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 Irvine cost?

The Flight from Bakersfield to Irvine starts at €42.02 for one passenger, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €42.02. 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 Irvine?

2 operators run the Flight from Bakersfield to Irvine: SkyWest, Amtrak California. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Irvine use?

The Flight from Bakersfield to Irvine leaves from Meadows Field BFL and arrives at Irvine Transportation Center. Allow about 1h 57m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Flight the best way from Bakersfield to Irvine?

Traveling from Bakersfield to Irvine by Coach costs €16.66 and takes 5h 5m door to door, against 4h 45m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Flight from Bakersfield to Irvine?

Fares for the Flight from Bakersfield to Irvine bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.66. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 69 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Bakersfield to Irvine produce?

The Flight from Bakersfield to Irvine produces about 37.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 234 km, which works out at roughly 159 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Flight from Bakersfield to Irvine?

Operators on the Flight from Bakersfield to Irvine publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 45m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Bakersfield to Irvine on September 22, 2026: 234 km of route against 219 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €42.02, and 4h 45m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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