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Kern County Airport
(Meadows Field) - Bakersfield, CA
Bakersfield is served by Continental, America West, and United Express.
America West serves Las Vegas and Phoenix with RJs, while Continental
offers surprisingly long-haul service to its Houston hub. It is a typical
small commercial field in the shadow of a major hub. LAX is only about
120 miles away. The 1960s era terminal was replaced on February 27, 2006
by a new terminal, the William B. Thomas Terminal. BFL is served by Delta
Express to Salt Lake, United Express (SkyWest) to Denver, LAX, and SFO;
USAirways to Las Vegas and Phoenix; and by Mexicana to Guadalajra.
New Terminal photos courtesy:
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International Terminal
Mexicana's smallest U.S. destination is Bakersfield owing to it's large
Mexican populaiton. Mexicana flies nonstop to Guadalajara. |
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New Terminal
This is the William B. Thomas Terminal under construction in February, 2005.
It opened in February, 2006. |
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 ExpressJet
ERJ
ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. is a regional airline based in Houston, Texas,
USA. It does a great deal of flying for as Continental Express for Continental
Airlines from hubs at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Newark
Liberty International Airport, Newark, New Jersey and Hopkins International
Airport, Cleveland, Ohio. In 2005 Continental decided to reduce ExpressJet's
Continental Express flying so like ill-fated Altantic Coast Airlines,
the airline elected to start its own branded airline using CRJs. ACA's
Independence Air failed but Express Jet has a different model of flying
underserved routes where there is far less competition and consequently
higher fares. It began point-to-point flying in April 2007 under its own
name from locations throughout the USA. Ontario, CA is the center of operations.
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Kern County
Airport (Meadows Field) - Bakersfield, CA
The 1960s era terminal was replaced on February 27, 2006 by a new terminal,
the William B. Thomas Terminal and demolished. These images were taken in
February, 2005.
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United Express Beech
1900
United serves LAX and San Francisco using its United Express operation.
Boarding at Bakersfield is through an outdoor gate reminiscent of the golden
days of aviation. |
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