SJC Airport: 84.1% on time, worst at 9 PM

SJC right now

Live conditions where a permitted source publishes them, and the historical record where none does.

No disruption reported

Aviation weather is not currently a factor.

Aviation weatherVFR

65°F · wind 0 kt

Minimal operational impact. Conditions are not a notable factor for operations right now.

Updated 07:53 UTC

Forecast issued 05:20Z.

Updated 05:20 UTC

Aircraft seen now

On the field0

Airborne within 15 NM0

Departed in the last hour0

Arrived in the last hour0

Below 10,000 ft, so aircraft overflying at cruise are not counted. These are observations, not an operational status: a count is a floor, since receiver coverage varies and a movement between two samples can be missed.

Updated 08:39 UTC

Aircraft observations from ADSB.lol (opens in a new tab) (Katia Esposito and contributing feeders), under the ODbL 1.0 (opens in a new tab). Derived data.

Parking

Daily Lot 4 $31/day287 free / 717

Economy Lot 1 $19/day1,027 free / 2,446

Hourly & Daily Lot 5 $31/day250 free / 878

Hourly Lot 2 $25/day1,269 free / 1,806

Hourly Lot 3 $41/day73 free / 336

Updated 08:33 UTC

FlyerIntel shows live values only where a permitted source provides them. Sections without data are left empty rather than estimated.

Airport reliability

Departures from SJC, July 2023 – July 2026.

Airport Reliability Score

81/ 100Strong

Better than 98% of major US airports covered by FlyerIntel (64 compared)

Calculated from 147,137 flights. How this is calculated

Departures arriving on time

84.1%

122,778 of 145,925 completed

Cancellation rate

0.66%

965 cancelled

Median arrival delay

-7 min

Average 1.1 min

Severe delays

4.3%

Arrived 60+ minutes late

Delay when late

55 min

Average, when 15+ min late

Departures analyzed

147,137

146,904 arrivals

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026

What stands out

How this airport compares to others like it, not just to itself.

Airline drives an unusually large share of cancellations at this airport, a bigger share than 93% of 61 comparable airports.

Airline accounts for 52.7% of coded cancellations at this airport, against 25.7% across every covered airport.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Ranked against every other airport with the same kind of figure and at least 61 in the comparison.

Why flights are cancelled at SJC

Every cancellation carries a reason code filed by the airline that operated the flight. Departures, July 2023 – July 2026.

The airline accounts for 53.1% of cancelled departures from SJC — about 1 in every 287 scheduled departures. That is 27 points higher than the 25.8% recorded across every airport FlyerIntel covers.

Share of cancellations

Airline53.1%

Weather39.4%

Air traffic7.5%

Security0.1%

Of 965 cancelled departures carrying a reason code.

What each reason means

The airline1 in 287

Crew, maintenance, aircraft cleaning, baggage or fueling: what BTS counts as within the carrier’s own control.

512 cancellations, 53.1% of the total.

Extreme weather1 in 387

Conditions the carrier judged severe enough to stop the flight: a blizzard, a hurricane, a line of thunderstorms.

380 cancellations, 39.4% of the total.

The air traffic system1 in 2,044

Airport capacity, air traffic control flow programs, heavy traffic and ordinary bad weather. A system decision, not the airline’s.

72 cancellations, 7.5% of the total.

Security1 in 147,137

A terminal evacuation, a security breach, screening equipment failure, or screening queues over 29 minutes.

1 cancellation, 0.1% of the total.

965 of 147,137 scheduled departures from SJC were cancelled. Ordinary bad weather is filed under air traffic, so weather’s full share is larger than its bar.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026 · Reason codes are each airline’s own filing, not an independent finding of fault. Shown for airports with at least 500 coded cancellations; 965 were recorded at SJC.

Why flights run late at SJC

Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on departures from SJC.

Late-arriving aircraft46.0%

the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late

The airline31.6%

crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control

Air traffic control19.6%

airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control

Weather2.6%

weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically

Security0.2%

screening or terminal security incidents

Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for departures from SJC. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed.

Of the 22,648 departures from SJC that left 15 or more minutes late and have a known inbound aircraft, 63% followed a flight that landed 15 or more minutes late. The other 37% left late even though the aircraft had come in on time or early. Across the 64 covered airports that share runs from 47% to 73%, with a median of 62%; SJC’s is the 28th highest.

The late flight is the one the same aircraft flew into SJC just before, found from the tail number in the DOT file. Airlines and hours differ from one airport to the next, so this describes the departures from SJC and does not rate the airport.

An airport is only partly the author of its own delays. Late-arriving aircraft describes the national schedule arriving here more than anything about this airfield. Air traffic control covers airspace and airport capacity, which is where a congested airport shows up; only the airline category sits squarely inside the carriers’ own operation. How differently they run it is further down this page.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026

What weather costs at SJC

Departures from SJC by the weather at the airport in the hour they were scheduled to leave, July 2023 – July 2026.

2.9% of scheduled departures from SJC left in an hour of bad weather. 1.0% of them were cancelled, against 0.6% in normal conditions, and 87.4% of the ones that flew arrived on time, against 83.5%. Those hours held 5% of all cancelled departures. That is about 17 more cancellations than the normal-conditions rate would give.

Cancellations were highest in LIFR hours: 1.1% of 885 departures.

Airlines filed 39% of SJC’s coded cancellations under extreme weather. By the weather at the airport in the scheduled hour, 5% of cancelled departures were in bad-weather hours. A code is the airline’s stated reason and an hour’s weather is what the airport reported, so the two need not match.

By weather

Scheduled departures, July 2023 – July 2026

Cancellation and on-time rates at SJC by the weather at the airport in the scheduled departure hour
Weather at the airport	Departures	Cancelled	Left on time	Arrived on time	Avg. departure delay
Normal conditionsVFR with no thunderstorm, snow or ice, fog, heavy rain or high wind	127,69986.8% of all	0.6%	82.6%	83.5%	7.1 min
Any bad weatherIFR or LIFR, or a thunderstorm, snow or ice, fog, heavy rain or high wind	4,3222.9% of all	1.0%1.6 times normal	88.0%	87.4%3.9 points above normal	4.8 min
MVFRceiling 1,000 to 3,000 feet or visibility 3 to 5 miles	15,17010.3% of all	0.8%	89.0%	88.9%5.4 points above normal	3.6 min
IFRceiling 500 to 999 feet or visibility 1 to under 3 miles	3,0362.1% of all	0.6%	89.3%	88.4%4.9 points above normal	3.6 min
LIFRceiling under 500 feet or visibility under 1 mile	8850.6% of all	1.1%1.8 times normal	87.0%	86.0%2.5 points above normal	7.0 min
Fogfog or freezing fog reported at the airport	2730.2% of all	2.6%4.0 times normal	84.6%	80.8%2.7 points below normal	11.5 min
Heavy rainheavy rain reported at the airport	2270.2% of all	0.4%	76.5%	75.6%7.9 points below normal	19.0 min
High windwind of 25 knots or more, or gusts of 30 knots or more	4200.3% of all	3.6%5.6 times normal	78.1%	80.9%2.6 points below normal	12.8 min
Low ceilinga broken or overcast layer under 1,000 feet	3,4372.3% of all	0.8%	90.1%	89.1%5.6 points above normal	3.1 min
Low visibilityvisibility under 3 miles	1,3120.9% of all	0.8%	83.9%	83.1%	8.7 min

A departure is counted in every row its hour fits, so the rows overlap and do not add up. Left on time is a departure under 15 minutes late, and arrived on time an arrival under 15 minutes late; cancelled is the share of scheduled departures. Rows with fewer than 120 departures are not scored. Too few departures to score: thunderstorm (23).

This is the weather reported at SJC in the hour a flight was scheduled to leave. It leaves out the weather at the destination and on the way, weather that arrived after the scheduled time, and anything else that goes wrong in a bad hour. An hour takes the worst conditions any report in it gave. Weather was matched to 99.9% of the airport’s scheduled departures; the rest left in hours with no report, or at a scheduled time the flight records cannot place exactly. Bad-weather hours are compared with normal hours at the same airport, not with what the same flights would have done in a clear sky: they also fall more often in some seasons and at some times of day.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records and Iowa Environmental Mesonet weather reports · July 2023 – July 2026 · Where the weather comes from, and its limits. All covered airports side by side: What Weather Costs Each Airport.

Turning aircraft around at SJC

Time on the ground between one flight and the next of the same aircraft at SJC, and what a late arrival does to the next departure, July 2023 – July 2026.

The median turn at SJC is scheduled for 45 minutes on the ground and takes 51 minutes, against 56 minutes and 63 minutes across all airports. Aircraft are given less time on the ground here than at the typical airport. The 6 minutes by which the typical turn runs over its schedule are about what it is across all airports. 15.7% of turns here began with an aircraft that landed 15 or more minutes late, below the 18.9% for all airports.

When the aircraft landed 15 or more minutes late (16,837 turns here, 49 minutes late on average), 63% of the turns were finished in no more than the scheduled ground time, against 68% across all airports. 82% of those flights left 15 or more minutes late, against 72%. After an aircraft that landed on time, 8% did (all airports 11%).

Given the turn lengths scheduled here, the network’s rates would give 56% finished in the schedule and 85% leaving late. SJC does better on both counts: more late turns are finished in the schedule and fewer late aircraft become late departures, so the turn recovers lateness here beyond what the schedule explains. 50% of its late-inbound turns had a scheduled turn of 30 to 44 minutes, against 20% across all airports.

Turns at SJC against all airports

107,415 turns, July 2023 – July 2026

Aircraft turns at SJC against all airports: scheduled and actual time on the ground and what a late inbound aircraft does
Measure	SJC	All airports	All airports, same turn lengths
Median scheduled turn	45 min	56 min	—
Median actual turn	51 min	63 min	—
Turns that began with an aircraft 15+ minutes late	16%	19%	—
Late turns finished within the schedule	63%	68%	56%
Late inbound that left 15+ minutes late	82%	72%	85%
On-time inbound that left 15+ minutes late	8%	11%	—

The last column is the network’s rate at the turn lengths scheduled at SJC, band by band from under 30 minutes to 3 to 6 hours. A turn finishes within the schedule when the aircraft spent no more time on the ground than the schedule gave it.

A turn pairs an aircraft’s landing at SJC with its next departure from it by tail number; the aircraft is never named. These 107,415 turns are 73% of the flights that left SJC in the period; the rest are an aircraft’s first flight after a long stay, flights without a usable inbound, and cancelled flights. Ground time runs from the gate. Turns under 30 minutes are kept, but most leave late even after an on-time landing. Airlines set their own turn schedules, so this describes the airlines that fly at SJC and does not rate the airport.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records · July 2023 – July 2026 · Airports side by side: Where a Late Aircraft Gets Its Time Back.

What sets SJC apart

Where SJC’s hours, months, airlines and taxi time differ most from the other airports, July 2023 – July 2026.

Flights scheduled to leave SJC at 10 PM arrive on time 85.6% of the time, 13.7 points better than the 71.9% for that hour at the other airports.

July treats SJC better than it treats the rest of the country: 80.0% on time against 70.0% elsewhere, 10 points ahead.

Envoy Air does better out of SJC than anywhere else it flies: 90.4% on time here, 80.1% on its other departures, 10.3 points apart.

Taxi-out at SJC averages 14.1 minutes, 4.6 minutes less than the 18.7 minutes elsewhere.

SJC against the other airports

July 2023 – July 2026

Where SJC differs most from the other covered airports, with the flights behind each figure
Measure	SJC	Elsewhere	Gap	Flights behind it
Hour: 10 PM departures	85.6%	71.9%	+13.7 pts	1,261 here, 478,539 elsewhere
Month: July	80.0%	70.0%	+10.0 pts	16,992 here, 1,969,491 elsewhere
Airline: Envoy Air	90.4%	80.1%	+10.3 pts	705 here, 867,999 elsewhere
Taxi-out: Departures	14.1 min	18.7 min	−4.6 min	146,209 here, 17,483,900 elsewhere

"Elsewhere" is every other covered airport together, taken from the same aggregates as this page with SJC’s own flights removed (for airlines, that airline’s flights from all its other airports). Hours, months and airlines appear only where both sides have at least 120 completed flights (airlines 500) and the gap is at least 2 points and 2 standard errors; only the largest gap in each direction is shown. The taxi figure is weighted by departures and has no error estimate, so it appears from 2 minutes.

Best time to fly from SJC

On-time arrival rate by scheduled local departure time: each weekday and hour, and averaged over the week.

Flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 92.9% of the time, against 74.7% for 9 PM–5 AM departures — a gap of 18.2 percentage points.

By day and hour

On-time arrival rate for each weekday and scheduled departure hour, in local time.

Wednesday 6–7 AM was the most reliable slot at SJC (94.7% on time, 2,221 flights) and Thursday 9–10 PM the least (63.6%, 545 flights).

Hour of departure matters more than day of the week: hourly averages sit a typical 6.9 points from the airport-wide rate, weekday averages 3.1 points.

On-time arrival rate at SJC by weekday and scheduled departure hour, local time. Each button reads out one slot.
Hour	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
6 AM–7 AM
7 AM–8 AM
8 AM–9 AM
9 AM–10 AM
10 AM–11 AM
11 AM–12 PM
12 PM–1 PM
1 PM–2 PM
2 PM–3 PM
3 PM–4 PM
4 PM–5 PM
5 PM–6 PM
6 PM–7 PM
7 PM–8 PM
8 PM–9 PM
9 PM–10 PM
10 PM–11 PM

On-time rate, % · stronger color, fewer on time

60–69
70–79
80–89
90–99

Fewer than 120 flights, not scored
Most reliable slot
Least reliable slot

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · On time is arrival within 15 minutes of schedule. Cells round to whole percentages; the table shows one decimal.

Best and worst slots are named only among slots with 500+ flights, and only when the gap is larger than sampling error. Departures before 6 AM and after 11 PM (766 flights) are not drawn: no slot in those hours has enough flights to score.

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On-time arrival rate (%) with flights beneath, by scheduled departure hour and weekday at SJC. A dash means fewer than 120 flights, which are not scored.
Hour	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
6 AM–7 AM	93.7% on time2,559 flights	93.6% on time2,255 flights	94.7% on time2,221 flights	94.5% on time2,562 flights	93.6% on time2,565 flights	93.4% on time2,242 flights	94.5% on time2,304 flights
7 AM–8 AM	92.9% on time1,743 flights	93.6% on time1,768 flights	93.3% on time1,776 flights	91.6% on time1,742 flights	93.0% on time1,759 flights	93.9% on time1,778 flights	93.8% on time1,798 flights
8 AM–9 AM	89.8% on time1,595 flights	90.9% on time1,415 flights	91.3% on time1,434 flights	91.3% on time1,580 flights	89.4% on time1,609 flights	92.2% on time1,179 flights	91.2% on time1,444 flights
9 AM–10 AM	89.3% on time1,464 flights	92.1% on time1,280 flights	90.6% on time1,272 flights	91.2% on time1,472 flights	88.6% on time1,464 flights	90.6% on time1,167 flights	91.1% on time1,418 flights
10 AM–11 AM	83.9% on time1,516 flights	90.2% on time1,401 flights	88.2% on time1,425 flights	86.4% on time1,492 flights	83.7% on time1,528 flights	88.2% on time1,143 flights	84.4% on time1,394 flights
11 AM–12 PM	80.7% on time1,344 flights	89.0% on time1,260 flights	87.6% on time1,243 flights	83.3% on time1,336 flights	80.1% on time1,345 flights	88.4% on time1,150 flights	83.5% on time1,251 flights
12 PM–1 PM	83.6% on time1,420 flights	88.2% on time1,306 flights	88.6% on time1,312 flights	84.8% on time1,403 flights	80.4% on time1,418 flights	88.6% on time1,160 flights	82.8% on time1,349 flights
1 PM–2 PM	78.9% on time1,371 flights	87.2% on time1,234 flights	87.0% on time1,230 flights	81.3% on time1,353 flights	75.8% on time1,372 flights	85.9% on time943 flights	79.5% on time1,319 flights
2 PM–3 PM	77.0% on time1,507 flights	84.8% on time1,238 flights	82.1% on time1,242 flights	76.1% on time1,505 flights	73.8% on time1,504 flights	83.7% on time976 flights	78.9% on time1,314 flights
3 PM–4 PM	75.5% on time1,247 flights	84.3% on time1,032 flights	83.3% on time1,045 flights	73.5% on time1,242 flights	71.7% on time1,257 flights	86.7% on time823 flights	72.3% on time1,215 flights
4 PM–5 PM	76.6% on time1,005 flights	86.4% on time906 flights	83.8% on time906 flights	72.3% on time961 flights	72.6% on time1,020 flights	83.7% on time793 flights	72.7% on time1,009 flights
5 PM–6 PM	80.2% on time1,431 flights	86.8% on time1,260 flights	84.7% on time1,267 flights	73.8% on time1,371 flights	74.0% on time1,395 flights	86.5% on time959 flights	73.3% on time1,257 flights
6 PM–7 PM	78.8% on time1,395 flights	82.2% on time1,205 flights	77.9% on time1,249 flights	72.0% on time1,383 flights	74.9% on time1,393 flights	82.8% on time912 flights	72.6% on time1,327 flights
7 PM–8 PM	76.1% on time1,302 flights	84.5% on time966 flights	82.6% on time984 flights	67.7% on time1,308 flights	69.9% on time1,304 flights	78.7% on time732 flights	70.2% on time1,276 flights
8 PM–9 PM	75.7% on time1,124 flights	85.3% on time845 flights	77.4% on time845 flights	68.3% on time1,125 flights	70.1% on time1,137 flights	78.8% on time474 flights	72.9% on time1,027 flights
9 PM–10 PM	71.6% on time552 flights	84.2% on time260 flights	76.9% on time253 flights	63.6% on time545 flights	65.7% on time570 flights	77.5% on time271 flights	66.9% on time759 flights
10 PM–11 PM	87.2% on time197 flights	87.8% on time149 flights	91.3% on time152 flights	89.6% on time213 flights	81.5% on time214 flights	104 flights, too few to score	78.0% on time249 flights

By departure window

All days combined

5–9 AM92.9%

9 AM–12 PM87.1%

12–3 PM82.0%

3–6 PM78.4%

6–9 PM75.6%

9 PM–5 AM74.7%

By departure hour

All days combined

12 AM

3 AM

6 AM

9 AM

12 PM

3 PM

6 PM

9 PM

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Buckets with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.

What parking will cost

Estimated from SJC's own published rates.

Where you would park

Arriving

Returning

Estimated cost

Choose a facility and both dates to see an estimate.

Rates as published by the airport, last read 2026-08-31. Confirm before you travel.

Source: San José Mineta International Airport · An estimate from published standard rates. Airports vary surcharges, oversize vehicle fees and event pricing, so confirm the price with the airport before you travel.

International arrivals

How long passport control normally takes here, hour by hour and hall by hall. This is the arrivals queue, not departure security — and it is history, not a live wait.

At Main, SJC’s busiest hall, both passport queues run much the same: a typical 10 min on a US passport and 12 min on any other, rising to 24 min on a busy day. Where the two halls agree like this, CBP’s combined figure of 11 min is a fair summary of both — which is not true everywhere, and is why they are shown apart.

Terminal by terminal, across the day

Terminal by terminal, across the day
Terminal	US passports	US busy day	Other passports	Other busy day	Global Entry
Main	10 min	22 min	12 min	24 min	5.2% of arrivals

US passports — Main

12 AM

3 AM

6 AM

9 AM

12 PM

3 PM

6 PM

9 PM

US citizens and lawful permanent residents, who use the US-passport lanes.

All other passports — Main

12 AM

3 AM

6 AM

9 AM

12 PM

3 PM

6 PM

9 PM

Every other arriving passenger, including visa and visa-waiver travelers.

Hour by hour — Main

Hour by hour — Main
Cleared in hour	US passports	US busy day	Other passports	Other busy day	Booths open
8 AM–9 AM	17 min	29 min	20 min	33 min	5
9 AM–10 AM	12 min	23 min	15 min	28 min	5
10 AM–11 AM	12 min	24 min	13 min	26 min	5
11 AM–12 PM	11 min	20 min	13 min	22 min	5
1 PM–2 PM	9 min	15 min	11 min	17 min	5
2 PM–3 PM	6 min	15 min	8 min	16 min	5
3 PM–4 PM	8 min	17 min	10 min	18 min	4
4 PM–5 PM	6 min	14 min	7 min	15 min	4

US passports: clearing in the 8 AM–9 AM hour typically takes 17 min, against 6 min in the 2 PM–3 PM hour — 11 min between the slowest and fastest of 8 measured hours.

All other passports: clearing in the 8 AM–9 AM hour typically takes 20 min, against 7 min in the 4 PM–5 PM hour — 13 min between the slowest and fastest of 8 measured hours.

The hour is when CBP processed the passenger, not when the aircraft landed — allow for the walk from the gate. Hours with fewer than 120 days of records are not listed rather than shown as an estimate, which is why a terminal’s quietest hours are usually absent. “Busy day” is the 90th percentile: one arrival in ten is worse than that. Booths are how many CBP had open, and they follow the queue rather than prevent it — the busiest hours are staffed hardest and are still the slowest.

Source: US Customs and Border Protection · 2024-08-28 to 2026-10-16 · These are CBP passport control waits for arriving international passengers — a different queue from TSA departure screening. CBP publishes them about two days in arrears, so every figure here describes what has been typical over 2024-08-28 to 2026-10-16, and none of it is a live queue or a forecast for your flight. US and non-US passengers are reported separately by CBP and are kept separate here, because they are separate halls. FlyerIntel publishes a terminal or an hour only where CBP filed at least 120 hourly records for it, and an hour-by-hour breakdown only where at least 6 hours clear that floor.

What to expect at SJC

How busy the airport is through the day, from scheduled departure volume.

Departures a day

131

Average across the analysis period

Busiest hour

6 AM

About 15 departures

Typical taxi-out

14.1 min

Pushback to wheels-up, on departure

Typical taxi-in

4.1 min

Touchdown to gate, on arrival

Scheduled departures by hour

12 AM

3 AM

6 AM

9 AM

12 PM

3 PM

6 PM

9 PM

The busiest hour is 6 AM, with about 15 departures a day, against roughly 3 at 9 PM. That peak is also more punctual than a typical hour here: early banks fly aircraft that spent the night on the ground rather than ones inheriting the day’s delays.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Taxi-out runs from gate to wheels-up, averaged over departures and weighted by hour. Taxi-in runs from touchdown to gate.

Weekly and seasonal patterns

By day of week

Mon83.0%

Tue88.6%

Wed87.1%

Thu81.7%

Fri80.5%

Sat88.1%

Sun81.8%

Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 8.1 percentage points.

By month

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

June is historically the weakest month and January the strongest, a spread of 9.1 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026

Airlines at SJC

Departure performance by operating carrier. Regional flights are reported by the carrier that operated them, not by the mainline brand.

Airlines at SJC
Carrier	Departures	On time	Cancelled	Median delay
Southwest Airlines WN	87,775	82.5%	0.58%	-6 min
SkyWest Airlines OO	23,399	87.8%	0.26%	-10 min
Alaska Airlines AS	8,840	85.4%	1.41%	-9 min
Delta Air Lines DL	7,930	91.7%	0.87%	-14 min
United Airlines UA	5,519	88.4%	0.82%	-12 min
American Airlines AA	5,038	83.2%	1.33%	-9 min
Spirit Airlines NK	4,479	79.9%	0.94%	-7 min
Hawaiian Airlines HA	1,730	88.7%	0.75%	-9 min
Frontier Airlines F9	1,340	75.3%	1.12%	-4 min
Envoy Air MQ	710	90.4%	0.56%	-8 min

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Carriers with fewer than 500 departures are not listed.

Routes from SJC

Ranked by FlyerIntel Route Reliability Score.

Most reliable

LAXLos Angeles88 SEASeattle82 LASLas Vegas74 SANSan Diego69

Least reliable

SANSan Diego69 LASLas Vegas74 SEASeattle82 LAXLos Angeles88

Busiest routes

Busiest routes from SJC
Destination	Flights	On time	Score
SJC → SAN San Diego	16,846	76.5%	69
SJC → LAX Los Angeles	15,614	86.7%	88
SJC → SEA Seattle	13,899	83.9%	82
SJC → LAS Las Vegas	13,167	81.1%	74

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Only routes with at least 10,000 flights are ranked.

See all 8 routes to and from SJC →

Reliability over time

On-time arrival rate for departures, by month.

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25

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Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), departures from SJC arrived on time 82.6% of the time, against 85.2% in the 12 months before — declining by 2.6 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026

Data and sources

Historical statistics

Every historical figure on this page is calculated by FlyerIntel from US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time performance records covering July 2023 – July 2026, comprising 147,137 departures from SJC. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule.

Full methodology · All data sources

Analysis last recomputed September 26, 2026

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San José Mineta International Airport on-time performance, from FlyerIntel

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Latest observation for SJC: METAR KSJC 180753Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/09 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP150 T01830094 403110139 (issued 07:53 UTC).