Holiday travel
Holiday travel at SJC
San José Mineta International Airport, San Jose, CA. July 2023 – July 2026. Set against SJC’s own ordinary days of the same weekday in the weeks around each holiday.
The five holidays at SJC
At SJC, Christmas to New Year’s ran furthest below ordinary days (−2.5 points) and Memorial Day furthest above (+6.2 points).
Each row pools every year of that holiday’s window at SJC and sets it against SJC’s own ordinary days of the same weekdays in the weeks around it. Open a holiday for its day-by-day figures.
| Holiday | On time | Gap from usual, points | Cancelled | Worst day | Best day | All airports, gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanksgiving3 times in the data | 87.8%usual 85.1% | +2.7betteryears: 2 better, 1 about the same | 0.10%usual 0.76% | Sunday after (two of three) | Friday after (two of three) | −2.1worse |
| Christmas to New Year’s3 times in the data | 83.5%usual 86.0% | −2.5worseyears: 1 better, 1 about the same, 1 worse | 0.66%usual 1.01% | Moved each year | Moved each year | −3.2worse |
| July 44 times in the data | 83.6%usual 79.2% | +4.4betteryears: 2 better, 2 about the same | 0.38%usual 0.79% | Moved each year | July 3 (three of four) | +5.2better |
| Memorial Day3 times in the data | 87.3%usual 81.1% | +6.2betteryears: 2 better, 1 about the same | 0.19%usual 0.40% | Memorial Day (years pooled) | Saturday before (years pooled) | −0.3about the same |
| Labor Day3 times in the data | 88.6%usual 83.7% | +4.9betteryears: 2 better, 1 about the same | 0.35%usual 1.04% | Saturday before (years pooled) | Sunday before (years pooled) | +4.2better |
A dash means fewer than 120 flights stood behind the figure, or behind the ordinary days it would be compared with: too few to print a rate, and nothing is estimated in its place. “Usual” is what ordinary days of the same weekday had at the same place in the weeks around the holiday, weighted by the flights being compared.