Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) delays & on-time performance
San Jose, California · 44 nonstop destinations · 10 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at SJC right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
83%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.7%
287 flights
Avg arrival delay
10 min
53 min when late
Departed on time
81%
avg taxi-out 14 min
Figures cover 43,338 departures from SJC; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into SJC were on time 81% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) arrived on time 83% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 0.7% were cancelled, and 4% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (92% on time); Southwest Airlines was the least (80%).
- Departures scheduled around 7am did best (94% on time); around 7pm did worst (72%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (48%).
Most delayed routes from SJC
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SAN · San Diego71%4,986 flts
- AUS · Austin75%1,121 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas81%3,750 flts
- DEN · Denver81%2,564 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth81%1,102 flts
- PHX · Phoenix81%3,019 flts
- ONT · Ontario82%1,317 flts
- HNL · Honolulu83%808 flts
- BOI · Boise83%676 flts
- SEA · Seattle83%4,381 flts
Most reliable routes from SJC
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ATL · Atlanta93%901 flts
- OGG · Kahului92%471 flts
- SLC · Salt Lake City92%1,801 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis91%510 flts
- HOU · Houston90%365 flts
- SNA · Santa Ana86%2,730 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles86%4,476 flts
- PDX · Portland86%1,653 flts
- LGB · Long Beach85%1,239 flts
- BUR · Burbank85%2,166 flts
Best airline at SJC
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian Airlines | 92% | 0.0% | 10 min | 2 | 304 |
| Delta Air Lines | 92% | 1.4% | 6 min | 6 | 2,899 |
| Envoy Air | 90% | 1.0% | 6 min | 1 | 194 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 88% | 0.5% | 8 min | 14 | 6,777 |
| United Airlines | 87% | 0.5% | 9 min | 9 | 1,508 |
| Alaska Airlines | 85% | 0.9% | 9 min | 7 | 2,922 |
| American Airlines | 83% | 1.6% | 18 min | 10 | 1,791 |
| Spirit Airlines | 81% | 0.7% | 14 min | 3 | 152 |
| Southwest Airlines | 80% | 0.5% | 11 min | 28 | 26,436 |
| Frontier Airlines | 77% | 2.0% | 14 min | 3 | 355 |
Best time to fly out of SJC
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 6am94%4,880 flts
- 7am94%3,708 flts
- 8am90%3,117 flts
- 9am91%2,774 flts
- 10am85%2,565 flts
- 11am83%2,953 flts
- 12pm83%2,382 flts
- 1pm81%2,644 flts
- 2pm74%2,957 flts
- 3pm72%2,214 flts
- 4pm76%2,306 flts
- 5pm76%2,402 flts
- 6pm74%2,329 flts
- 7pm72%2,516 flts
- 8pm75%1,951 flts
- 9pm64%853 flts
- 10pm90%530 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft48%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)30%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.