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Southwest Airlines LAX to SJC on-time performance

Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Los Angeles to San Jose · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.8%
14 flights
Avg arrival delay
10 min
50 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 6
route average 86% on time

Key facts

  • Southwest Airlines flights on LAX to SJC arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.8% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 86% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (71%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 79.6% on time, 1.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 89.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 89.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 79.2% on time, 0.6% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 82.5% on time, 1.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 77.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 89.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 87.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 87.9% on time, 2.5% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 80.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 72.4% on time, 0.6% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 66.7% on time, 1.2% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 79.2% on time, 2.2% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft71%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)26%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion2%
  • Security0%
  • Extreme weather0%

Other airlines on LAX to SJC

Full LAX to SJC comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →

1,844 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 14 cancelled, 0 diverted.

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.