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Airport · SJC · San Jose, California

San Jose, CA

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), San Jose, CA (SJC) ranks #38 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). San Jose, CA posts above-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

84.2%
On-time
Top 42%
on-time, US airports
60 min
Delay when late
0.99%
Cancelled
#38 of 382
Corpus placement
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SJC on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%84.2%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 2,161,853.

Late Aircraft 46.2% (998,813 min)
Carrier 34.8% (751,608 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 16.4% (354,034 min)
Weather 2.4% (52,326 min)
Security 0.2% (5,072 min)

SJC - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: February (94.2%) · worst: June (90%)

89%90%91%92%93%94%95% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 90.9%

SJC - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 97.5% 91.7% ▼ -5.9%

SJC - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 14.3 min · taxi-in 4.1 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

13 min14 min15 min16 min Jan 24Dec 25 13.4 min 14.2 min ▲ +6.0%

SJC's average taxi-out (14.3 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 13.4 min (January 2024) to 15.2 min (September 2024).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for San Jose, CA.

Cancellation Rate

0.99%

5,418 of 546,547 flights

Diversion Rate

0.08%

423 of 546,547 flights

Delay Rate

15.8%

86,586 of 546,547 flights

Top Routes from SJC

Busiest routes to and from San Jose, CA.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
SJC (San Jose) → SAN (San Diego) 31,755 82.2% 417 mi
SAN (San Diego) → SJC (San Jose) 31,496 82% 417 mi
LAX (Los Angeles) → SJC (San Jose) 30,318 87.3% 308 mi
SJC (San Jose) → LAX (Los Angeles) 30,152 88.4% 308 mi
SEA (Seattle) → SJC (San Jose) 26,361 85% 696 mi
SJC (San Jose) → SEA (Seattle) 26,343 86.4% 696 mi
SJC (San Jose) → LAS (Las Vegas) 20,945 81.6% 386 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → SJC (San Jose) 20,933 79.7% 386 mi
SJC (San Jose) → PHX (Phoenix) 16,551 86.3% 621 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → SJC (San Jose) 16,536 83.3% 621 mi
SJC (San Jose) → DEN (Denver) 16,125 84.4% 948 mi
DEN (Denver) → SJC (San Jose) 16,104 77.9% 948 mi
SJC (San Jose) → SNA (Santa Ana) 15,424 86.6% 342 mi
SNA (Santa Ana) → SJC (San Jose) 15,403 85.6% 342 mi
SJC (San Jose) → BUR (Burbank) 15,271 86.2% 296 mi
BUR (Burbank) → SJC (San Jose) 15,111 87.4% 296 mi
PDX (Portland) → SJC (San Jose) 13,184 86.2% 569 mi
SJC (San Jose) → PDX (Portland) 13,062 86.4% 569 mi
SLC (Salt Lake City) → SJC (San Jose) 10,925 86.9% 584 mi
SJC (San Jose) → SLC (Salt Lake City) 10,893 90.3% 584 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for San Jose, CA, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 84.2%).

Dayton, OH

Dayton, OH

84.2% on-time 87,827 flights

Jackson/Vicksburg, MS

Jackson/Vicksburg, MS

84.2% on-time 79,839 flights

Baton Rouge, LA

Baton Rouge, LA

84.2% on-time 53,837 flights

Pellston, MI

Pellston, MI

84.2% on-time 9,995 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 546,547).

New Orleans, LA

New Orleans, LA

539,385 flights 79.9% on-time

Kansas City, MO

Kansas City, MO

524,365 flights 82% on-time

Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis, IN

495,575 flights 82.7% on-time

Raleigh/Durham, NC

Raleigh/Durham, NC

616,332 flights 81.6% on-time

Other Airports in California

Compare performance with other California airports.

LAX 82.8%

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles · 2,137,032 flights
SFO 81%

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco · 1,466,784 flights
SAN 80.8%

San Diego, CA

San Diego · 973,807 flights
SMF 82.7%

Sacramento, CA

Sacramento · 592,833 flights
SNA 82.5%

Santa Ana, CA

Santa Ana · 482,186 flights
OAK 81.7%

Oakland, CA

Oakland · 472,036 flights
BUR 82.4%

Burbank, CA

Burbank · 319,148 flights
ONT 82.3%

Ontario, CA

Ontario · 272,856 flights

SJC delay-share reading

The standout signal at San Jose, CA is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 46.2% of 2,161,853 delay minutes across 546,547 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 84.2% (5.2 pts above the 79% national average), with 86,586 delayed and 5,418 cancelled (0.99%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (46.2% late-aircraft, 34.8% carrier, 16.4% NAS, 2.4% weather, 0.2% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, SJC is strongest in February (94.2% on-time) and weakest in June (90%), a 4.2-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~8,143 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to SAN (San Diego) at 82.2% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for California: California flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using SJC's data

SJC's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from SJC before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in February rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 14.3 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.