Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International in November 2023

88.2%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 4,132 domestic departures from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International (SJC). 88.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.1% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so SJC departures were 2.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SJC that month were on time 87.7% of the time (4,134 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 89.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.4%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from SJC in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	SJC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	88.2%	—	80.9%	86.0%
Arrived on time	89.1%	—	81.9%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	0.7%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.9 min	—	10.9 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	138	—	119	18,793
Scheduled departures	4,132	—	43,338	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,593	63%	87.4%	-1.0 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	652	16%	92.0%	-5.2 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	232	6%	92.7%	-10.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	180	4%	94.4%	-12.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	172	4%	95.3%	-11.3 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	119	3%	83.2%	1.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	87	2%	90.8%	-0.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	49	1%	89.8%	7.6 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	48	1%	91.7%	-7.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SJC–SAN	San Jose to San Diego	466	86.3%	0.4 min	1.1%
SJC–LAX	San Jose to Los Angeles	390	93.3%	-5.3 min	0.0%
SJC–LAS	San Jose to Las Vegas	369	87.3%	-1.3 min	1.4%
SJC–SEA	San Jose to Seattle	360	89.4%	-6.3 min	0.0%
SJC–DEN	San Jose to Denver	255	92.2%	-9.2 min	0.8%
SJC–PDX	San Jose to Portland	252	90.5%	-3.3 min	0.0%
SJC–SNA	San Jose to Santa Ana	239	82.8%	-0.6 min	0.4%
SJC–PHX	San Jose to Phoenix	234	88.0%	2.4 min	0.0%
SJC–BUR	San Jose to Burbank	201	86.1%	2.0 min	0.5%
SJC–SLC	San Jose to Salt Lake City	166	97.0%	-9.5 min	0.0%
SJC–AUS	San Jose to Austin	139	79.9%	2.2 min	0.0%
SJC–ONT	San Jose to Ontario	119	90.8%	-1.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	37.2%	42.5%	8,232
Late-arriving aircraft	44.7%	37.3%	9,885
National Aviation System	13.3%	16.2%	2,953
Extreme weather	4.8%	3.7%	1,058
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

22,128 delay minutes on 431 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left SJC on time in November 2023?

88.2% of 4,132 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SJC · methodology · corrections.