Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International in February 2024

85.7%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,548 domestic departures from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International (SJC). 85.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.1% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so SJC departures were 1.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SJC that month were on time 83.0% of the time (3,537 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 86.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.0%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from SJC in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	SJC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	85.7%	—	80.9%	84.0%
Arrived on time	86.1%	—	81.9%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.7%	—	0.7%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.6 min	—	10.9 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	118	—	119	17,307
Scheduled departures	3,548	—	43,338	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,163	61%	85.0%	-0.3 min	0.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	652	18%	87.1%	-1.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	167	5%	82.6%	-3.4 min	1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	156	4%	96.2%	-14.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	142	4%	89.4%	-4.2 min	2.1%
AA American Airlines	121	3%	90.9%	-7.1 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	87	2%	90.8%	-3.7 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	45	1%	66.7%	5.3 min	2.2%
MQ Envoy Air	15	0%	93.3%	-3.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SJC–SAN	San Jose to San Diego	404	83.9%	2.9 min	1.5%
SJC–LAX	San Jose to Los Angeles	385	83.4%	-1.7 min	0.5%
SJC–LAS	San Jose to Las Vegas	324	81.8%	4.4 min	1.5%
SJC–SEA	San Jose to Seattle	317	86.8%	-4.7 min	0.6%
SJC–PHX	San Jose to Phoenix	237	87.3%	0.5 min	0.0%
SJC–SNA	San Jose to Santa Ana	221	86.9%	-3.6 min	0.5%
SJC–DEN	San Jose to Denver	211	83.4%	1.3 min	1.4%
SJC–BUR	San Jose to Burbank	189	92.1%	-5.3 min	1.1%
SJC–PDX	San Jose to Portland	160	86.9%	0.4 min	0.6%
SJC–SLC	San Jose to Salt Lake City	136	95.6%	-9.5 min	0.0%
SJC–HNL	San Jose to Honolulu	113	71.7%	6.3 min	0.0%
SJC–LGB	San Jose to Long Beach	104	92.3%	-4.1 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.2%	35.9%	8,754
Late-arriving aircraft	39.5%	36.9%	10,104
National Aviation System	20.7%	21.7%	5,306
Extreme weather	5.6%	5.3%	1,437
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

25,601 delay minutes on 463 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 February 2024?

85.7% of 3,548 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.