Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International in March 2024

85.0%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,943 domestic departures from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International (SJC). 85.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.7% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so SJC departures were 6.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SJC that month were on time 82.6% of the time (3,922 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 84.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.8%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	SJC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	85.0%	—	80.9%	78.5%
Arrived on time	84.7%	—	81.9%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	0.7%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.3 min	—	10.9 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	131	—	119	19,726
Scheduled departures	3,943	—	43,338	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,360	60%	83.2%	2.3 min	0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	714	18%	87.1%	-0.2 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	224	6%	88.8%	-2.3 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	171	4%	91.2%	-4.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	149	4%	91.3%	-9.7 min	1.3%
AA American Airlines	119	3%	79.0%	11.9 min	1.7%
NK Spirit Airlines	102	3%	72.5%	10.9 min	1.0%
MQ Envoy Air	57	1%	93.0%	-3.7 min	1.8%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	43	1%	93.0%	-7.7 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	4	0%	0.0%	69.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SJC–SAN	San Jose to San Diego	447	78.3%	5.9 min	0.7%
SJC–LAX	San Jose to Los Angeles	442	85.5%	-1.1 min	0.0%
SJC–SEA	San Jose to Seattle	367	88.3%	-0.7 min	0.3%
SJC–LAS	San Jose to Las Vegas	336	73.5%	15.3 min	0.6%
SJC–PHX	San Jose to Phoenix	299	83.6%	4.1 min	0.3%
SJC–SNA	San Jose to Santa Ana	236	87.7%	-1.8 min	0.0%
SJC–DEN	San Jose to Denver	214	86.4%	-2.5 min	1.4%
SJC–BUR	San Jose to Burbank	190	87.9%	-2.2 min	3.2%
SJC–PDX	San Jose to Portland	176	89.2%	0.4 min	0.0%
SJC–SLC	San Jose to Salt Lake City	149	90.6%	-4.4 min	0.0%
SJC–HNL	San Jose to Honolulu	123	94.3%	-10.5 min	0.0%
SJC–LGB	San Jose to Long Beach	107	88.8%	-0.9 min	0.9%

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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.6%	32.1%	10,937
Late-arriving aircraft	40.4%	42.1%	12,768
National Aviation System	21.2%	21.4%	6,712
Extreme weather	3.7%	4.2%	1,158
Security	0.2%	0.2%	61

31,636 delay minutes on 582 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 March 2024?

85.0% of 3,943 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.