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Airport month · August 2024
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International in August 2024
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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,614 domestic departures from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International (SJC). 85.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.0% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so SJC departures were 9.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 4,663 departures with 80.3% leaving on time: a change of +4.8 points, with flights down 1%.
Flights arriving at SJC that month were on time 82.5% of the time (4,616 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 23%.
- On time 85.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.2%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.1%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | SJC, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 85.1% | 80.3% | 80.9% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 85.0% | 80.3% | 81.9% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 1.8% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.0 min | 10.2 min | 10.9 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 154 | 155 | 119 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,614 | 4,663 | 43,338 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,509 | 54% | 85.9% | -0.9 min | 0.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 776 | 17% | 87.5% | 0.6 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 297 | 6% | 78.5% | 4.1 min | 3.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 276 | 6% | 79.7% | 7.1 min | 1.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 198 | 4% | 86.4% | -3.0 min | 1.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 190 | 4% | 88.9% | 0.9 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 119 | 3% | 72.3% | 7.7 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 116 | 3% | 84.5% | 4.9 min | 0.0% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 62 | 1% | 91.9% | -4.2 min | 1.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 40 | 1% | 90.0% | -4.2 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 31 | 1% | 64.5% | 24.6 min | 3.2% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJC–LAX | San Jose to Los Angeles | 551 | 89.8% | -3.0 min | 0.2% |
| SJC–SAN | San Jose to San Diego | 546 | 80.8% | 4.1 min | 0.5% |
| SJC–SEA | San Jose to Seattle | 430 | 78.6% | 5.7 min | 0.9% |
| SJC–LAS | San Jose to Las Vegas | 413 | 79.4% | 4.2 min | 1.5% |
| SJC–DEN | San Jose to Denver | 306 | 83.0% | 0.2 min | 1.0% |
| SJC–PHX | San Jose to Phoenix | 283 | 87.3% | 0.1 min | 0.0% |
| SJC–PDX | San Jose to Portland | 236 | 88.6% | -2.1 min | 0.0% |
| SJC–SNA | San Jose to Santa Ana | 222 | 91.0% | -6.5 min | 0.9% |
| SJC–BUR | San Jose to Burbank | 202 | 80.2% | 0.3 min | 3.5% |
| SJC–SLC | San Jose to Salt Lake City | 164 | 89.0% | 2.2 min | 0.0% |
| SJC–ONT | San Jose to Ontario | 134 | 92.5% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
| SJC–HNL | San Jose to Honolulu | 116 | 90.5% | -0.1 min | 0.9% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SJC on time in August 2024?
85.1% of 4,614 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 80.3% of 4,663 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 85.1% and 0.6% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.