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Airport month · October 2024
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International in October 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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,590 domestic departures from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International (SJC). 84.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.3% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so SJC departures were 1.4 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 4,365 departures with 84.0% leaving on time: a change of +0.1 points, with flights up 5%.
Flights arriving at SJC that month were on time 84.0% of the time (4,588 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 28%.
- On time 84.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.1%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | SJC, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.1% | 84.0% | 80.9% | 85.5% |
| Arrived on time | 84.3% | 84.3% | 81.9% | 85.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.3 min | 9.1 min | 10.9 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 153 | 146 | 119 | 20,517 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,590 | 4,365 | 43,338 | 615,497 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,391 | 52% | 83.1% | 1.5 min | 0.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 853 | 19% | 86.4% | 0.5 min | 0.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 338 | 7% | 71.0% | 11.8 min | 1.5% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 283 | 6% | 89.8% | -6.1 min | 0.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 206 | 4% | 94.7% | -9.5 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 189 | 4% | 93.7% | -6.2 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 141 | 3% | 74.5% | 10.4 min | 0.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 123 | 3% | 91.1% | -6.4 min | 0.8% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 62 | 1% | 93.5% | -7.9 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 4 | 0% | 75.0% | -9.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJC–LAX | San Jose to Los Angeles | 580 | 86.9% | -1.2 min | 0.2% |
| SJC–SAN | San Jose to San Diego | 529 | 64.1% | 18.7 min | 1.7% |
| SJC–LAS | San Jose to Las Vegas | 416 | 81.3% | 2.2 min | 0.7% |
| SJC–SEA | San Jose to Seattle | 406 | 89.9% | -7.2 min | 0.2% |
| SJC–PHX | San Jose to Phoenix | 295 | 86.8% | 5.7 min | 0.3% |
| SJC–DEN | San Jose to Denver | 292 | 88.0% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| SJC–PDX | San Jose to Portland | 266 | 86.1% | 0.1 min | 0.8% |
| SJC–BUR | San Jose to Burbank | 250 | 77.6% | 4.9 min | 0.4% |
| SJC–SNA | San Jose to Santa Ana | 225 | 85.8% | -2.5 min | 0.9% |
| SJC–SLC | San Jose to Salt Lake City | 166 | 92.8% | -10.5 min | 0.0% |
| SJC–ONT | San Jose to Ontario | 123 | 87.8% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| SJC–LGB | San Jose to Long Beach | 117 | 85.5% | -1.9 min | 1.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SJC on time in October 2024?
84.1% of 4,590 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2023, 84.0% of 4,365 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 84.1% and 0.5% in October 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.