Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International in November 2024

86.9%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,235 domestic departures from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International (SJC). 86.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.9% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so SJC departures were 1.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 4,132 departures with 88.2% leaving on time: a change of −1.3 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at SJC that month were on time 85.3% of the time (4,231 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 87.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.6%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	SJC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	86.9%	88.2%	80.9%	85.2%
Arrived on time	87.9%	89.1%	81.9%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.3%	0.7%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.4 min	6.9 min	10.9 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	141	138	119	19,180
Scheduled departures	4,235	4,132	43,338	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,309	55%	89.2%	-3.9 min	0.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	682	16%	86.8%	-3.3 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	296	7%	82.4%	-0.4 min	0.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	267	6%	88.0%	-6.5 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	194	5%	95.9%	-15.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	170	4%	88.8%	-2.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	113	3%	77.0%	2.6 min	1.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	112	3%	78.6%	6.9 min	0.9%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	58	1%	91.4%	-6.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	34	1%	85.3%	-7.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SJC–LAX	San Jose to Los Angeles	497	89.9%	-5.4 min	0.2%
SJC–SAN	San Jose to San Diego	474	77.8%	7.0 min	0.4%
SJC–LAS	San Jose to Las Vegas	400	90.0%	-4.6 min	0.0%
SJC–SEA	San Jose to Seattle	351	86.6%	-5.6 min	0.6%
SJC–PHX	San Jose to Phoenix	302	89.1%	-3.0 min	0.0%
SJC–DEN	San Jose to Denver	289	91.0%	-8.4 min	0.0%
SJC–SNA	San Jose to Santa Ana	242	91.7%	-8.4 min	0.4%
SJC–BUR	San Jose to Burbank	236	89.8%	-6.6 min	0.8%
SJC–PDX	San Jose to Portland	211	85.8%	-1.5 min	0.5%
SJC–SLC	San Jose to Salt Lake City	154	91.6%	-6.2 min	0.0%
SJC–LGB	San Jose to Long Beach	119	95.0%	-6.7 min	0.0%
SJC–ONT	San Jose to Ontario	110	93.6%	-5.9 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.9%	36.9%	8,690
Late-arriving aircraft	40.6%	35.6%	10,112
National Aviation System	21.5%	21.9%	5,358
Extreme weather	3.1%	5.4%	767
Security	0.0%	0.2%	8

24,935 delay minutes on 493 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 2024?

86.9% of 4,235 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 88.2% of 4,132 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 86.9% and 0.3% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.