Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International in February 2025

86.0%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,465 domestic departures from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International (SJC). 86.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.1% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so SJC departures were 6.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 3,548 departures with 85.7% leaving on time: a change of +0.3 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at SJC that month were on time 84.2% of the time (3,465 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 87.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.2%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from SJC in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	SJC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	86.0%	85.7%	80.9%	79.2%
Arrived on time	87.1%	86.1%	81.9%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.2 min	8.6 min	10.9 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	116	118	119	16,830
Scheduled departures	3,465	3,548	43,338	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,979	57%	86.9%	-2.2 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	564	16%	86.7%	-4.0 min	0.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	205	6%	82.9%	-5.9 min	3.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	195	6%	86.2%	-0.2 min	1.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	178	5%	92.1%	-15.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	116	3%	96.6%	-14.6 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	112	3%	88.4%	-6.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	64	2%	82.8%	3.5 min	1.6%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	52	2%	84.6%	-4.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SJC–LAX	San Jose to Los Angeles	450	89.3%	-4.9 min	0.0%
SJC–SAN	San Jose to San Diego	396	78.8%	5.3 min	0.0%
SJC–LAS	San Jose to Las Vegas	344	84.9%	0.9 min	1.5%
SJC–SEA	San Jose to Seattle	317	85.2%	-4.4 min	2.2%
SJC–PHX	San Jose to Phoenix	245	89.8%	-4.4 min	0.0%
SJC–DEN	San Jose to Denver	222	90.1%	-6.5 min	0.0%
SJC–SNA	San Jose to Santa Ana	207	88.4%	-5.7 min	1.9%
SJC–BUR	San Jose to Burbank	191	89.0%	-3.0 min	1.6%
SJC–PDX	San Jose to Portland	129	84.5%	1.1 min	0.8%
SJC–SLC	San Jose to Salt Lake City	123	91.9%	-14.7 min	0.0%
SJC–DFW	San Jose to Dallas/Fort Worth	100	88.0%	-7.6 min	0.0%
SJC–LGB	San Jose to Long Beach	94	84.0%	3.0 min	1.1%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	25.2%	33.9%	5,875
Late-arriving aircraft	48.6%	36.9%	11,321
National Aviation System	23.2%	22.5%	5,392
Extreme weather	2.8%	6.6%	663
Security	0.1%	0.1%	20

23,271 delay minutes on 422 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 2025?

86.0% of 3,465 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 85.7% of 3,548 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 86.0% and 0.6% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.