On-Time Report

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Airport month · April 2025

Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International in April 2025

85.2%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,823 domestic departures from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International (SJC). 85.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.1% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so SJC departures were 4.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 3,938 departures with 86.3% leaving on time: a change of −1.1 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at SJC that month were on time 83.8% of the time (3,825 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 24%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2025Apr 2024SJC, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time85.2%86.3%80.9%80.6%
Arrived on time85.1%87.0%81.9%79.5%
Cancelled0.3%0.3%0.7%0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)9.7 min8.6 min10.9 min14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day12713111919,465
Scheduled departures3,8233,93843,338583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines2,30260%83.8%2.1 min0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines72219%88.0%-3.3 min0.1%
AS Alaska Airlines1795%84.9%2.7 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines1704%94.7%-1.1 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines1253%91.2%-1.8 min0.0%
AA American Airlines1203%77.5%6.3 min3.3%
UA United Airlines1083%83.3%10.4 min0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines602%86.7%-2.4 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines371%73.0%12.9 min2.7%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SJC–SANSan Jose to San Diego46777.3%6.6 min0.4%
SJC–LAXSan Jose to Los Angeles44291.0%-6.6 min0.0%
SJC–LASSan Jose to Las Vegas37484.5%4.0 min0.0%
SJC–SEASan Jose to Seattle34585.8%1.4 min0.0%
SJC–PHXSan Jose to Phoenix28886.8%-0.5 min0.0%
SJC–DENSan Jose to Denver23775.1%11.9 min0.4%
SJC–SNASan Jose to Santa Ana21586.5%-3.6 min0.0%
SJC–BURSan Jose to Burbank19985.9%0.4 min0.5%
SJC–SLCSan Jose to Salt Lake City13992.1%-6.6 min0.0%
SJC–PDXSan Jose to Portland13888.4%0.8 min0.0%
SJC–DFWSan Jose to Dallas/Fort Worth12075.0%9.7 min3.3%
SJC–ONTSan Jose to Ontario11489.5%-3.3 min0.0%

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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2025Minutes
Air carrier28.5%32.7%9,265
Late-arriving aircraft45.1%39.4%14,656
National Aviation System24.2%22.2%7,868
Extreme weather1.7%5.5%559
Security0.5%0.2%159
32,507 delay minutes on 554 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left SJC on time in April 2025?

85.2% of 3,823 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 86.3% of 3,938 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 85.2% and 0.3% in April 2025.

Provenance

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