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Airport month · November 2025

Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International in November 2025

81.6%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,659 domestic departures from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International (SJC). 81.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.0% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so SJC departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 4,235 departures with 86.9% leaving on time: a change of −5.3 points, with flights down 14%.

Flights arriving at SJC that month were on time 82.5% of the time (3,654 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, national aviation system 31% and air carrier 25%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2025Nov 2024SJC, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time81.6%86.9%80.9%78.1%
Arrived on time82.0%87.9%81.9%77.3%
Cancelled1.1%0.3%0.7%2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)11.0 min7.4 min10.9 min15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day12214111919,018
Scheduled departures3,6594,23543,338570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines2,19960%79.1%6.2 min0.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines67118%86.6%-5.0 min1.8%
DL Delta Air Lines1795%87.2%-4.3 min3.4%
AS Alaska Airlines1775%88.1%-8.1 min0.0%
UA United Airlines1705%90.0%-5.8 min0.6%
AA American Airlines1173%72.6%13.7 min1.7%
MQ Envoy Air682%83.8%3.1 min1.5%
HA Hawaiian Airlines602%93.3%-11.1 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines180%83.3%-0.7 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SJC–SANSan Jose to San Diego45270.6%10.8 min2.7%
SJC–SEASan Jose to Seattle37384.2%-4.6 min0.3%
SJC–LAXSan Jose to Los Angeles33685.4%-2.9 min1.5%
SJC–LASSan Jose to Las Vegas31375.1%10.4 min1.0%
SJC–PHXSan Jose to Phoenix27478.5%11.1 min1.5%
SJC–DENSan Jose to Denver24889.5%-2.5 min0.4%
SJC–SNASan Jose to Santa Ana22186.4%-0.5 min0.5%
SJC–BURSan Jose to Burbank19979.9%4.0 min1.0%
SJC–SLCSan Jose to Salt Lake City15591.6%-8.3 min1.9%
SJC–PDXSan Jose to Portland11783.8%1.3 min0.0%
SJC–ONTSan Jose to Ontario11687.9%-0.6 min0.0%
SJC–AUSSan Jose to Austin9575.8%12.1 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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2025Minutes
Air carrier24.7%30.2%8,727
Late-arriving aircraft40.2%38.3%14,193
National Aviation System30.8%26.7%10,890
Extreme weather3.6%4.6%1,287
Security0.7%0.1%237
35,334 delay minutes on 616 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 November 2025?

81.6% of 3,659 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 86.9% of 4,235 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 81.6% and 1.1% in November 2025.

Provenance

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