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Airport month · January 2026
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International in January 2026
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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,099 domestic departures from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International (SJC). 87.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.2% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so SJC departures were 11.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 3,697 departures with 88.5% leaving on time: a change of −1.3 points, with flights down 16%.
Flights arriving at SJC that month were on time 86.1% of the time (3,095 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 88.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.5%
- Cancelled 1.2%
- Diverted 0.1%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | SJC, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 87.2% | 88.5% | 80.9% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 88.2% | 88.2% | 81.9% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.2% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 7.8 min | 7.4 min | 10.9 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 103 | 123 | 119 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,099 | 3,697 | 43,338 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,907 | 62% | 89.1% | -3.6 min | 0.8% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 489 | 16% | 88.3% | -4.7 min | 0.4% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 238 | 8% | 87.4% | -6.1 min | 0.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 186 | 6% | 92.5% | -13.5 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 148 | 5% | 73.0% | 14.5 min | 10.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 71 | 2% | 93.0% | -6.9 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 32 | 1% | 87.5% | -2.3 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 28 | 1% | 75.0% | 24.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJC–SEA | San Jose to Seattle | 332 | 87.3% | -5.3 min | 0.6% |
| SJC–LAX | San Jose to Los Angeles | 320 | 92.5% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
| SJC–SAN | San Jose to San Diego | 318 | 79.6% | 5.5 min | 1.6% |
| SJC–LAS | San Jose to Las Vegas | 297 | 86.9% | 0.4 min | 1.0% |
| SJC–PHX | San Jose to Phoenix | 246 | 87.4% | 0.8 min | 1.6% |
| SJC–SNA | San Jose to Santa Ana | 212 | 92.9% | -8.3 min | 0.5% |
| SJC–DEN | San Jose to Denver | 189 | 92.6% | -5.9 min | 0.5% |
| SJC–BUR | San Jose to Burbank | 157 | 93.6% | -6.1 min | 0.0% |
| SJC–PDX | San Jose to Portland | 127 | 89.0% | -3.8 min | 0.0% |
| SJC–SLC | San Jose to Salt Lake City | 124 | 96.0% | -14.9 min | 0.0% |
| SJC–ONT | San Jose to Ontario | 101 | 90.1% | -4.9 min | 0.0% |
| SJC–LGB | San Jose to Long Beach | 93 | 93.5% | -7.2 min | 1.1% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SJC on time in January 2026?
87.2% of 3,099 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 88.5% of 3,697 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 87.2% and 1.2% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.