Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International in February 2026

85.0%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,088 domestic departures from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International (SJC). 85.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.5% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so SJC departures were 6.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 3,465 departures with 86.0% leaving on time: a change of −1.0 points, with flights down 11%.

Flights arriving at SJC that month were on time 84.0% of the time (3,089 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 86.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.9%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from SJC in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	SJC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	85.0%	86.0%	80.9%	78.1%
Arrived on time	86.5%	87.1%	81.9%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.6 min	8.2 min	10.9 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	103	116	119	17,168
Scheduled departures	3,088	3,465	43,338	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,963	64%	84.6%	-0.3 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	389	13%	88.9%	-6.2 min	0.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	244	8%	94.3%	-11.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	203	7%	92.1%	-14.9 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	182	6%	83.5%	-3.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	76	2%	89.5%	-2.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	24	1%	83.3%	-5.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	7	0%	100.0%	-8.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SJC–SEA	San Jose to Seattle	339	92.9%	-10.2 min	0.0%
SJC–LAX	San Jose to Los Angeles	315	84.4%	-3.7 min	0.0%
SJC–SAN	San Jose to San Diego	307	79.8%	6.1 min	0.3%
SJC–LAS	San Jose to Las Vegas	267	83.5%	3.4 min	0.0%
SJC–PHX	San Jose to Phoenix	254	82.7%	1.8 min	1.6%
SJC–SNA	San Jose to Santa Ana	212	90.1%	-5.3 min	0.5%
SJC–DEN	San Jose to Denver	177	87.0%	-3.3 min	1.7%
SJC–BUR	San Jose to Burbank	162	82.7%	-3.4 min	4.3%
SJC–SLC	San Jose to Salt Lake City	126	92.9%	-12.5 min	0.8%
SJC–PDX	San Jose to Portland	110	89.1%	-7.1 min	0.0%
SJC–ONT	San Jose to Ontario	99	88.9%	-3.8 min	0.0%
SJC–DFW	San Jose to Dallas/Fort Worth	97	84.5%	-7.7 min	0.0%

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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	30.5%	38.2%	6,174
Late-arriving aircraft	49.0%	37.2%	9,908
National Aviation System	16.1%	18.5%	3,266
Extreme weather	3.9%	6.0%	786
Security	0.5%	0.2%	96

20,230 delay minutes on 398 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 2026?

85.0% of 3,088 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 86.0% of 3,465 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 85.0% and 0.6% in February 2026.

Provenance

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