Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International in March 2026

83.7%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,438 domestic departures from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International (SJC). 83.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.7% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so SJC departures were 10.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 3,917 departures with 86.1% leaving on time: a change of −2.4 points, with flights down 12%.

Flights arriving at SJC that month were on time 81.9% of the time (3,437 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 15%.

On time 84.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.3%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	SJC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	83.7%	86.1%	80.9%	72.8%
Arrived on time	84.7%	86.3%	81.9%	73.2%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.5%	0.7%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.0 min	8.3 min	10.9 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	115	131	119	20,403
Scheduled departures	3,438	3,917	43,338	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,208	64%	83.6%	0.8 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	474	14%	88.2%	-2.6 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	270	8%	86.3%	-5.4 min	3.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	246	7%	84.6%	-1.1 min	2.0%
AA American Airlines	120	3%	85.0%	5.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	88	3%	90.9%	-7.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	32	1%	81.3%	-3.0 min	3.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SJC–SAN	San Jose to San Diego	406	76.4%	8.4 min	1.7%
SJC–LAX	San Jose to Los Angeles	357	86.6%	-5.9 min	2.5%
SJC–SEA	San Jose to Seattle	328	84.1%	-0.1 min	2.1%
SJC–PHX	San Jose to Phoenix	300	82.3%	5.4 min	0.0%
SJC–LAS	San Jose to Las Vegas	296	82.1%	-1.0 min	0.3%
SJC–SNA	San Jose to Santa Ana	236	90.3%	-4.2 min	0.8%
SJC–DEN	San Jose to Denver	172	86.0%	0.1 min	0.0%
SJC–BUR	San Jose to Burbank	170	84.7%	-0.4 min	1.8%
SJC–SLC	San Jose to Salt Lake City	138	91.3%	-8.2 min	0.7%
SJC–LGB	San Jose to Long Beach	112	89.3%	-0.8 min	0.0%
SJC–ONT	San Jose to Ontario	107	87.9%	-2.9 min	0.0%
SJC–PDX	San Jose to Portland	105	88.6%	-4.0 min	0.0%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	30.9%	33.5%	8,920
Late-arriving aircraft	48.8%	39.3%	14,074
National Aviation System	14.9%	21.0%	4,290
Extreme weather	5.4%	5.9%	1,546
Security	0.0%	0.2%	8

28,838 delay minutes on 490 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 March 2026?

83.7% of 3,438 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 86.1% of 3,917 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 83.7% and 1.0% in March 2026.

Provenance

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