Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International in July 2026

75.8%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,980 domestic departures from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International (SJC). 75.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.4% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so SJC departures were 7.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 4,120 departures with 78.3% leaving on time: a change of −2.5 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at SJC that month were on time 75.0% of the time (3,957 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 76.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.6%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	SJC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	75.8%	78.3%	80.9%	68.8%
Arrived on time	76.4%	79.9%	81.9%	69.4%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.9%	0.7%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.0 min	13.3 min	10.9 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	133	137	119	21,066
Scheduled departures	3,980	4,120	43,338	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,383	60%	73.4%	7.6 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	511	13%	80.6%	2.1 min	0.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	377	9%	77.7%	6.2 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	341	9%	90.3%	-6.6 min	0.9%
AA American Airlines	177	4%	75.1%	16.0 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	144	4%	77.8%	7.6 min	1.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	43	1%	65.1%	11.3 min	2.3%
MQ Envoy Air	4	0%	100.0%	-8.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SJC–SAN	San Jose to San Diego	478	59.6%	17.8 min	0.6%
SJC–SEA	San Jose to Seattle	438	79.0%	3.4 min	0.5%
SJC–LAX	San Jose to Los Angeles	411	77.9%	2.5 min	1.2%
SJC–LAS	San Jose to Las Vegas	301	82.7%	2.6 min	0.3%
SJC–SNA	San Jose to Santa Ana	248	83.1%	-1.6 min	1.6%
SJC–PHX	San Jose to Phoenix	235	72.3%	10.5 min	1.3%
SJC–DEN	San Jose to Denver	234	65.8%	14.5 min	0.4%
SJC–BUR	San Jose to Burbank	177	84.2%	0.7 min	0.0%
SJC–SLC	San Jose to Salt Lake City	169	87.6%	-3.3 min	0.0%
SJC–PDX	San Jose to Portland	168	85.7%	-4.7 min	0.0%
SJC–ONT	San Jose to Ontario	119	69.7%	9.7 min	0.8%
SJC–LGB	San Jose to Long Beach	115	83.5%	-1.7 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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	28.2%	31.7%	13,498
Late-arriving aircraft	48.3%	41.8%	23,113
National Aviation System	22.2%	19.9%	10,605
Extreme weather	1.3%	6.5%	604
Security	0.1%	0.1%	56

47,876 delay minutes on 899 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 July 2026?

75.8% of 3,980 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 78.3% of 4,120 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 75.8% and 0.6% in July 2026.

Provenance

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