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Route Reliability

Burbank → San Jose

BUR–SJC · 296 miles · Hollywood Burbank Airport to San José Mineta International Airport

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
88%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min early
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
2,218
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 88% of the time across 2,218 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

BUR–SJC flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 98% of the time, versus 81% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

BUR–SJC flights arrived on time 94% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 84%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon87%(357 flights)
  • Tue91%(285 flights)
  • Wed89%(280 flights)
  • Thu87%(357 flights)
  • Fri86%(353 flights)
  • Sat94%(231 flights)
  • Sun84%(329 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM98%(361 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM93%(413 flights)
  • 12–3 PM88%(419 flights)
  • 3–6 PM83%(417 flights)
  • 6–9 PM81%(582 flights)
On-time trend by month
92%
May

Jun 86% → May 92% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202586%198
July 202587%202
August 202588%203
September 202592%202
October 202581%207
November 202589%194
December 202583%180
January 202696%156
February 202690%157
March 202688%166
April 202685%163
May 202692%164

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 2,218 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.