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Route Reliability

Los Angeles → San Jose

LAXSJC · 308 miles · Los Angeles International Airport to San José Mineta International Airport

93
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
88%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min early
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
4,860
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines91%2,259 flights
  2. 2.Alaska Airlines87%707 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines84%1,806 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (77 flights), American Airlines (10 flights), United Airlines (1 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

LAX–SJC flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 78% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LAX–SJC flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 82%.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 91% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 84%.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon86%(744 flights)
  • Tue91%(628 flights)
  • Wed89%(618 flights)
  • Thu90%(742 flights)
  • Fri85%(741 flights)
  • Sat91%(595 flights)
  • Sun82%(755 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(34 flights)
  • 6–9 AM95%(883 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM93%(875 flights)
  • 12–3 PM90%(833 flights)
  • 3–6 PM85%(955 flights)
  • 6–9 PM80%(776 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM78%(467 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 88% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202588%451
July 202586%456
August 202589%473
September 202593%445
October 202586%495
November 202591%405
December 202583%400
January 202692%320
February 202688%314
March 202689%347
April 202687%338
May 202681%379

Based on 4,860 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.