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Route Reliability

Long Beach → San Jose

LGB–SJC · 324 miles · Long Beach 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
0.3%
Cancelled
1,222
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 1,222 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

LGB–SJC flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 98% of the time, versus 77% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LGB–SJC flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 82%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 1,222 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon88%(186 flights)
  • Tue91%(169 flights)
  • Wed91%(169 flights)
  • Thu85%(185 flights)
  • Fri87%(182 flights)
  • Sat89%(151 flights)
  • Sun82%(176 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM96%(299 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM98%(103 flights)
  • 12–3 PM87%(288 flights)
  • 3–6 PM86%(223 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(305 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 83% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%105
July 202583%104
August 202593%106
September 202590%103
October 202587%95
November 202584%92
December 202582%91
January 202691%93
February 202691%84
March 202691%112
April 202688%115
May 202686%118

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,222 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.