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Route Reliability

Reno → San Jose

RNO–SJC · 188 miles · Reno–Tahoe International Airport to San José Mineta International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
243
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 72% of the time across 243 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

RNO–SJC flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 68% between 6–9 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

RNO–SJC flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Saturdays and just 61% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

RNO–SJC flights arrived on time 60% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon69%(49 flights)
  • Tue70%(10 flights)
  • Wed—(9 flights)
  • Thu61%(49 flights)
  • Fri73%(48 flights)
  • Sat89%(27 flights)
  • Sun76%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM—(5 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM100%(11 flights)
  • 12–3 PM100%(12 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(15 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(199 flights)
On-time trend by month
53%
May

Jun 67% → May 53% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%18
July 202571%17
August 202567%18
September 202577%17
October 202576%21
November 202584%31
December 202573%30
January 202686%14
February 202674%19
March 202677%22
April 202650%18
May 202653%17

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 243 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.