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Route Reliability

San Diego → San Jose

SANSJC · 417 miles · San Diego International Airport to San José Mineta International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
5,477
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Alaska Airlines82%1,686 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines78%3,748 flights

Not enough history to rank: Spirit Airlines (43 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SAN–SJC flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 70% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

SAN–SJC flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Wednesdays and just 73% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Alaska Airlines has a slight edge here.

Alaska Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 78%.

Slipping a little lately.

SAN–SJC flights arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

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
  • Mon77%(862 flights)
  • Tue87%(719 flights)
  • Wed88%(707 flights)
  • Thu75%(846 flights)
  • Fri73%(853 flights)
  • Sat87%(587 flights)
  • Sun73%(847 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM94%(986 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(967 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(1048 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(1141 flights)
  • 6–9 PM74%(1050 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM70%(229 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 76% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%473
July 202579%468
August 202582%452
September 202581%418
October 202576%446
November 202580%464
December 202574%457
January 202685%397
February 202686%405
March 202682%476
April 202679%477
May 202673%488

Based on 5,477 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.