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Route Reliability

San Jose → Burbank

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

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
2,226
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Southwest Airlines85% on time · 2,220 flights
  • Alaska Airlines67% on time · 6 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SJC–BUR flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 72% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

SJC–BUR flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Saturdays and just 77% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(351 flights)
  • Tue91%(287 flights)
  • Wed89%(284 flights)
  • Thu84%(358 flights)
  • Fri80%(353 flights)
  • Sat92%(232 flights)
  • Sun77%(328 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM96%(447 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(493 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(360 flights)
  • 3–6 PM82%(411 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(482 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 79% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%201
July 202581%203
August 202583%203
September 202587%200
October 202582%207
November 202581%196
December 202585%178
January 202694%157
February 202687%155
March 202687%166
April 202684%163
May 202687%164

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Based on 2,226 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.