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Route Reliability

San Jose → Palm Springs

SJC–PSP · 390 miles · San José Mineta International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
208
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Southwest Airlines81% on time · 199 flights
  • Alaska Airlines78% on time · 9 flights

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

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

SJC–PSP flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 68% between 3–6 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

SJC–PSP flights arrived on time 100% of the time on Saturdays and just 70% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Slipping a little lately.

SJC–PSP flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon85%(34 flights)
  • Tue96%(24 flights)
  • Wed76%(25 flights)
  • Thu70%(30 flights)
  • Fri74%(34 flights)
  • Sat100%(20 flights)
  • Sun76%(38 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(67 flights)
  • 12–3 PM90%(52 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(84 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(1 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Oct 89% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
October 202589%18
November 202565%17
December 202580%15
January 202692%24
February 202682%27
March 202687%31
April 202677%31
May 202673%37

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 208 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.