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Route Reliability

Salt Lake City → San Jose

SLCSJC · 584 miles · Salt Lake City International Airport to San José Mineta International Airport

93
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
87%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
1,819
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines88%1,584 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines82%235 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SLC–SJC flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 83% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

SLC–SJC flights arrived on time 93% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 83%.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 88% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 82%.

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
  • Mon86%(276 flights)
  • Tue93%(242 flights)
  • Wed91%(238 flights)
  • Thu87%(269 flights)
  • Fri86%(276 flights)
  • Sat87%(224 flights)
  • Sun83%(285 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM96%(348 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(381 flights)
  • 12–3 PM88%(98 flights)
  • 3–6 PM86%(600 flights)
  • 6–9 PM86%(65 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM83%(318 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 83% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%170
July 202587%176
August 202587%166
September 202590%157
October 202589%168
November 202586%153
December 202587%136
January 202690%125
February 202688%126
March 202687%137
April 202689%134
May 202687%162

Based on 1,819 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.