Flights Austin → San Jose
AUS → SJC
How long is the flight from Austin to San Jose?
The flight from Austin (AUS) to San Jose (SJC) takes about 3h 23m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
Route overview
The flight route from Austin to San Jose operates with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 69%. Over the course of the year, there have been 281 flights along this route, each experiencing an average delay of eleven minutes. The destination airport serves over eleven million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Austin (AUS) → San Jose (SJC) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 711 flights monitored in recent months, 63% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.56%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Jose the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Austin the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to San Jose: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Austin (AUS) to San Jose (SJC) heads north-west for about 2,372 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 23m.
Departures from Austin on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 37% of AUS-SJC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Austin the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into San Jose it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 711 tracked AUS-SJC flights, 63% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 0.6% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 75% | 5 min | 0.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about AUS-SJC
The flight from Austin (AUS) to San Jose (SJC) takes about 3h 23m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
On the Austin (AUS) -> San Jose (SJC) route, on-time performance is 63% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 711 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Austin-San Jose is 0.56% across 711 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at San Jose, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
