Flights Boston → San Jose
BOS → SJC
Route overview
The flight route from Boston to San Jose operates with an average of six flights per year, using Airbus A320 aircraft. With a 67% on-time performance rate and an average delay of 11.3 minutes when not on time, the service maintains relatively high punctuality despite occasional delays.
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 Boston (BOS) → San Jose (SJC) route is operated by JetBlue Airways. Across 6 flights monitored in recent months, 67% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Jose the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Jose: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Boston (BOS) to San Jose (SJC) heads west for about 4,317 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 49m.
Departures from Boston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 100% of BOS-SJC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Jose it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 6 tracked BOS-SJC flights, 67% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
Airlines operating BOS-SJC
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Frequently asked questions about BOS-SJC
On the Boston (BOS) -> San Jose (SJC) route, on-time performance is 67% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 6 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Boston-San Jose is 0.00% across 6 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: JetBlue Airways.
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.
