Flights Burbank → San Jose
BUR → SJC
Route overview
This flight route operates from Burbank, a city with an airport that has been in service since 1942, to San Jose. With a total of 494 flights and an on-time performance rate of 85%, the average delay for these flights is approximately 5.2 minutes, indicating high punctuality overall.
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 Burbank (BUR) → San Jose (SJC) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 688 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.89%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.9/100 (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 Burbank the average ATFM delay is 2.4 minutes.
Heading to San Jose: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Burbank (BUR) to San Jose (SJC) heads north-west for about 477 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 1m.
Departures from Burbank on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of BUR-SJC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Burbank the average ATFM delay is 2.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into San Jose it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 688 tracked BUR-SJC flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 1.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about BUR-SJC
On the Burbank (BUR) -> San Jose (SJC) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 688 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Burbank-San Jose is 1.89% across 688 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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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.
