Flights San Diego → San Jose
SAN → SJC
Route overview
The flight route from San Diego to San Jose operates with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 78%, with average delays of 10.2 minutes. The route sees approximately 1,365 flights annually, serving the highly trafficked destination airport in San Jose which handles over eleven million passengers per year.
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 San Diego (SAN) → San Jose (SJC) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 1797 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.50%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.6/100 (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 San Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Jose: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Diego (SAN) to San Jose (SJC) heads north-west for about 671 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 16m.
Departures from San Diego on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 46% of SAN-SJC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Jose it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,797 tracked SAN-SJC flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 0.5% 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 SAN-SJC
On the San Diego (SAN) -> San Jose (SJC) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 1797 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Diego-San Jose is 0.50% across 1797 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.
