Flights San Jose → Boston
SJC → BOS
Route overview
The flight route from San Jose to Boston operates with an average on-time performance of 80%, experiencing a mean delay of 24.6 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees five total flights using an Airbus A320 aircraft, serving one of the world's busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, which handles approximately 36 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 San Jose (SJC) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by JetBlue Airways. Across 5 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 25 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.3/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from San Jose the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Jose (SJC) to Boston (BOS) heads north-east for about 4,317 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 49m.
Departures from San Jose on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of SJC-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Jose the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 5 tracked SJC-BOS flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 25 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 SJC-BOS
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Frequently asked questions about SJC-BOS
On the San Jose (SJC) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 25 minutes, based on 5 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Jose-Boston is 0.00% across 5 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: JetBlue Airways.
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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.
