Flights San Jose → Burbank
SJC → BUR
Route overview
The flight route from San Jose to Burbank has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 5.5 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1942, serves over five million passengers annually, making it one of the busiest airports in the region.
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) → Burbank (BUR) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 697 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.87%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Burbank the average ATFM delay is 2.4 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from San Jose the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Burbank: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Jose (SJC) to Burbank (BUR) heads south-east for about 477 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 1m.
Departures from San Jose on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 48% of SJC-BUR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Jose the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Burbank it is 2.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 697 tracked SJC-BUR flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 6 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 SJC-BUR
On the San Jose (SJC) -> Burbank (BUR) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 697 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Jose-Burbank is 1.87% across 697 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.
