Flights San Jose → San Diego
SJC → SAN
Route overview
The flight route from San Jose to San Diego is served by Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with an average delay of 5.7 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen a total of 1369 flights, connecting passengers between two cities via San Diego International Airport, which opened in 1928 and currently handles over 22 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) → San Diego (SAN) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 1800 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.50%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Diego 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 San Diego: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Jose (SJC) to San Diego (SAN) heads south-east for about 671 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 16m.
Departures from San Jose on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 50% of SJC-SAN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Jose the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Diego it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,800 tracked SJC-SAN flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 5 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 SJC-SAN
On the San Jose (SJC) -> San Diego (SAN) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 1800 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Jose-San Diego is 0.50% across 1800 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.
