Flights Santa Ana → San Jose
SNA → SJC
Route overview
The flight route from Santa Ana to San Jose operates with a high level of punctuality, as evidenced by an on-time performance rate of 81%. Over the course of the year, there have been 673 flights along this route, with an average delay time of 6.3 minutes per flight. The destination airport serves over eleven million passengers annually, highlighting its significance in air travel.
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 Santa Ana (SNA) → San Jose (SJC) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 912 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.66%. 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 Jose the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Santa Ana the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Jose: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Santa Ana (SNA) to San Jose (SJC) heads north-west for about 550 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 6m.
Departures from Santa Ana on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 43% of SNA-SJC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Santa Ana the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Jose it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 912 tracked SNA-SJC flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 0.7% 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 SNA-SJC
On the Santa Ana (SNA) -> San Jose (SJC) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 912 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Santa Ana-San Jose is 0.66% across 912 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.
