DAL → SJC Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Dallas, TX to San Jose, CA · 458 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 36 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 89% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 24% departing 12–3pm.
On-time arrival
69%
Median delay
+2 min
90th percentile
+52 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from DAL to SJC?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DAL → SJC (458 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 69% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +2 min; the worst 10% ran +52 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time30769%
16-30 min5913%
31-60 min4710%
61-120 min276%
2+ hrs82%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-076073%+8 min
2025-084982%+4 min
2025-094687%+2 min
2025-105580%+15 min
2025-113181%+6 min
2025-123168%+7 min
2026-012976%-2 min
2026-022854%+17 min
2026-033177%+7 min
2026-042952%+22 min
2026-052941%+28 min
2026-063017%+41 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon6965%
Tue5969%
Wed6169%
Thu6971%
Fri6874%
Sat5575%
Sun6758%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…