DEN → SJC Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Denver, CO to San Jose, CA · 1,529 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 66 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 92% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 53% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
70%
Median delay
+2 min
90th percentile
+52 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DEN → SJC (1,529 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 70% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +2 min; the worst 10% ran +52 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,06470%
16-30 min17512%
31-60 min15310%
61-120 min916%
2+ hrs362%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0714960%+28 min
2025-0814077%+15 min
2025-0913780%+7 min
2025-1011871%+12 min
2025-1113390%-3 min
2025-1213770%+12 min
2026-0111986%-7 min
2026-0212076%+3 min
2026-0310968%+12 min
2026-0410658%+15 min
2026-0511158%+22 min
2026-0614046%+30 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon23363%
Tue20974%
Wed20378%
Thu22565%
Fri23270%
Sat18771%
Sun23071%

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