SJC → SAN Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · San Jose, CA to San Diego, CA · 3,740 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 171 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 90% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 55% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
+2 min
90th percentile
+45 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on SJC → SAN (3,740 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 72% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +2 min; the worst 10% ran +45 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,66672%
16-30 min46212%
31-60 min3379%
61-120 min1815%
2+ hrs511%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0733077%+6 min
2025-0833073%+9 min
2025-0931579%+9 min
2025-1032566%+14 min
2025-1129872%+12 min
2025-1229866%+17 min
2026-0125784%+5 min
2026-0226680%+6 min
2026-0331377%+10 min
2026-0431775%+8 min
2026-0532464%+14 min
2026-0632455%+22 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon58570%
Tue50485%
Wed48781%
Thu57667%
Fri58660%
Sat38282%
Sun57766%

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