Airport month record
SJCFEB
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International in February 2026
- Departures
- 3,088
- Month
- February 2026
- National, same month
- 80.2%
- Carriers
- 6
Historical statistics for February 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s February. For today’s conditions at SJC, see live FAA status.
SJC in February earns an A+. Close to nine flights in ten arrive inside the 15-minute window the DOT uses to define an on-time arrival, which puts it 7 points better than the national rate of 80.2%. When something does go wrong the average delay runs about 50 minutes. That rests on 3,088 flights, of which SkyWest Airlines flew 389 at 89.6% on time.
Set against the rest of the country, SJC's February record is 7 points better than the US average of 80.2%. That gap is worth roughly 68 fewer late arrivals for every thousand flights.
Key figures
On time
87.0%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 3,069 completed departures
Avg delay
51 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
0.58%
Nationally in February: 2.25%
Whole year
82.9%
SJC across all twelve months
These figures cover 3,088 departures from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International in February 2026. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
February next to SJC's other months
Against SJC's own year, February ran 4 points better than the twelve-month rate of 82.9%, which makes it number two of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, January ran 89.3% on time and March 85.6%, so this month sits in line with its neighbours.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 4,120 | 80.8% | 60 min | 0.87% | B+ |
| August 2025 | 3,885 | 83.5% | 54 min | 0.36% | B+ |
| September 2025 | 3,777 | 85.5% | 51 min | 0.50% | A+ |
| October 2025 | 3,865 | 81.5% | 52 min | 0.41% | B+ |
| November 2025 | 3,659 | 83.0% | 57 min | 1.12% | B |
| December 2025 | 3,622 | 81.2% | 58 min | 0.86% | B+ |
| January 2026 | 3,099 | 89.3% | 61 min | 1.19% | A |
| February 2026 (this page) | 3,088 | 87.0% | 51 min | 0.58% | A+ |
| March 2026 | 3,438 | 85.6% | 59 min | 0.96% | A+ |
| April 2026 | 3,423 | 84.2% | 45 min | 0.50% | B+ |
| May 2026 | 3,686 | 81.7% | 48 min | 0.38% | B+ |
| June 2026 | 3,816 | 74.3% | 50 min | 0.58% | C+ |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave SJC in February
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 18 points, against 4 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am556 flights95.8%
- 8am–11am659 flights93.1%
- 11am–2pm545 flights86.1%
- 2pm–5pm601 flights80.8%
- 5pm–8pm518 flights81.8%
- 8pm–5am209 flights77.9%
Scale runs 70% to 100%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 95.8% of the time, against 77.9% for the overnight window. That is 18 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 8am–11am window is the busiest, with 659 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Saturday is the strongest day at 93.7% on time and Thursday the weakest at 82.8%. 11 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at SJC in February
The two carriers here are closely matched: 4 points separate the best from the worst. At that spread, schedule and price are better tie-breakers than reliability. Sample sizes are shown so you can see which rows are worth weighing.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 1,963 | 85.2% | 48 min | 0.71% | A+ |
| SkyWest Airlines | 389 | 89.6% | 76 min | 0.77% | A+ |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 244 | 94.3% | 49 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| Delta Air Linesthin sample | 203 | 92.6% | 60 min | 0.49% | A+ |
| American Airlinesthin sample | 182 | 84.0% | 40 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| United Airlinesthin sample | 76 | 89.5% | 78 min | 0.00% | A+ |
No carrier stands out. SkyWest tops the table at 89.6%, 4 points clear of the bottom, which is inside the range this kind of sample moves year to year.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of SJC in February
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJC to SEA · Seattlethin sample | 339 | 92.9% | 74 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| SJC to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 315 | 84.4% | 40 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| SJC to SAN · San Diegothin sample | 307 | 80.1% | 47 min | 0.33% | B+ |
| SJC to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 267 | 83.5% | 67 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| SJC to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 254 | 84.0% | 46 min | 1.57% | B |
| SJC to SNA · Santa Anathin sample | 212 | 90.5% | 42 min | 0.47% | A+ |
| SJC to DEN · Denverthin sample | 177 | 88.5% | 65 min | 1.69% | A |
| SJC to BUR · Burbankthin sample | 162 | 86.5% | 36 min | 4.32% | A− |
| SJC to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample | 126 | 93.6% | 79 min | 0.79% | A+ |
| SJC to PDX · Portlandthin sample | 110 | 89.1% | 57 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| SJC to ONT · Ontariothin sample | 99 | 88.9% | 45 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| SJC to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 97 | 85.4% | 43 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| SJC to LGB · Long Beachthin sample | 84 | 89.3% | 56 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| SJC to AUS · Austinthin sample | 83 | 75.9% | 47 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| SJC to HNL · Honoluluthin sample | 56 | 92.9% | 60 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| SJC to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 56 | 98.2% | 60 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| SJC to BOI · Boisethin sample | 48 | 95.8% | 61 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| SJC to OGG · Kahuluithin sample | 39 | 89.7% | 44 min | 0.00% | A+ |
Delay causes
What held SJC up in February
One category carries most of the weight here. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 49% of the 20,000 delay minutes carriers reported, and the remaining four split what is left. The split is by minutes rather than by flights, so a few very long delays count for as much as many short ones.
- 49%Late-arriving aircraft
- 31%Carrier
- 16%National Airspace System
- 4%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
49% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 20,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 13 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 20,230 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations are rare at 0.58%, below the national 2.25% and low enough to earn the plus on the grade. Roughly one flight in 100 is called off; the risk here is arriving late, not not arriving.
Badly late arrivals are rare here: only 3.4% land an hour or more behind schedule, against 6.5% nationally. Connections built on this flight are about as safe as US domestic connections get, though a cancelled flight still ignores every layover you give it.
What to do with this
Flying from SJC in February
For a February trip through SJC: this is one of the better months to be flying from here, 87.0% on time with 0.58% cancelled. That is a base rate for the month as a whole; a single storm can still spoil a particular day.
Related
Where to go next
- Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International (SJC), the whole year
- SJC in July80.8%
- SJC in August83.5%
- SJC in September85.5%
- SJC in October81.5%
- SJC in November83.0%
- SJC in December81.2%
- SJC in January89.3%
- SJC in March85.6%
- SJC in April84.2%
- SJC in May81.7%
- SJC in June74.3%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.