Denver (DEN) – San Jose (SJC)
- Distance
- 1,526 km
- 948 mi · 824 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 33 min / 2 h 27 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → SJC / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 191 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (113 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 641,392
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −13.5%
- Flights / week
- 98
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 77%
- 829,432 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- WN, UA, F9
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from DEN
- 265°
- Heading from SJC
- 74°
- Halfway point
- 38.93, -113.45
- Great-circle km
- 1,522 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → SJC
- 2 h 11 min
- In the air SJC → DEN
- 2 h 6 min
- Clocks
- San Jose is 1 h behind Denver
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 62,544 |
| Sep 2025 | 64,768 |
| Oct 2025 | 61,454 |
| Nov 2025 | 56,891 |
| Dec 2025 | 53,638 |
| Jan 2026 | 39,651 |
| Feb 2026 | 37,430 |
| Mar 2026 | 42,794 |
| Apr 2026 | 44,245 |
| May 2026 | 51,592 |
| Jun 2026 | 64,552 |
| Jul 2026 | 61,833 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 466 |
| Sep 2025 | 527 |
| Oct 2025 | 491 |
| Nov 2025 | 501 |
| Dec 2025 | 433 |
| Jan 2026 | 373 |
| Feb 2026 | 351 |
| Mar 2026 | 343 |
| Apr 2026 | 334 |
| May 2026 | 394 |
| Jun 2026 | 443 |
| Jul 2026 | 462 |
Airlines flying DEN–SJC nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 59 | 59% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 38 | 39% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 1.8 | 2% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,506 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,295 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 849 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 778 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 352 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 187 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 50 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 42 flights
Also carried: 136 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 77.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.4%
- Flights counted
- 5,124
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 72.6% | 15 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 84.9% | 10 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 82.6% | 6 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 31% · aircraft arriving late 47% · air traffic system 21% · weather 1% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $305
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $248
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 57% of passengers · $284
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 57% of passengers · $284
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $232 · Q3 2025 $221 · Q4 2025 $262 · Q1 2026 $305).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,522 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Denver and San Jose
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