San Diego (SAN) – San Jose (SJC)
- Distance
- 671 km
- 417 mi · 362 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 25 min / 1 h 28 min
- Average gate to gate: SAN → SJC / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 84 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (50 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,086,373
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −6.6%
- Flights / week
- 212
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 75%
- 1,448,932 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- WN, OO, QX
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 SAN
- 321°
- Heading from SJC
- 139°
- Halfway point
- 35.07, -119.49
- Great-circle km
- 671 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air SAN → SJC
- 1 h 1 min
- In the air SJC → SAN
- 1 h 4 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 99,298 |
| Sep 2025 | 85,032 |
| Oct 2025 | 93,116 |
| Nov 2025 | 89,923 |
| Dec 2025 | 93,436 |
| Jan 2026 | 71,562 |
| Feb 2026 | 77,127 |
| Mar 2026 | 89,792 |
| Apr 2026 | 91,017 |
| May 2026 | 92,170 |
| Jun 2026 | 102,052 |
| Jul 2026 | 101,848 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 904 |
| Sep 2025 | 837 |
| Oct 2025 | 890 |
| Nov 2025 | 924 |
| Dec 2025 | 920 |
| Jan 2026 | 805 |
| Feb 2026 | 812 |
| Mar 2026 | 953 |
| Apr 2026 | 972 |
| May 2026 | 999 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,005 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,017 |
Airlines flying SAN–SJC nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 143 | 80% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 44 | 12% |
| QXHorizon Air | 22 | 6% |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 3.3 | 2% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 0.3 | 0% |
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 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 4,082 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 3,437 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 2,170 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,186 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 89 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 60 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 10 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 4 flights
Also carried: 134 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 73.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Flights counted
- 9,944
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 72% | 14 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 78.2% | 12 min |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 81.1% | 9 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 21% · aircraft arriving late 52% · air traffic system 25% · 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
- $178
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $162
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 78% of passengers · $177
- Lowest-fare airline
- Alaska Airlines
- 20% of passengers · $173
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $153 · Q3 2025 $152 · Q4 2025 $169 · Q1 2026 $178).
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: 671 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.