Historical on-time performance
Dallas-Fort Worth to San Jose
1,439 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DFW–SJC arrive on time 70% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate70%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.3%of scheduled flights
based on 1,150 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.
- American AirlinesOn-time70%Medianon timep9060 minCancel2.3%Flights1,120
- Spirit AirlinesOn-time80%Medianon timep9020 minCancel0.0%Flights30
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline39%
- Weather8%
- Air traffic (NAS)12%
- Late aircraft41%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly DFW → SJC
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 61% to 80% on time.
- Mornings80% on time · p90 30 min · 1,048 flights
- Middays77% on time · p90 45 min · 1,206 flights
- Afternoons68% on time · p90 85 min · 204 flights
- Evenings63% on time · p90 65 min · 1,205 flights
- Overnights61% on time · p90 65 min · 235 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 75% on time.
- Tuesdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 516 flights
- Saturdays74% on time · p90 45 min · 512 flights
- Wednesdays73% on time · p90 55 min · 508 flights
- Mondays71% on time · p90 45 min · 591 flights
- Thursdays71% on time · p90 55 min · 586 flights
- Sundays70% on time · p90 60 min · 594 flights
- Fridays70% on time · p90 55 min · 591 flights
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