OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

San Jose to Ontario

334 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SJC–ONT arrive on time 84% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate84%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights

based on 1,317 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time84%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights1,317

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline29%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)4%
  • Late aircraft67%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline73%
  • Weather23%
  • Air traffic (NAS)3%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 60 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly SJC → ONT

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 96% on time.

  • Mornings96% on time · p90 on time · 1,193 flights
  • Middays90% on time · p90 15 min · 965 flights
  • Afternoons83% on time · p90 25 min · 533 flights
  • Evenings79% on time · p90 35 min · 813 flights
  • Overnights69% on time · p90 65 min · 630 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 79% to 90% on time.

  • Tuesdays90% on time · p90 10 min · 563 flights
  • Wednesdays90% on time · p90 10 min · 559 flights
  • Saturdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 476 flights
  • Mondays85% on time · p90 25 min · 643 flights
  • Thursdays84% on time · p90 20 min · 642 flights
  • Fridays83% on time · p90 25 min · 643 flights
  • Sundays79% on time · p90 40 min · 608 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.