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When is San Jose security busiest? 5 am, every morning.

Calmest around 5 pm. Choose any hour on the board.

People screened per hour at SJC checkpoints, by weekday and hour; choose a cell to read it
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Friday, 5 am

2,090

people screened, 8-week average.

Which checkpoint is busiest? Terminal B North and Terminal A, by 11 am.

Every checkpoint peaks before noon.

Security counts,

  • Terminal B North

    5 am

    1,170 screened

  • Terminal A

    11 am

    540 screened

Which departures leave on time? Leave in the morning.

7 am: 94% left on time. 9 pm: 61%.

Flight records,

Share of SJC departures leaving less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour
DepartsBarLeft on time
6 am94%
7 am94%
8 am92%
9 am90%
10 am84%
11 am81%
12 pm80%
1 pm77%
2 pm71%
3 pm69%
4 pm72%
5 pm73%
6 pm70%
7 pm71%
8 pm70%
9 pm61%
10 pm86%

Which airline runs on time here? Delta and Alaska lead.

Southwest flies 59% of SJC departures and landed on time 78% of the time.

Flight records,

  1. Delta 6,987 flights, 0.6% cancelled 91%
  2. Alaska 7,115 flights, 1.0% cancelled 81%
  3. Southwest 26,391 flights, 0.6% cancelled 78%

Not ranked, under ten flights a day: Hawaiian 91% of 242, United 87% of 1,510, American 82% of 2,275, Spirit 80% of 77, Frontier 74% of 368.

Where do SJC flights land late? San Diego, Las Vegas, Denver.

Lowest on-time rates of the 8 busiest.

Flight records,

ToFlightsOn time
SAN San Diego5,62068%
LAX Los Angeles4,66984%
SEA Seattle4,46182%
LAS Las Vegas3,66380%
PHX Phoenix3,01380%
SNA Santa Ana2,74185%
PDX Portland2,55486%
DEN Denver2,54680%