The flight time from San Jose to Denver is 2 hours, 24 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SJC San Jose, CA 2 minutes early.
12 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 4 minutes in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives DEN Denver, CO 7 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
89%
Southwest
84%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from San Jose to Denver is 2 hours, 24 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 4 minutes.

The flight distance from San Jose to Denver is 948 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Denver to San Jose
2 hours, 28 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
2h 23m
United
2h 27m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h2h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

54

Distance

948 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
31
United
22

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is San Jose from Denver by plane?

The distance from San Jose to Denver by plane is 948 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from San Jose to Denver?

The flight time from San Jose to Denver is 2 hours, 24 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 4 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 2 hours, 23 minutes, and United the slowest taking 2 hours, 27 minutes.

What airlines fly from San Jose to Denver?

United and Southwest are the airlines with direct flights from San Jose to Denver.

Does Southwest fly from San Jose to Denver?

Yes! Southwest does fly from San Jose (SJC) to Denver (DEN). On average, they have 31 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves San Jose 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 12 minutes
In the Air 124 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives Denver 7 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from San Jose to Denver, Southwest is 84% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 84% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 89% 10% 1%
Southwest 84% 15% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between San Jose and Denver, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Southwest 11 124 7 143
United 13 125 7 147

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
4pm 0.39
7am 0.23
7pm 0.25
8pm 0.35
10am 0.67
3pm 0.9
5am 0.19
2pm 0.65
1pm 0.1
5pm 0.28
8am 0.9
9pm 0.41
6pm 0.52
9am 0.29
10pm 0.03
11am 0.32
12pm 0.03
6am 1.13

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from San Jose to Denver that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 232
February 209
March 225
April 202
May 215
June 207
July 242
August 261
September 250
October 258
November 255
December 258

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from San Jose to Denver that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 8.15
Tuesday 7.85
Wednesday 7.81
Thursday 8.06
Friday 8.02
Saturday 6.48
Sunday 7.75

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
Southwest 1
United 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
4pm 11 126 7 144
7am 13 122 9 149
7pm 10 121 7 138
8pm 10 122 6 139
10am 12 125 6 145
3pm 13 125 8 147
5am 18 124 8 152
2pm 12 124 8 145
1pm 11 126 7 145
5pm 10 122 7 141
8am 12 125 7 144
9pm 9 124 6 139
6pm 11 123 6 142
9am 12 124 6 144
10pm 8 123 7 140
11am 13 125 7 144
12pm 11 124 6 144
6am 13 125 7 148
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.