SJC · San Jose, United States
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport.
--:--:-- · PDT (UTC-07:00) · 37.3625° N, 121.9292° W
San Jose International Airport
Airport serving San Jose, California
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for SJC
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 3883; ident KSJC; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
flysanjose.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
San Jose International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
19 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
SJC / KSJC
OurAirports ident
KSJC
GPS / local code
KSJC / SJC
ISO region
US-CA
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
flysanjose.com
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q1257392
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 8:22 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--PDT · UTC-07:00
Time zone
PDT
America/Los_Angeles · UTC-07:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
4.0 km
Approximate distance to central San Jose.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Washington, D.C.
Languages
English
Currency
USD ($)
Country area
9,525,067 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
11,000 ft / 3,353 m
Runway surface
concrete (2)
Opened / operator
1949
Owner / entity
City of San José
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
19 source-backed signals
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for San Jose, United States. San Jose's built-up core sits roughly 4.0 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/Los_Angeles (UTC-07:00, PDT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 4 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC / KSJC) is at 37.3625° N, 121.9292° W, elevation 62 ft (19 m), serving San Jose, United States.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
San Jose is in United States (capital Washington, D.C.); regulated by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); on America/Los_Angeles (PDT, UTC-07:00); working languages: English; currency: USD ($).
Distance from central San Jose: 4 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for SJC.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC / KSJC)
San Jose International Airport · Airport serving San Jose, California
Source identifiers
KSJC · KSJC · SJC · US-CA
flysanjose.com · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Location cue
Located 3 mi (4.8 km) northwest of Downtown San Jose, the airport serves both the city and the Santa Clara Valley region of the greater Bay Area.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Santa Clara
santa-clara · 2.5 km from SJC
United States · America/Los_Angeles · +0h · population 126,215 · city coordinates 37.3541, -121.9552
2. San Jose
san-jose · 4.0 km from SJC
United States · America/Los_Angeles · +0h · population 997,368 · city coordinates 37.3394, -121.8950
3. Milpitas
milpitas · 7.6 km from SJC
United States · America/Los_Angeles · +0h · population 77,604 · city coordinates 37.4283, -121.9066
4. Campbell
campbell · 8.6 km from SJC
United States · America/Los_Angeles · +0h · population 41,117 · city coordinates 37.2872, -121.9500
5. Alum Rock
alum-rock · 9.0 km from SJC
United States · America/Los_Angeles · +0h · population 15,536 · city coordinates 37.3661, -121.8272
6. Sunnyvale
sunnyvale · 9.5 km from SJC
United States · America/Los_Angeles · +0h · population 155,805 · city coordinates 37.3688, -122.0363
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. OAK KOAK
San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport · Oakland
47 km from SJC · America/Los_Angeles · +0h · elevation 9 ft (3 m) · airport coordinates 37.7201, -122.2212
2. SFO KSFO
San Francisco International Airport · San Francisco
49 km from SJC · America/Los_Angeles · +0h · elevation 13 ft (4 m) · airport coordinates 37.6198, -122.3748
3. SMF KSMF
Sacramento International Airport · Sacramento
151 km from SJC · America/Los_Angeles · +0h · elevation 27 ft (8 m) · airport coordinates 38.6954, -121.5910
4. FAT KFAT
Fresno Yosemite International Airport · Fresno
207 km from SJC · America/Los_Angeles · +0h · elevation 336 ft (102 m) · airport coordinates 36.7758, -119.7180
Route-time reference set
1. SJC-SMF
Sacramento · 151 km · 1h 1m
America/Los_Angeles · +0h from SJC; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. SJC-FAT
Fresno · 207 km · 1h 6m
America/Los_Angeles · +0h from SJC; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 11,000 ft / 3,353 m. 2 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
concrete (2)
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for SJC.
Runway identifiers
12L/30R · 12R/30L
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. OAK KOAK
San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport · Oakland · 47 km from SJC
large airport · America/Los_Angeles · united-states · 9 ft (3 m) · 37.7201, -122.2212
2. SFO KSFO
San Francisco International Airport · San Francisco · 49 km from SJC
large airport · America/Los_Angeles · united-states · 13 ft (4 m) · 37.6198, -122.3748
3. SMF KSMF
Sacramento International Airport · Sacramento · 151 km from SJC
large airport · America/Los_Angeles · united-states · 27 ft (8 m) · 38.6954, -121.5910
4. FAT KFAT
Fresno Yosemite International Airport · Fresno · 207 km from SJC
large airport · America/Los_Angeles · united-states · 336 ft (102 m) · 36.7758, -119.7180
5. RNO KRNO
Reno Tahoe International Airport · Reno · 303 km from SJC
large airport · America/Los_Angeles · united-states · 4,415 ft (1,346 m) · 39.4991, -119.7680
6. BUR KBUR
Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport · Burbank · 477 km from SJC
large airport · America/Los_Angeles · united-states · 778 ft (237 m) · 34.2028, -118.3581
Country and authority
SJC sits in United States (United States of America), whose capital is Washington, D.C.. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Americas, North America.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: English. Currency context: USD ($). SJC is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
Airport serving San Jose, California. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Location cue: Located 3 mi (4.8 km) northwest of Downtown San Jose, the airport serves both the city and the Santa Clara Valley region of the greater Bay Area.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q1257392 · San Jose International Airport. Owner / owning body: City of San José. Administrative area: San Jose. Named after: San Jose · Norman Mineta
Field and clock profile
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport is a near sea-level field at 62 ft (19 m), positioned at 37.3625° N, 121.9292° W in the Northern mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 11,000 ft / 3,353 m. The airport clock uses America/Los_Angeles (PDT, UTC-07:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Santa Clara is the closest retained city-time anchor at 2.5 km. OAK Oakland is the closest retained airport alternative at 47 km.
Country airport peers
SJC is compared with OAK Oakland at 47 km, SFO San Francisco at 49 km, SMF Sacramento at 151 km, FAT Fresno at 207 km, RNO Reno at 303 km inside the retained United States airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
SJC-SMF Sacramento: 151 km, about 1h 1m, +0h. SJC-FAT Fresno: 207 km, about 1h 6m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident KSJC backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. flysanjose.com is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
2 runways · longest 11,000 ft / 3,353 m
Runway identifiers
12L/30R, 12R/30L
OurAirports classifies SJC as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for San Jose.
SJC (KSJC) is a near sea-level field at 62 ft (19 m) in the mid-latitudes, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
SJC sits in a broader regional network with 4 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
SJC's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 11,000 ft / 3,353 m and source surfaces recorded as concrete (2).
Civil aviation oversight for SJC runs through Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); a more specific operator record is not currently in our source set.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at flysanjose.com, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for SJC
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
SJC uses America/Los_Angeles (PDT, UTC-07:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport is about 4.0 km from central San Jose; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
OAK Oakland is the closest retained alternate at 47 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
flysanjose.com is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place SJC inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
SJC ranks #84 in the curated United States airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 94 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
SJC shares America/Los_Angeles with BUR Burbank US · FAT Fresno US · GEG Spokane US · LAS Las Vegas US · LAX Los Angeles US · LGB Long Beach US. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
SJC is 62 ft (19 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include DXB 62 ft (19 m) (0 ft delta) · YYJ 63 ft (19 m) (1 ft delta) · LGB 60 ft (18 m) (2 ft delta) · SFS 64 ft (20 m) (2 ft delta) · SSA 64 ft (20 m) (2 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
SJC's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are OAK 47 km +0h · SFO 49 km +0h · SMF 151 km +0h · FAT 207 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento | SMF | 151 km | 1h 1m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Fresno | FAT | 207 km | 1h 6m | +0h | --:--:-- |
SJC to SMF
Sacramento
Distance 151 km; estimated travel window 1h 1m; destination zone America/Los_Angeles is +0h from SJC. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
SJC to FAT
Fresno
Distance 207 km; estimated travel window 1h 6m; destination zone America/Los_Angeles is +0h from SJC. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
Central San Jose is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
San Jose is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport has 4 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from SJC, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Santa Clara
santa-clara · 2.5 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
San Jose
san-jose · 4.0 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Milpitas
milpitas · 7.6 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Campbell
campbell · 8.6 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Alum Rock
alum-rock · 9.0 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Sunnyvale
sunnyvale · 9.5 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Cupertino
cupertino · 10 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Saratoga
saratoga · 14 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Mountain View
mountain-view · 14 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Los Gatos
los-gatos · 16 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Los Altos
los-altos · 17 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Palo Alto
palo-alto · 21 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Sacramento (SMF), Fresno (FAT). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 2 runways; longest runway 11,000 ft / 3,353 m; identifiers 12L/30R, 12R/30L.
- Runway surfaces: concrete (2); 2 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1949.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from SJC. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
San Francisco Bay Oakland International AirportOAK
Oakland · large airport
- Distance
- 47 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 9 ft (3 m)
Compare against OAK when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
San Francisco International AirportSFO
San Francisco · large airport
- Distance
- 49 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 13 ft (4 m)
Compare against SFO when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Sacramento International AirportSMF
Sacramento · large airport
- Distance
- 151 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 27 ft (8 m)
Compare against SMF when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Fresno Yosemite International AirportFAT
Fresno · large airport
- Distance
- 207 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 336 ft (102 m)
Compare against FAT when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Companion Planning Tools
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in?▾
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport is in the America/Los_Angeles timezone (UTC-07:00, PDT).
What are the codes for Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport?▾
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport uses IATA code SJC and ICAO code KSJC.
Where is Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport located?▾
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport is located in San Jose, United States at coordinates 37.3625° N, 121.9292° W, with an elevation of 62 ft (19 m) (near sea-level field in the mid-latitudes).
How far is Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport from central San Jose?▾
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport sits roughly 4.0 km from the nearest mapped city center for San Jose.
Which route reference is most useful from SJC?▾
Sacramento (SMF) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 1m, destination timezone America/Los_Angeles, and a +0h difference from SJC.
Which authority regulates SJC?▾
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport sits inside United States, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
What other airports in United States are close peers to SJC?▾
SJC's curated peers in United States on this site include OAK Oakland, SFO San Francisco, SMF Sacramento, plus 3 more.
How many runways does Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport have?▾
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 11,000 ft / 3,353 m; identifiers include 12L/30R, 12R/30L.