SJC

Mineta San Jose International Airport

ICAO KSJC37.3625°N 121.9292°W62 ft / 19 mLarge airport
On the map
SJC Airport Diagram
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Mineta San Jose International Airport (IATA: SJC, ICAO: KSJC) is a large airport in San Jose, California, United States. It opened in 1949. It has 2 runways; the longest is 11,000 ft (3,353 m). In 2025 it handled 10.6 million passengers.

Timeline

4 events · 1949–2001
1949
OpenedMineta San Jose International Airport opens.
1949
RenamedRenamed San Jose Municipal Airport.
1969
RenamedRenamed San Jose International Airport.
06 NOV 2001
RenamedRenamed Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Terminal BInternational TerminalTerminal A
12L/30R139° / 319° · LIT
LENGTH11,000 ft3,353 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
12R/30L139° / 319° · LIT
LENGTH11,000 ft3,353 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2014–2025
9.4M
9.8M
10.9M
12.5M
14.4M
15.6M
4.7M
7.3M
11.5M
12.2M
11.8M
10.6M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

17 destinations · 3 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 mi5,000 miLAX · Los Angeles International Airport · 308 mi / 496 kmLAS · Harry Reid International Airport · 385 mi / 620 kmSLC · Salt Lake City International Airport · 583 mi / 939 kmPHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · 621 mi / 999 kmSEA · Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · 697 mi / 1,122 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 946 mi / 1,522 kmAUS · Austin Bergstrom International Airport · 1,474 mi / 2,372 kmZCL · General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport · 1,518 mi / 2,443 kmMSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · 1,572 mi / 2,530 kmGDL · Guadalajara International Airport · 1,612 mi / 2,595 kmBJX · Guanajuato International Airport · 1,667 mi / 2,682 kmMLM · General Francisco J. Mujica International Airport · 1,745 mi / 2,808 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 1,825 mi / 2,937 kmATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 2,111 mi / 3,398 kmOGG · Kahului International Airport · 2,354 mi / 3,788 kmHNL · Daniel K. Inouye International Airport · 2,415 mi / 3,886 kmNRT · Narita International Airport · 5,142 mi / 8,276 kmNRTHNLATLORDMLMAUSDENSEAPHXMSPZCLSLCLASLAXBJXGDLOGGSJC
Year-round16
LAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Connection, Delta Air Lines496 km308 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines620 km385 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, Delta Air Lines939 km583 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Eagle999 km621 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection1,122 km697 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,522 km946 miAUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,372 km1,474 miZCLGeneral Leobardo C. Ruiz International AirportMexico · Volaris2,443 km1,518 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,530 km1,572 miGDLGuadalajara International AirportMexico · Volaris2,595 km1,612 miBJXGuanajuato International AirportMexico · Volaris2,682 km1,667 miMLMGeneral Francisco J. Mujica International AirportMexico · Volaris2,808 km1,745 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,937 km1,825 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines3,398 km2,111 miOGGKahului International AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines3,788 km2,354 miHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines3,886 km2,415 mi
Most destinationsDelta Air Lines 5Volaris 4Delta Connection 3Frontier Airlines 2United Airlines 2Hawaiian Airlines 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SJC. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “San Jose International Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers10.6M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#205of 3,974 · #53 North America · #43 USLongest runway11,000 ft3,353 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=659of 29,823 · =157 North America · =129 USElevation62 ft19 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,532of 43,341 · =17,506 North America · =14,514 USAgeOpened 19492026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,461of 15,079 · =2,337 North America · =2,277 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
APPNORCAL APP120.100
APPNORCAL APP33.820
ATISATIS126.950
CLDCLNC DEL118.000
CTAFCTAF124.000
DEPNORCAL DEP121.300
GNDGND121.700
TWRTWR124.000