San Jose International Airport
Rank Airline Passengers Share
1 Southwest Airlines 7,391,000 52.17%
2 Alaska Airlines 1,719,000 12.14%
3 Delta Air Lines 986,000 6.96%
4 American Airlines 944,000 6.67%
5 SkyWest Airlines 868,000 6.13%
Statistics -- Airline market share
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (IATA: SJC, ICAO: KSJC, FAA LID: SJC) is a city-owned public airport in San Jose, California, United States. It is named after San Jose native Norman Mineta, former Transportation Secretary in the Cabinet of George W. Bush and Commerce Secretary in the Cabinet of Bill Clinton. The name also recognizes Mineta's service as a councilman for, and mayor of, San Jose. San Jose is the largest city in the Bay Area; but SJC is the Bay Area's second-busiest airport by passenger boardings, behind SFO. In addition, the airport is also an official U.S. Customs and Border Protection international port of entry. It is situated three miles northwest of Downtown San Jose near the intersections of U.S. Route 101, Interstate 880, and State Route 87. In 2018, 45.4% of departing or arriving passengers at SJC flew on Southwest Airlines; Alaska Airlines was the second most popular airline with about 17.6% of passengers.