San Jose to Seattle nonstop
Yes: Alaska, SkyWest, Southwest, Delta, American and United fly direct from San Jose (SJC) to Seattle (SEA) about 14 times a day, year-round.
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San Jose to Seattle in numbers
Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.
- Distance and flight time
- 696 miles nonstop, about 1 hr 55 min gate to gate. Flight time is an estimate from the great-circle distance; the filings carry distance, not scheduled elapsed time.
- Seasonality
- Flew every month of the last year: busiest in July 2026 (99 flights a week), quietest in April 2026 (71 flights a week).
- Sep 2025: 86 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 87 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 87 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 79 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 75 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 85 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 73 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 71 flights a week
- May 2026: 80 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 93 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 99 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 98 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings. - Who operates the flights
- Alaska 43%, SkyWest 34% (regional operator), Southwest 22%, Delta under 1%, American under 1%, United under 1% of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 8,864 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $100 and $275 one way, median $175. The survey runs a couple of quarters behind, so read it as the shape of the route's pricing rather than today's quote.
- Jul to Sep (Q3 2024): median $150 one way, middle half $100 to $250, 9,932 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $150 one way, middle half $100 to $275, 8,696 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $175 one way, middle half $100 to $275, 7,097 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $175 one way, middle half $100 to $275, 8,864 tickets
Jul to Sep and Oct to Dec trips were the cheapest (median $150 one way) and Jan to Mar and Apr to Jun trips cost the most (median $175), in the DOT ticket survey for Q3 2024 to Q2 2025. Bars show the middle half of one-way fares; the mark is the median.
Flying the other way? Seattle to San Jose nonstop.
Other airports near San Jose with nonstops to Seattle
Within about 100 miles of Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport
Also nonstop from San Jose (SJC)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- San Diego (SAN) about 15 times a day
- Los Angeles (LAX) about 12 times a day
- Las Vegas (LAS) about 9 times a day
- Santa Ana (SNA) about 7 times a day
- Denver (DEN) about 7 times a day
- Phoenix (PHX) about 7 times a day
- Burbank (BUR) about 6 times a day
- Portland (PDX) about 6 times a day
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