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OPINION: Every city you can fly to nonstop out of Mineta San Jose International Airport

San José Mineta International Airport is expanding, backed by $11.5 million from the federal government to build a new taxiway. Despite overall traffic at the airport being down compared to last year, SJC continues to add nonstop flights including Delta's new route to Austin last month.

Here is where you can fly nonstop from SJC now:

Alaska Airlines

Boise (BOI)Guadalajara (GDL)Honolulu (HNL)Kauai (LIH)Portland (PDX)San Diego (SAN)Seattle (SEA)Spokane (GEG)

American Airlines

Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW)Phoenix (PHX)

Delta Air Lines

Atlanta (ATL)Austin (AUS)Los Angeles (LAX)Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP)Salt Lake City (SLC)Seattle (SEA)

FrontierLas Vegas (LAS)

Hawaiian Airlines

Honolulu (HNL)Kahului/Maui (OGG)

Southwest Airlines

Austin (AUS)Baltimore (BWI)Boise (BOI)Burbank (BUR)Chicago (MDW)Dallas (DAL)Denver (DEN)Eugene (EUG)Honolulu (HNL)Houston (HOU)Kahului/Maui (OGG)Las Vegas (LAS)Long Beach (LGB)Los Angeles (LAX)Nashville (BNA)Ontario (ONT)Orlando (MCO) seasonalPhoenix (PHX)Portland (PDX)Reno (RNO)Salt Lake City (SLC)San Diego (SAN)Santa Ana/Orange County (SNA)Seattle (SEA)

United Airlines

Chicago (ORD)Denver (DEN)Houston (IAH)

Volaris

Guadalajara (GDL)León/Guanajuato (BJX)Morelia (MLM)Zacatecas (ZCL)

ZIPAIR

Tokyo Narita (NRT)

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