At San Jose (SJC), Alaska Air Cargo is open Monday to Friday, 5:00 am to 3:30 pm, with no weekend drop-off or pickup, and takes no animals in or out above 85°F. United no longer checks pets through PetSafe.
Bringing your pet into the United States?
We clear U.S. customs for animals arriving from abroad. A licensed U.S. customs broker is on our team.
Our San Jose pet shipping services include:
- Door-to-door transportation, both international and domestic
- Travel consultation, planning, and flight reservations
- Coordination and communication for health requirements and documentation
- Local pet taxi service to and from the airport, your home, veterinarian or kennel/boarding facility – available in the San Jose area as well as throughout the surrounding areas
- USDA endorsement of health certificate
- Pre-completion of the correct health certificate for country of import
- Local and long-distance ground transport delivery to and from the SJC airport
- Meet at airport facility for flight check in when pet pickup is not needed
- Customs clearance in San Jose and delivery to your home
- Airline approved travel crate that meets all IATA and USDA regulations; provided with bowls, stickers, absorbent bedding, personalized labels, identification and emergency notification instructions
- Boarding reservations
Shipping a pet to or from San Jose
Air cargo offices at San José Mineta International Airport are at 1521 Airport Blvd., and the cargo building is south of Terminal B (airport cargo page).
Alaska Air Cargo’s San Jose station is at 1521 Airport Boulevard, Suite 6, San Jose, CA 95110, open Monday to Friday 5:00 am to 3:30 pm and closed on weekends, and offers Pet Connect, its live-animal service.
Alaska takes no animal shipments into or out of San Jose when temperatures are over 85°F (Summer 2026 embargo table). From October 1, 2026 at 12:01 a.m., Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air no longer accept certain short-nosed dog and cat breeds in the cargo hold (notice on short-nosed breeds). If your pet has a short nose, read our guide to flying with snub-nosed pets.
United Airlines no longer lets you check pets through PetSafe, and pets can fly in its cargo only when traveling with certain active-duty military or State Department employees. Read our airline pet policy guide to compare how the airlines carry pets.
The California Department of Public Health requires a signed and dated rabies vaccination certificate for a pet dog over 4 months of age that is currently owned and not changing ownership, and no documents for pet cats, though some counties and cities add their own requirements. For moves around the Bay Area, see our San Francisco pet shipping services.
Transcontinental Pet Movers is a professionally run, dedicated service for international and domestic pet moving. We’re IATA, IPATA, USDA licensed and CBP Bonded.
To ensure your pet is well taken care of, we are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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