Airport Statistics: March 1999

April 28, 1999

Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport decreased in March 1999 as compared to March 1998. In March 1999 the passenger traffic count was 620,771, a decrease of 3% when compared to the January 1998 passenger traffic count of 640,102.

Commercial Carrier flight operations showed an increase of 0.5%, while Commuter Carrier (air taxi) operations showed a decrease of 50.8% when compared to the same levels recorded in March 1998.

Total aircraft operations decreased in March 1999 as compared to the same month in 1998. In March 1999, the total aircraft operations (take-offs and landings) were 36,172, a decrease of 3.4% when compared to the March 1998 total aircraft operations count of 37,461.

General aviation activity, which accounted for 80% of the total aircraft operations during March 1999, showed a decrease of 2.5% when compared to March 1998.

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March
1999

March
1998

% Change

YTD 1999

YTD 1998

% Change

Total passengers

620,771

640,102

-3.0%

1,705,069

1,750,787

-2.6%

Enplaned passengers

309,415

320,062

-3.3%

854,842

878,140

-2.7%

Deplaned passengers

311,356

320,040

-2.7%

850,227

872,647

-2.6%

Air Cargo Tons*

1,521

1,398

8.8%

4,377

4,557

-3.9%

Tower Operations

36,172

37,461

-3.4%

106,084

101,192

4.8%

General Aviation Operations

28,766

29,495

-2.5%

84,851

78,080

8.7%

Air Carrier Operations

6,802

6,767

0.5%

19,458

19,444

0.1%

Air Taxi Operations

588

1,195

-50.8%

1,743

3,648

-52.2%

Military Operations

16

4

300.0%

32

20

60.0%

*All-Cargo Carriers:
Passenger Carriers:

1083.62
437.61

 
(Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for February 1999)

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