John Wayne Airport

News & Facts

Airport Statistics - April 2004

News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 25, 2004

Courtney C. Wiercioch
Pager: (800) 556-3047
Office: (949) 252-5166

JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT PASSENGER LEVELS
CONTINUE TO RISE AT A RECORD PACE
Number Of Passengers Utilizing Airport In April
Is Up 16.1% From Same Time Last Year

Santa Ana, CA - John Wayne Airport passenger levels increased again in April with an additional 100,000 travelers coming through Airport gates. The April 2004 passenger total of 766,924 is a 16.1% increase over the April 2003 total of 660,392.

"Each of the first four individual months of the year have set monthly records for John Wayne Airport passenger levels," said John Wayne Airport Director Alan Murphy. "We have yet to reach Memorial Day and we are already experiencing busy holiday and summer travel type passenger levels almost on a daily basis."

Total aircraft operations at the Airport also increased this April with a total of 31,112 take offs and landings -- an increase of 7.9% from the same time last year. In addition, Commercial Carrier flight operations showed an increase of 11.5%, while Commuter Carrier (air taxi) operations posted an increase of 6.3%.

Increased passenger levels are a product of the new capacity allocations set forth in the recent Modified Settlement Agreement between the County of Orange and community stakeholders. The Modified Settlement Agreement, which went into effect on January 1, 2003, raised the passenger cap from 8.4 million annual passengers (MAP) to 10.3 MAP. John Wayne Airport is a self-supporting enterprise, owned and operated by the County of Orange.

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Monthly Airport Statistics
April 2004
  April
2004		 April
2003		 % Change YTD 2004 YTD 2003 % Change
Total passengers 766,924 660,392 16.1% 2,873,617 2,511,481 14.4%
Enplaned passengers 383,986 333,904 15.0% 1,439,001 1,262,231 14.0%
Deplaned passengers 382,938 326,488 17.3% 1,434,616 1,249,250 14.8%
Air Cargo Tons* 1,492 1,181 26.3% 5,814 5,136 13.2%
Tower Operations 31,112 28,822 7.9% 118,397 112,723 5.0%
General Aviation Operations 22,350 20,904 6.9% 83,527 81,428 2.6%
Air Carrier Operations 7,401 6,640 11.5% 28,930 27,022 7.1%
Air Taxi Operations 1,353 1,273 6.3% 5,895 4,243 38.9%
Military Operations 8 5 60.0% 45 30 50.0%
*

All-Cargo Carriers: 1,256
Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo): 236
(Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for March 2004)