John Wayne Airport

News & Facts

Airport Statistics - May 2006

News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 8, 2006

Jenny Wedge
Pager: (800) 642-5562
Office: (949) 252-5182

JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT POSTS MAY STATISTICS

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport decreased in May 2006 as compared to May 2005. In May 2006, the Airport served 818,789 passengers, a decrease of 1.5% when compared to the May 2005 passenger traffic count of 831,462.

Commercial Carrier flight operations increased 1.8% in May 2006, and Commuter Carrier (air taxi) operations increased 12.6% when compared to the same levels recorded in May 2005.

Total aircraft operations decreased in May 2006 as compared to the same month in 2005. In May 2006, there were 30,575 total aircraft operations (take-offs and landings), a decrease of 1.4% when compared to 31,003 total aircraft operations in May 2005.

General aviation activity, which accounted for 71% of the total aircraft operations during May 2006, showed a decrease of 3.2% when compared to May 2005.

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John Wayne Airport (SNA) is a self-supporting enterprise, owned and operated by the County of Orange, and is the only commercial service airport in Orange County, California. It is located approximately 35 miles south of Los Angeles, between the cities of Costa Mesa, Irvine, Newport Beach and Santa Ana. The service area includes three million people within the 34 cities and unincorporated areas of Orange County. The Airport serves more than nine million passengers annually and is governed by the five-member Orange County Board of Supervisors.

 

John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - May 2006
  May
2006
May
2005
% Change YTD 2006 YTD 2005 % Change
Total passengers 818,789 831,462 -1.5% 3,838,061 3,860,677 -0.6%
Enplaned passengers 410,434 417,314 -1.6% 1,921,681 1,933,284 -0.6%
Deplaned passengers 408,355 414,148 -1.4% 1,916,380 1,927,393 -0.6%
Air Cargo Tons* 1,978 1,998 -1.0% 10,078 9,986 0.9%
Tower Operations 30,575 31,003 -1.4% 142,759 143,706 -0.7%
General Aviation Operations 21,603 22,317 -3.2% 100,179 101,388 -1.2%
Air Carrier Operations 7,531 7,397 1.8% 35,603 36,043 -1.2%
Air Taxi Operations 1,431 1,271 12.6% 6,924 6,183 12.0%
Military Operations 10 18 -44.4% 53 92 -42.4%
* All-Cargo Carriers: 1,617
Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo): 361
(Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for April 2006)