John Wayne Airport

News & Facts

Airport Statistics - June 2006

News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 12, 2006

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

JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT POSTS JUNE STATISTICS (REVISED)

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport decreased in June 2006 as compared to June 2005. In June 2006, the Airport served 852,422 passengers, a decrease of 0.4% when compared to the June 2005 passenger traffic count of 856,085.

Commercial Carrier flight operations increased 1.8%, while Commuter Carrier (air taxi) operations also increased 3.8% when compared to the same levels recorded in June 2005.

Total aircraft operations increased in June 2006 as compared to the same month in 2005. In June 2006, there were 30,993 total aircraft operations (take-offs and landings), an increase of 6.2% when compared to 29,191 total aircraft operations in June 2005.

General aviation activity, which accounted for 72% of the total aircraft operations during June 2006, increased 7.9% when compared to June 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 - June 2006 (Revised)
  June
2006		 August
2005		 % Change YTD 2006 YTD 2005 % Change
Total passengers

852,482

856,085

-0.4%

4,690,543

4,716,762

-0.6%
Enplaned passengers

430,066

431,319

-0.3%

2,351,747

2,364,603

-0.5%
Deplaned passengers

422,416

424,766

-0.6%

2,338,796

2,352,159

-0.6%
Air Cargo Tons*

2,067

1,985

4.1%

12,144

11,971

1.4%
Tower Operations

30,993

29,191

6.2%

173,752

172,897

0.5%
General Aviation Operations

22,183

20,567

7.9%

122,362

121,955

0.3%
Air Carrier Operations

7,393

7,263

1.8%

42,996

43,306

-0.7%
Air Taxi Operations

1,403

1,352

3.8%

8,327

7,535

10.5%
Military Operations

14

9

55.6%

67

101

-33.7%
* All-Cargo Carriers: 1,701
Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo): 366
(Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are the May 2006)