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Airport Statistics - August 2006

News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 18 , 2006

Jenny Wedge
Pager: (888) 210-6301
Office: (949) 252-5182

JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT POSTS AUGUST STATISTICS (REVISED)

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport decreased in as August 2006 compared to August 2005. In August 2006, the Airport served 882,910 passengers, a decrease of 1.9% when compared to the August 2005 passenger traffic count of 899,923.

Commercial Carrier flight operations increased 2.6%, while Commuter Carrier (air taxi) operations increased 2.1% when compared to the same levels recorded in August 2005.

Total aircraft operations increased in August 2006 as compared to the same month in 2005. In August 2006, there were 32,695 total aircraft operations (take-offs and landings), an increase of 0.2% when compared to 32,634 total aircraft operations in August 2005.

General aviation activity, which accounted for 72% of the total aircraft operations during August 2006, showed a decrease of 0.7% when compared to August 2005.

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. The Airport served 9.6 passengers in 2005 and is governed by the five-member Orange County Board of Supervisors.

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John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - August 2006 (Revised)
  August
2006
August
2005
% Change YTD 2006 YTD 2005 % Change
Total passengers

882,910

899,923

-1.9%

6,449,884

6,515,206

-1.0%

Enplaned passengers

446,311

453,798

-1.6%

3,235,953

3,266,711

-0.9%

Deplaned passengers

436,599

446,125

-2.1%

3,213,931

3,248,495

-1.1%

Air Cargo Tons*

1,706

1,807

-5.6%

16,063

15,916

0.9%

Tower Operations

32,695

32,634

0.2%

236,260

236,011

0.1%

General Aviation Operations

23,467

23,634

-0.7%

166,660

167,196

-0.3%

Air Carrier Operations

7,760

7,560

2.6%

58,303

58,285

0.0%

Air Taxi Operations

1,451

1,421

2.1%

11,193

10,399

7.6%

Military Operations

17

19

-10.5%

104

131

-20.6%

* All-Cargo Carriers: 1,569
Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo): 137

(Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for July 2006)