John Wayne Airport

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Airport Statistics - March 2007

News Release

  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 9, 2007

Contact: Jenny Wedge
(949) 252-5182 (office)
(888) 210-6301 (pager)

JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT POSTS MARCH 2007 STATISTICS

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in March 2007 as compared to March 2006. In March 2007, the Airport served 868,533 passengers, an increase of 6.6% when compared to the March 2006 passenger traffic count of 814,981.

In March 2007, Commercial Carrier flight operations increased 7.4%, while Commuter Carrier (air taxi) operations decreased 27.0% when compared to March 2006. Total aircraft operations increased in March 2007 as compared to the same month in 2006.

In March 2007, there were 29,733 total aircraft operations (take-offs and landings), an increase of 3.9% when compared to 28,608 total aircraft operations in March 2006.

General aviation activity, which accounted for 70% of the total aircraft operations during March 2007, increased 4.8% compared to March 2006.

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John Wayne Airport (SNA) is a self-supporting enterprise, owned and operated by the County of Orange, and serves more than 9.6 million passengers annually.

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John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - March 2007
  March
2007		 March
2006		 % Change YTD 2007 YTD 2006 % Change
Total passengers 868,533 814,981 6.6% 2,352,990 2,201,232 6.9%
Enplaned passengers 432,975 406,676 6.5% 1,170,209 1,098,608 6.5%
Deplaned passengers 435,558 408,305 6.7% 1,182,781 1,102,624 7.3%
Air Cargo Tons* 1,751 1,756 -0.3% 5,920 6,032 -1.9%
Tower Operations 29,733 28,608 3.9% 83,191 83,064 0.2%
General Aviation Operations 20,774 19,817 4.8% 57,536 57,972 -0.8%
Air Carrier Operations 7,885 7,341 7.4% 22,602 20,950 7.9%
Air Taxi Operations 1,053 1,442 -27.0% 3,026 4,108 -26.3%
Military Operations 21 8 162.5% 27 34 -20.6%
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All-Cargo Carriers: 1,614.27 tons
Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo): 136.72 tons

(Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for February 2007)