News Release
   

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 10, 2008

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

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport decreased in February 2008 as compared to February 2007. In February 2008, the Airport served 702,327 passengers, a decrease of 4.2% when compared to the February 2007 passenger traffic count of 733,034.

Commercial Carrier flight operations increased 0.9%, while Commuter Carrier (air taxi) operations decreased 8.4% when compared to the same levels recorded in February 2007.

Total aircraft operations decreased in February 2008 as compared to the same month in 2007. In February 2008, there were 24,122 total aircraft operations (take-offs and landings), a decrease of 8.3% when compared to 26,307 total aircraft operations in February 2007.

General aviation activity, which accounted for 67% of the total aircraft operations during February 2008, decreased 11.8% when compared to February 2007.

-###-

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.

 

  John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - February 2008
  February
2008		 February
2007		 % Change YTD 2008 YTD 2007 % Change
Total passengers 702,327 733,034 -4.2% 1,409,453 1,484,457 -5.1%
Enplaned passengers 350,533 365,513 -4.1% 700,983 737,234 -4.9%
Deplaned passengers 351,794 367,521 -4.3% 708,470 747,223 -5.2%
Air Cargo Tons* 1,833 2,141 -14.4% 3,594 4,170 -13.8%
Tower Operations 24,122 26,307 -8.3% 48,367 53,458 -9.5%
General Aviation Operations 16,208 18,381 -11.8% 32,020 36,762 -12.9%
Air Carrier Operations 7,057 6,997 0.9% 14,553 14,717 -1.1%
Air Taxi Operations 848 926 -8.4% 1,782 1,973 -9.7%
Military Operations 9 3 200.0% 12 6 100.0%
*

All-Cargo Carriers: 1,698 tons
Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo): 135 tons

(Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for January 2008)

 
************************************************************************************************

ABOUT OUR E-MAIL POLICY

If you would like to unsubscribe to this email list, please send an email to JWANews-unsubscribe@listserve.com with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.

If you feel you received this email in error or if you have any questions, just send a note to Jwedge@ocair.com.

This message was sent by an automatic mail sending program. Do not reply to this email address. Any message sent to this address will not be answered and will be deleted.