John Wayne Airport

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Airport Statistics - July 2009

News Release

  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 11, 2009

Contact: Jenny Wedge
(949) 252-5182 (office)
(888) 210-6301 (pager)
jwedge@ocair.com

JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT POSTS JULY 2009 STATISTICS

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport decreased in July 2009 as compared to July 2008. In July 2009, the Airport served 821,905 passengers, a decrease of 0.2% when compared to the July 2008 passenger traffic count of 823,922.

Commercial Carrier flight operations increased 3.5%, while Commuter Carrier (air taxi) operations increased 28.9% when compared to the same levels recorded in July 2008.

Total aircraft operations decreased in July 2009 as compared to the same month in 2008. In July 2009, there were 20,016 total aircraft operations (take-offs and landings), a decrease of 8.6% when compared to 21,894 total aircraft operations in July 2008.

General aviation activity, which accounted for 57.1% of the total aircraft operations during July 2009, decreased 17.2% when compared to July 2008.

John Wayne Airport (SNA) is a self-supporting enterprise, owned and operated by the County of Orange, serves nearly nine million passengers annually and is governed by the five-member Orange County Board of Supervisors.

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John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - July 2009
  July
2009		 July
2008		 % Change YTD 2009 YTD 2008 % Change
Total passengers 821,905 823,922 -0.2% 4,958,255 5,397,285 -8.1%
Enplaned passengers 409,236 411,909 -0.6% 2,471,638 2,697,542 -8.4%
Deplaned passengers 412,669 412,013 0.2% 2,486,617 2,699,743 -7.9%
Air Cargo Tons* 1,313 1,369 -4.1% 8,699 10,942 -20.5%
Tower Operations 20,016 21,894 -8.6% 126,319 180,363 -30.0%
General Aviation Operations 11,439 13,822 -17.2% 71,313 123,570 -42.3%
Air Carrier Operations 7,420 7,171 3.5% 47,986 50,555 -5.1%
Air Taxi Operations 1,152 894 28.9% 6,991 6,194 12.9%
Military Operations 5 7 -28.6% 29 44 -34.1%
*

All-Cargo Carriers: 1,248 tons
Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo): 65 tons

(Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for June 2009)