John Wayne Airport Posts December 2015 Statistics

February 2, 2016

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in December 2015 as compared with December 2014. In December 2015, the Airport served 888,156 passengers, an increase of 10.5% when compared with the December 2014 passenger traffic count of 803,492. Total passenger traffic for 2015 was 10,180,258, reflecting an 8.5% increase over 2014, and setting a new record for passengers served in a year at John Wayne Airport.

Commercial aircraft operations increased 11.9% and commuter aircraft operations decreased 3.5% when compared with December 2014 levels.

Total aircraft operations increased in December 2015 as compared with the same month in 2014. In December 2015, there were 21,970 total aircraft operations (take-offs and landings), a 16.8% increase compared to 18,806 total aircraft operations in December 2014.

General aviation activity, which accounted for 65.8% of the total aircraft operations during December 2015, increased 20.0% when compared with December 2014.

John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - December 2015 (*REVISED February 2, 2016*)

	December 2015	December 2014	% Change	Year-To-Date 2015	Year-To-Date 2014	% Change
Total passengers	888,156	803,492	10.5%	10,180,258	9,386,033	8.5%
Enplaned passengers	440,822	396,936	11.1%	5,082,461	4,681,292	8.6%
Deplaned passengers	447,334	406,556	10.0%	5,097,797	4,704,741	8.4%
Total Aircraft Operations	21,970	18,806	16.8%	260,689	269,189	-3.2%
General Aviation	14,448	12,045	20.0%	174,989	187,137	-6.5%
Commercial	7,185	6,422	11.9%	81,288	77,615	4.7%
Commuter ¹	278	288	-3.5%	3,556	3,638	-2.3%
Military	59	51	15.7%	856	799	7.1%
Air Cargo Tons ²	1,458	1,284	13.6%	17,679	17,127	3.2%
International Statistics ³	(included in totals above)
	December 2015	December 2014	% Change	Year-To-Date 2015	Year-To-Date 2014	% Change
Total Passengers	36,026	20,652	74.4%	324,229	276,733	17.2%
Enplaned passengers	18,680	10,822	72.6%	164,164	139,285	17.9%
Deplaned passengers	17,346	9,830	76.5%	160,065	137,448	16.5%
Total Aircraft Operations	326	196	66.3%	3,053	2,705	12.9%

Aircraft used for regularly scheduled air service, configured with not more than seventy (70) seats, and operating at weights not more than ninety thousand (90,000) pounds.

All-Cargo Carriers:	1,259 tons
Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo):	199 tons
Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for:	November 2015

Includes all Canada and Mexico Commercial passengers and operations.

John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - December 2015

	December 2015	December 2014	% Change	Year-To-Date 2015	Year-To-Date 2014	% Change
Total passengers	888,156	803,492	10.5%	10,180,258	9,386,033	8.5%
Enplaned passengers	440,822	396,936	11.1%	5,082,461	4,681,292	8.6%
Deplaned passengers	447,334	406,556	10.0%	5,097,797	4,704,741	8.4%
Total Aircraft Operations	21,970	18,806	16.8%	261,139	269,189	-3.0%
General Aviation	14,448	12,045	20.0%	175,439	187,137	-6.3%
Commercial	7,185	6,422	11.9%	81,288	77,615	4.7%
Commuter ¹	278	288	-3.5%	3,556	3,638	-2.3%
Military	59	51	15.7%	856	799	7.1%
Air Cargo Tons ²	1,458	1,284	13.6%	17,679	17,127	3.2%
International Statistics ³	(included in totals above)
	December 2015	December 2014	% Change	Year-To-Date 2015	Year-To-Date 2014	% Change
Total Passengers	36,026	20,652	74.4%	324,229	276,733	17.2%
Enplaned passengers	18,680	10,822	72.6%	164,164	139,285	17.9%
Deplaned passengers	17,346	9,830	76.5%	160,065	137,448	16.5%
Total Aircraft Operations	326	196	66.3%	3,053	2,705	12.9%

Aircraft used for regularly scheduled air service, configured with not more than seventy (70) seats, and operating at weights not more than ninety thousand (90,000) pounds.

All-Cargo Carriers:	1,259 tons
Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo):	199 tons
Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for:	November 2015

Includes all Canada and Mexico Commercial passengers and operations.

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