John Wayne Airport Posts November 2019 Statistics

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in December 2019 as compared with December 2018. In December 2019, the Airport served 891,492 passengers, an increase of 7.7% when compared with the December 2018 passenger traffic count of 828,070. 

Commercial aircraft operations decreased 0.5% and commuter aircraft operations increased 33.0% when compared with December 2018 levels.

Total aircraft operations decreased in December 2019 as compared with the same month in 2018. In December 2019, there were 20,718 total aircraft operations (take-offs and landings), a 15.7% decrease compared to 24,579 total aircraft operations in December 2018.

General aviation activity, which accounted for 61.4% of the total aircraft operations during December 2019, decreased 23.5% when compared with December 2018.

The top three airlines in December 2019 based on passenger count were Southwest Airlines (274,794), American Airlines (153,370) and United Airlines (141,068).

John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - November 2019

 

November

2019

November

2018

% Change

Year-To-Date

2019

Year-To-Date

2018

% Change

Total passengers

827,140

850,458

-2.7%

9,765,494

9,835,968

-0.7%

     Enplaned passengers

413,996

421,291

-1.7%

4,877,618

4,907,593

-0.6%

     Deplaned passengers

413,144

429,167

-3.7%

4,887,876

4,928,375

-0.8%

Total Aircraft Operations

22,014

26,182

-15.9%

280,380

292,204

-4.0%

     General Aviation

14,342

18,413

-22.1%

191,949

205,635

-6.7%

     Commercial

7,129

7,499

-4.9%

82,530

84,291

-2.1%

     Commuter 1

462

220

110.0%

4,949

1,476

235.3%

     Military

81

50

62.0%

952

802

18.7%

Air Cargo Tons 2

1,497

1,721

-13.0%

16,351

17,957

-8.9%

International Statistics 3

(included in totals above)

 

November

2019

November

2018

% Change

Year-To-Date

2019

Year-To-Date

2018

% Change

Total Passengers

12,178

17,735

-31.3%

161,430

193,084

-16.4%

     Enplaned passengers

6,323

8,996

-29.7%

81,612

96,770

-15.7%

     Deplaned passengers

5,855

8,739

-33.0%

79,818

96,314

-17.1%

Total Aircraft Operations

111

172

-35.5%

1,533

1,912

-19.8%

 

 

 

  1. 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.

  2. All-Cargo Carriers:
    1,341 tons
    Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo):
    156 tons
    Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for:
    October 2019

  3. Includes all Canada and Mexico Commercial passengers and operations.