John Wayne Airport Posts December 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 - December 2019

 

December

2019

December

2018

% Change

Year-To-Date

2019

Year-To-Date

2018

% Change

Total passengers

891,492

828,070

7.7%

10,656,986

10,664,038

-0.1%

     Enplaned passengers

440,669

409,556

7.6%

5,318,287

5,317,149

0.0%

     Deplaned passengers

450,823

418,514

7.7%

5,338,699

5,346,889

-0.2%

Total Aircraft Operations

20,718

24,579

-15.7%

301,098

316,783

-5.0%

     General Aviation

12,731

16,635

-23.5%

204,680

222,270

-7.9%

     Commercial

7,544

7,584

-0.5%

90,074

91,875

-2.0%

     Commuter 1

411

309

33.0%

5,360

1,785

200.3%

     Military

32

51

-37.3%

984

853

15.4%

Air Cargo Tons 2

1,474

1,595

-7.6%

17,825

19,552

-8.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Statistics 3

(included in totals above)

 

December

2019

December

2018

% Change

Year-To-Date

2019

Year-To-Date

2018

% Change

Total Passengers

12,837

15,184

-15.5%

174,267

208,268

-16.3%

     Enplaned passengers

6,454

7,690

-16.1%

88,066

104,460

-15.7%

     Deplaned passengers

6,383

7,494

-14.8%

86,201

103,808

-17.0%

Total Aircraft Operations

119

161

-26.1%

1,652

2,073

-20.3%

 

 

  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:
    1,344 tons
    Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo):
    130 tons
    Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for:
    November 2019

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