John Wayne Airport Posts March 2020 Statistics

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport decreased in March 2020 as compared with March 2019. In March 2020, the Airport served 337,981 passengers, a decrease of 63.4% when compared with the March 2019 passenger traffic count of 923,403. 

Commercial aircraft operations decreased 27.7% and commuter aircraft operations increased 25.0% when compared with March 2019 levels.

Total aircraft operations decreased in March 2020 as compared with the same month in 2019. In March 2020, there were 17,020 total aircraft operations (take-offs and landings), a 34.8% decrease compared to 26,107 total aircraft operations in March 2019.

General aviation activity, which accounted for 64.0% of the total aircraft operations during March 2020, decreased 39.1% when compared with March 2019.

The top three airlines in March 2020 based on passenger count were Southwest Airlines (111,365), American Airlines (61,774) and United Airlines (53,102).

John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - March 2020

 

March

2020

March

2019

% Change

Year-To-Date

2020

Year-To-Date

2019

% Change

Total passengers

337,981

923,403

-63.4%

1,908,873

2,532,284

-24.6%

     Enplaned passengers

171,445

462,074

-62.9%

955,507

1,265,487

-24.5%

     Deplaned passengers

166,536

461,329

-63.9%

953,366

1,266,797

-24.7%

Total Aircraft Operations

17,020

26,107

-34.8%

59,117

70,277

-15.9%

     General Aviation

10,906

17,903

-39.1%

38,560

46,921

-17.8%

     Commercial

5,583

7,720

-27.7%

18,703

21,984

-14.9%

     Commuter 1

500

400

25.0%

1,692

1,163

45.5%

     Military

31

84

-63.1%

162

209

-22.5%

Air Cargo Tons 2

1,420

1,401

1.4%

4,610

4,729

-2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Statistics 3

(included in totals above)

 

March

2020

March

2019

% Change

Year-To-Date

2020

Year-To-Date

2019

% Change

Total Passengers

2,813

16,693

-83.1%

17,246

43,614

-60.5%

     Enplaned passengers

1,623

8,460

-80.8%

8,703

22,031

-60.5%

     Deplaned passengers

1,190

8,233

-85.5%

8,543

21,583

-60.4%

Total Aircraft Operations

40

175

-77.1%

172

467

-63.2%

  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:
    1,278 tons
    Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo):
    142 tons
    Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for:
    February 2020

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