John Wayne Airport Posts July 2021 Statistics

September 10, 2021

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in July 2021 as compared to July 2020. In July 2021, the Airport served 890,185 passengers, an increase of 272.3% when compared with the July 2020 passenger traffic count of 239,120 and a decrease of 5.9% when compared to July 2019 of 946,111 passengers.

Commercial aircraft operations increased 85.9% and commuter aircraft operations increased 14.6% when compared with July 2020 levels. Comparing July 2021 to 2019 levels, commercial aircraft operations of 7,294 decreased 5.5% and commuter aircraft operations of 527 increased 0.8%.

Total aircraft operations increased in July 2021 as compared with the same month in 2020. In July 2021, there were 31,998 total aircraft operations (take-offs and landings), a 35.0% increase compared to 23,694 total aircraft operations in July 2020, and increased 16.3% compared to July 2019 of 27,520 total aircraft operations.

General aviation activity, which accounted for 75.5% of the total aircraft operations during July 2021, increased 25.4% when compared with July 2020, and increased 25.8% when compared to general aviation activity of 19,194 in July 2019, which accounted for 69.7% of total aircraft operations.

The top three airlines in July 2021 based on passenger count were Southwest Airlines (362,932), American Airlines (160,498) and United Airlines (104,805).

John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - July 2021 (*REVISED June 5, 2023*)

	July 2021	July 2020	% Change	Year-To-Date 2021	Year-To-Date 2020	% Change
Total passengers	890,185	239,120	272.3%	3,509,744	2,437,133	44.0%
Enplaned passengers	439,645	119,946	266.5%	1,743,116	1,219,850	42.9%
Deplaned passengers	450,540	119,174	278.1%	1,766,628	1,217,283	45.1%
Total Aircraft Operations	31,998	23,694	35.0%	180,701	132,395	36.5%
General Aviation	24,146	19,249	25.4%	139,713	100,780	38.6%
Commercial	7,294	3,924	85.9%	37,922	28,549	32.8%
Commuter ¹	527	460	14.6%	2,815	2,685	4.8%
Military	31	61	-49.2%	251	381	-34.1%
Air Cargo Tons ²	1,516	1,594	-4.9%	10,544	10,258	2.8%
International Statistics ³	(included in totals above)
	July 2021	July 2020	% Change	Year-To-Date 2021	Year-To-Date 2020	% Change
Total Passengers	11,077	0	0.0%	47,032	17,246	172.7%
Enplaned passengers	5,260	0	0.0%	22,857	8,703	162.6%
Deplaned passengers	5,817	0	0.0%	24,175	8,543	183.0%
Total Aircraft Operations	124	0	0.0%	571	172	232.0%

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:	1,345 tons
Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo):	171 tons
Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for:	June 2021

Includes all Canada and Mexico Commercial passengers and operations.

John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - July 2021

	July 2021	July 2020	% Change	Year-To-Date 2021	Year-To-Date 2020	% Change
Total passengers	890,185	239,120	272.3%	3,509,744	2,437,133	44.0%
Enplaned passengers	439,645	119,946	266.5%	1,743,116	1,219,850	42.9%
Deplaned passengers	450,540	119,174	278.1%	1,766,628	1,217,283	45.1%
Total Aircraft Operations	31,998	23,694	35.0%	180,701	132,479	36.4%
General Aviation	24,146	19,249	25.4%	139,713	100,864	38.5%
Commercial	7,294	3,924	85.9%	37,922	28,549	32.8%
Commuter ¹	527	460	14.6%	2,815	2,685	4.8%
Military	31	61	-49.2%	251	381	-34.1%
Air Cargo Tons ²	1,516	1,594	-4.9%	10,544	10,258	2.8%
International Statistics ³	(included in totals above)
	July 2021	July 2020	% Change	Year-To-Date 2021	Year-To-Date 2020	% Change
Total Passengers	11,077	0	0.0%	47,032	17,246	172.7%
Enplaned passengers	5,260	0	0.0%	22,857	8,703	162.6%
Deplaned passengers	5,817	0	0.0%	24,175	8,543	183.0%
Total Aircraft Operations	124	0	0.0%	571	172	232.0%

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:	1,345 tons
Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo):	171 tons
Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for:	June 2021

Includes all Canada and Mexico Commercial passengers and operations.

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