John Wayne Airport Posts November 2021 Statistics

January 21, 2022

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in November 2021 as compared to November 2020. In November 2021, the Airport served 854,393 passengers, an increase of 208.4% when compared with the November 2020 passenger traffic count of 277,020 and an increase of 3.3% when compared to November 2019 of 827,140 passengers.

Commercial aircraft operations increased 98.5% and commuter aircraft operations decreased 8.7% when compared with November 2020 levels. Comparing November 2021 to 2019 levels, commercial aircraft operations of 7,244 increased 1.6% and commuter aircraft operations of 504 increased 9.1%.

Total aircraft operations increased in November 2021 as compared with the same month in 2020. In November 2021, there were 24,643 total aircraft operations (take-offs and landings), a 29.1% increase compared to 19,088 total aircraft operations in November 2020, and increased 11.9% compared to November 2019 of 22,014 total aircraft operations.

General aviation activity, which accounted for 68.4% of the total aircraft operations during November 2021, increased 13.3% when compared with November 2020, and increased 17.5% when compared to general aviation activity of 14,342 in November 2019, which accounted for 65.1% of total aircraft operations.

The top three airlines in November 2021 based on passenger count were Southwest Airlines (317,679), American Airlines (137,651) and United Airlines (120,418).

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

	November 2021	November 2020	% Change	Year-To-Date 2021	Year-To-Date 2020	% Change
Total passengers	854,393	277,020	208.4%	6,852,818	3,563,817	92.3%
Enplaned passengers	424,785	135,213	214.2%	3,407,749	1,777,289	91.7%
Deplaned passengers	429,608	141,807	203.0%	3,445,069	1,786,528	92.8%
Total Aircraft Operations	24,643	19,088	29.1%	289,274	220,195	31.4%
General Aviation	16,848	14,870	13.3%	216,956	172,360	25.9%
Commercial	7,244	3,649	98.5%	67,083	42,533	57.7%
Commuter ¹	504	552	-8.7%	4,861	4,786	1.6%
Military	47	17	176.5%	374	516	-27.5%
Air Cargo Tons ²	1,601	1,641	-2.4%	16,693	16,768	-0.4%
International Statistics ³	(included in totals above)
	November 2021	November 2020	% Change	Year-To-Date 2021	Year-To-Date 2020	% Change
Total Passengers	16,153	0	0.0%	94,127	17,246	445.8%
Enplaned passengers	7,910	0	0.0%	45,460	8,703	422.3%
Deplaned passengers	8,243	0	0.0%	48,667	8,543	469.7%
Total Aircraft Operations	197	0	0.0%	1,188	172	590.7%

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:	1,452 tons
Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo):	149 tons
Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for:	October 2021

Includes all Canada and Mexico Commercial passengers and operations.

John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - November 2021

	November 2021	November 2020	% Change	Year-To-Date 2021	Year-To-Date 2020	% Change
Total passengers	854,393	277,020	208.4%	6,852,818	3,563,817	92.3%
Enplaned passengers	424,785	135,213	214.2%	3,407,749	1,777,289	91.7%
Deplaned passengers	429,608	141,807	203.0%	3,445,069	1,786,528	92.8%
Total Aircraft Operations	24,643	19,088	29.1%	289,274	220,279	31.3%
General Aviation	16,848	14,870	13.3%	216,956	172,444	25.8%
Commercial	7,244	3,649	98.5%	67,083	42,533	57.7%
Commuter ¹	504	552	-8.7%	4,861	4,786	1.6%
Military	47	17	176.5%	374	516	-27.5%
Air Cargo Tons ²	1,601	1,641	-2.4%	16,693	16,768	-0.4%
International Statistics ³	(included in totals above)
	November 2021	November 2020	% Change	Year-To-Date 2021	Year-To-Date 2020	% Change
Total Passengers	16,153	0	0.0%	94,127	17,246	445.8%
Enplaned passengers	7,910	0	0.0%	45,460	8,703	422.3%
Deplaned passengers	8,243	0	0.0%	48,667	8,543	469.7%
Total Aircraft Operations	197	0	0.0%	1,188	172	590.7%

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:	1,452 tons
Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo):	149 tons
Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for:	October 2021

Includes all Canada and Mexico Commercial passengers and operations.

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