John Wayne Airport Posts April 2022 Statistics

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in April 2022 as compared to April 2021. In April 2022, the Airport served 958,826 passengers, an increase of 93.5% when compared with the April 2021 passenger traffic count of 495,592.
  • Compared to 25,313 passengers in April 2020, there was an increase of 3,687.9%.
  • Compared to 899,186 passengers in April 2019, there was an increase of 6.6%.
Commercial aircraft operations in April 2022 of 7,825 increased 44.7% and commuter aircraft operations of 468 increased 13.3% when comparing with April 2021 levels.
  • Compared to 2020 levels of commercial aircraft operations, there was an increase of 375.4% and commuter aircraft operations increased 310.5%.
  • Compared to 2019 levels of commercial aircraft operations there was an increase of 2.9% and commuter aircraft operations increased 18.2%.
Total aircraft operations decreased in April 2022 as compared with the same month in 2021. In April 2022, there were 25,729 total aircraft operations (take-offs and landings), a 4.0% decrease compared to 26,798 total aircraft operations in April 2021.
  • Compared to April 2020 of 13,085, total aircraft operations increased 96.6%.
  • Compared to April 2019 of 26,922, total aircraft operations decreased 4.4%.
General aviation activity of 17,378 accounted for 67.5% of the total aircraft operations during April 2022, and decreased 17.0% compared with April 2021.
  • Compared to April 2020 general aviation activity of 11,306, which accounted for 86.4% of total aircraft operations, operations increased 53.7%.
  • Compared to April 2019, general aviation activity of 18,850, which accounted for 70.0% of total aircraft operations, operations decreased 7.8%.
The top three airlines in April 2022 based on passenger count were Southwest Airlines (354,430), United Airlines (159,861) and American Airlines (156,876).

John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - April 2022

  April 2022 April 2021 % Change Year-To-Date 2022 Year-To-Date 2021 % Change
Total passengers 958,826 495,592 93.5% 3,223,395 1,303,680 147.3%
Enplaned passengers 478,347 247,596 93.2% 1,608,353 648,313 148.1%
Deplaned passengers 480,479 247,996 93.7% 1,615,042 655,367 146.4%
Total Aircraft Operations 25,729 26,798 -4.0% 98,900 91,959 7.5%
General Aviation 17,378 20,946 -17.0% 67,139 71,932 -6.7%
Commercial 7,825 5,409 44.7% 29,657 18,578 59.6%
Commuter 1 468 413 13.3% 1,884 1,302 44.7%
Military 58 30 93.3% 220 147 49.7%
Air Cargo Tons 2 1,660 1,596 4.0% 6,194 6,169 0.4%
International Statistics 3 (included in totals above)
  April 2022 April 2021 % Change Year-To-Date 2022 Year-To-Date 2021 % Change
Total Passengers 24,800 9,099 172.6% 69,516 13,224 425.7%
Enplaned passengers 12,367 4,431 179.1% 34,177 6,655 413.6%
Deplaned passengers 12,433 4,668 166.3% 35,339 6,569 438.0%
Total Aircraft Operations 230 120 91.7% 841 199 322.6%
  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:
    1,501 tons
    Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo):
    159 tons
    Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for:
    March 2022
  3. Includes all Canada and Mexico Commercial passengers and operations.