John Wayne Airport Posts July 2022 Statistics

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in July 2022 as compared to July 2021. In July 2022, the Airport served 1,049,187 passengers, an increase of 17.9% when compared with the July 2021 passenger traffic count of 890,185.
  • Compared to 239,120 passengers in July 2020, there was an increase of 338.8%.
  • Compared to 945,962 passengers in July 2019, there was an increase of 10.9%.
Commercial aircraft operations in July 2022 of 8,272 increased 13.4% and commuter aircraft operations of 481 decreased 8.7% when comparing with July 2021 levels.
  • Compared to 2020 levels of commercial aircraft operations, there was an increase of 110.8% and commuter aircraft operations increased 4.6%.
  • Compared to 2019 levels of commercial aircraft operations there was an increase of 7.2% and commuter aircraft operations decreased 8.0%.
Total aircraft operations decreased in July 2022 as compared with the same month in 2021. In July 2022, there were 27,061 total aircraft operations (takeoffs and landings) a 15.4% decrease compared to 31,998 total aircraft operations in July 2021.
  • Compared to July 2020 of 23,694, total aircraft operations increased 14.2%.
  • Compared to July 2019 of 27,520, total aircraft operations decreased 1.7%.
General aviation activity of 18,279 accounted for 67.5% of the total aircraft operations during July 2022, and decreased 24.3% compared with July 2021.
  • Compared to July 2020 general aviation activity of 19,249, which accounted for 81.2% of total aircraft operations, operations decreased 5.0%.
  • Compared to July 2019, general aviation activity of 19,194, which accounted for 69.7% of total aircraft operations, operations decreased 4.8%.

The top three airlines in July 2022 based on passenger count were Southwest Airlines (385,517), United Airlines (160,571) and American Airlines (157,326).

John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - July 2022

 

July

2022

July

2021

% Change

Year-To-Date

2022

Year-To-Date

2021

% Change

Total passengers

1,049,187

890,185

17.9%

6,277,413

3,509,744

78.9%

Enplaned passengers

516,843

439,645

17.6%

3,125,709

1,743,116

79.3%

Deplaned passengers

532,344

450,540

18.2%

3,151,704

1,766,628

78.4%

Total Aircraft Operations

27,061

31,998

-15.4%

176,980

180,701

-2.1%

General Aviation

18,279

24,146

-24.3%

119,046

139,713

-14.8%

Commercial

8,272

7,294

13.4%

54,304

37,922

43.2%

Commuter 1

481

527

-8.7%

3,336

2,815

18.5%

Military

29

31

-6.5%

294

251

17.1%

Air Cargo Tons 2

1,479

1,516

-2.4%

10,418

10,544

-1.2%

International Statistics 3

(included in totals above)

 

July

2022

July

2021

% Change

Year-To-Date

2022

Year-To-Date

2021

% Change

Total Passengers

33,009

11,077

198.0%

158,457

47,032

236.9%

Enplaned passengers

16,362

5,260

211.1%

79,240

22,857

246.7%

Deplaned passengers

16,647

5,817

186.2%

79,217

24,175

227.7%

Total Aircraft Operations

256

124

106.5%

1,603

571

180.7%

  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:
    1,341 tons
    Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo):
    138 tons
    Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for:
    June 2022

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

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John Wayne Airport (SNA) is owned by the County of Orange and is operated as a self-supporting enterprise that receives no general fund tax revenue. The Airport serves more than 10 million passengers annually and reaches more than 30 nonstop destinations in the United States, Canada and Mexico. More information can be found at www.ocair.com. Like us on facebook.com/johnwayneairport, or follow us on Twitter @johnwayneair and Instagram @johnwayneair.

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