John Wayne Airport Posts August 2022 Statistics

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in August 2022 as compared to August 2021. In August 2022, the Airport served 1,030,933 passengers, an increase of 24.0% when compared with the August 2021 passenger traffic count of 831,522.

  • Compared to 266,986 passengers in August 2020, there was an increase of 286.1%.
  • Compared to 942,385 passengers in August 2019, there was an increase of 9.4%.

Commercial aircraft operations in August 2022 of 8,369 increased 14.6% and commuter aircraft operations of 448 decreased 13.8% when comparing with August 2021 levels. 

  • Compared to 2020 levels of commercial aircraft operations, there was an increase of 117.3% and commuter aircraft operations decreased 18.2%.
  • Compared to 2019 levels of commercial aircraft operations there was an increase of 8.4% and commuter aircraft operations decreased 17.8%.

Total aircraft operations decreased in August 2022 as compared with the same month in 2021. In August 2022, there were 28,857 total aircraft operations (takeoffs and landings) a 3.2% decrease compared to 29,814 total aircraft operations in August 2021.

  • Compared to August 2020 of 22,963, total aircraft operations increased 25.7%.
  • Compared to August 2019 of 29,921, total aircraft operations decreased 3.6%.

General aviation activity of 20,022 accounted for 69.4% of the total aircraft operations during August 2022, and decreased 8.8% compared with August 2021.

  • Compared to August 2020 general aviation activity of 18,540, which accounted for 80.7% of total aircraft operations, operations increased 8.0%.
  • Compared to August 2019, general aviation activity of 21,520, which accounted for 71.9% of total aircraft operations, operations decreased 7.0%.

The top three airlines in August 2022 based on passenger count were Southwest Airlines (372,157), United Airlines (161,387) and American Airlines (146,429).
 

John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - August 2022

  August 2022 August 2021 % Change Year-To-Date 2022 Year-To-Date 2021 % Change
Total passengers 1,030,933 831,522 24.0% 7,308,346 4,341,266 68.3%
Enplaned passengers 511,369 417,070 22.6% 3,637,078 2,160,186 68.4%
Deplaned passengers 519,564 414,452 25.4% 3,671,268 2,181,080 68.3%
Total Aircraft Operations 28,857 29,814 -3.2% 205,837 210,515 -2.2%
General Aviation 20,022 21,961 -8.8% 139,068 161,674 -14.0%
Commercial 8,369 7,305 14.6% 62,673 45,227 38.6%
Commuter 1 448 520 -13.8% 3,784 3,335 13.5%
Military 18 28 -35.7% 312 279 11.8%
Air Cargo Tons 2 1,257 1,491 -15.7% 11,675 12,035 -3.0%
International Statistics 3 (included in totals above)
  August 2022 August 2021 % Change Year-To-Date 2022 Year-To-Date 2021 % Change
Total Passengers 33,889 9,691 249.7% 192,346 56,723 239.1%
Enplaned passengers 16,487 4,365 277.7% 95,727 27,222 251.7%
Deplaned passengers 17,402 5,326 226.7% 96,619 29,501 227.5%
Total Aircraft Operations 256 123 108.1% 1,859 694 167.9%

  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:
    1,164 tons
    Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo):
    93 tons
    Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for:
    July 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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