John Wayne Airport Posts December 2022 Statistics

February 2, 2023

(SANTA ANA, CA) – Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in December 2022 as compared to December 2021. In December 2022, the Airport served 944,146 passengers, an increase of 11.4% when compared with the December 2021 passenger traffic count of 847,671.

Compared to 231,033 passengers in December 2020, there was an increase of 308.7%.
Compared to 891,492 passengers in December 2019, there was an increase of 5.9%.

Commercial aircraft operations in December 2022 of 7,698 increased 7.4% and commuter aircraft operations of 532 increased 4.7% when comparing with December 2021 levels.

Compared to 2020 levels of commercial aircraft operations, there was an increase of 100.6% and commuter aircraft operations increased 14.7%.
Compared to 2019 levels of commercial aircraft operations, there was an increase of 2.0% and commuter aircraft operations increased 29.4%.

Total aircraft operations decreased in December 2022 as compared with the same month in 2021. In December 2022, there were 21,704 total aircraft operations (takeoffs and landings) a 3.2% decrease compared to 22,410 total aircraft operations in December 2021.

Compared to December 2020 of 18,061, total aircraft operations increased 20.2%.
Compared to December 2019 of 20,718, total aircraft operations increased 4.8%.

General aviation activity of 13,450 accounted for 61.9% of the total aircraft operations during December 2022, and decreased 8.6% compared with December 2021.

Compared to December 2020 general aviation activity of 13,745, which accounted for 76.1% of total aircraft operations, operations decreased 2.1%.
Compared to December 2019, general aviation activity of 12,731, which accounted for 61.4% of total aircraft operations, operations increased 5.6%.

The top three airlines in December 2022 based on passenger count were Southwest Airlines (325,384), American Airlines (147,724) and United Airlines (144,865).

John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - December 2022 (*REVISED May 19, 2023*)

	December 2022	December 2021	% Change	Year-To-Date 2022	Year-To-Date 2021	% Change
Total passengers	944,266	847,671	11.4%	11,360,959	7,700,489	47.5%
Enplaned passengers	463,772	420,797	10.2%	5,635,590	3,828,546	47.2%
Deplaned passengers	480,494	426,874	12.6%	5,725,369	3,871,943	47.9%
Total Aircraft Operations	21,704	22,410	-3.2%	303,970	311,684	-2.5%
General Aviation	13,450	14,712	-8.6%	202,366	231,668	-12.6%
Commercial	7,698	7,170	7.4%	95,260	74,253	28.3%
Commuter ¹	532	508	4.7%	5,878	5,369	9.5%
Military	24	20	20.0%	466	394	18.3%
Air Cargo Tons ²	1,376	1,550	-11.2%	17,335	18,243	-5.0%
International Statistics ³	(included in totals above)
	December 2022	December 2021	% Change	Year-To-Date 2022	Year-To-Date 2021	% Change
Total Passengers	28,633	17,919	59.8%	314,226	112,046	180.4%
Enplaned passengers	14,737	9,065	62.6%	157,890	54,525	189.6%
Deplaned passengers	13,896	8,854	56.9%	156,336	57,521	171.8%
Total Aircraft Operations	240	212	13.2%	2,825	1,400	101.8%

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:	1,271 tons
Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo):	105 tons
Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for:	November 2022

Includes all Canada and Mexico Commercial passengers and operations.

John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - December 2022

	December 2022	December 2021	% Change	Year-To-Date 2022	Year-To-Date 2021	% Change
Total passengers	944,146	847,671	11.4%	11,360,839	7,700,489	47.5%
Enplaned passengers	463,652	420,797	10.2%	5,635,470	3,828,546	47.2%
Deplaned passengers	480,494	426,874	12.6%	5,725,369	3,871,943	47.9%
Total Aircraft Operations	21,704	22,410	-3.2%	303,970	311,684	-2.5%
General Aviation	13,450	14,712	-8.6%	202,366	231,668	-12.6%
Commercial	7,698	7,170	7.4%	95,260	74,253	28.3%
Commuter ¹	532	508	4.7%	5,878	5,369	9.5%
Military	24	20	20.0%	466	394	18.3%
Air Cargo Tons ²	1,376	1,550	-11.2%	17,335	18,243	-5.0%
International Statistics ³	(included in totals above)
	December 2022	December 2021	% Change	Year-To-Date 2022	Year-To-Date 2021	% Change
Total Passengers	28,633	17,919	59.8%	314,226	112,046	180.4%
Enplaned passengers	14,737	9,065	62.6%	157,890	54,525	189.6%
Deplaned passengers	13,896	8,854	56.9%	156,336	57,521	171.8%
Total Aircraft Operations	240	212	13.2%	2,825	1,400	101.8%

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:	1,271 tons
Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo):	105 tons
Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for:	November 2022

Includes all Canada and Mexico Commercial passengers and operations.

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