John Wayne Airport Posts April 2023 Statistics

(SANTA ANA, CA) – Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in April 2023 as compared to April 2022. In April 2023, the Airport served 992,569 passengers, an increase of 3.5% when compared with the April 2022 passenger traffic count of 958,826.

Commercial aircraft operations in April 2023 of 7,714 decreased 1.4% and commuter aircraft operations of 440 decreased 6% when comparing with April 2022 levels.

Total aircraft operations decreased in April 2023 as compared with the same month in 2022. In April 2023, there were 21,632 total aircraft operations (takeoffs and landings) a 15.9% decrease compared to 25,729 total aircraft operations in April 2022.

General aviation activity of 13,465 accounted for 62.2% of the total aircraft operations during April 2023 and decreased 22.5% compared with April 2022.

The top three airlines in April 2023 based on passenger count were Southwest Airlines (324,279), American Airlines (166,385) and United Airlines (156,012).

John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - April 2023

 

April

2023

April

2022

% Change

Year-To-Date

2023

Year-To-Date

2022

% Change

Total passengers

992,569

958,826

3.5%

3,709,765

3,223,395

15.1%

Enplaned passengers

493,991

478,347

3.3%

1,844,852

1,608,353

14.7%

Deplaned passengers

498,578

480,479

3.8%

1,864,913

1,615,042

15.5%

Total Aircraft Operations

21,632

25,729

-15.9%

82,329

98,900

-16.8%

General Aviation

13,465

17,378

-22.5%

50,119

67,139

-25.4%

Commercial

7,714

7,825

-1.4%

30,269

29,657

2.1%

Commuter 1

440

468

-6.0%

1,835

1,884

-2.6%

Military

13

58

-77.6%

106

220

-51.8%

Air Cargo Tons 2

1,603

1,660

-3.4%

5,789

6,194

-6.5%

International Statistics 3

(included in totals above)

 

April

2023

April

2022

% Change

Year-To-Date

2023

Year-To-Date

2022

% Change

Total Passengers

33,431

24,800

34.8%

123,733

69,516

78.0%

Enplaned passengers

16,579

12,367

34.1%

61,681

34,177

80.5%

Deplaned passengers

16,852

12,433

35.5%

62,052

35,339

75.6%

Total Aircraft Operations

250

230

8.7%

973

841

15.7%

  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:
    1,498 tons
    Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo):
    105 tons
    Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for:
    March 2023

  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 11.3 million passengers annually and reaches more than 40 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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