SANTA ANA, Calif. - 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
| |
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% |
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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.
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| All-Cargo Carriers: |
1,271 tons
|
| Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo): |
105 tons
|
| Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for: |
November 2022
|
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Includes all Canada and Mexico Commercial passengers and operations.
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