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) |
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| 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.