John Wayne Airport

Commercial Curfew Operations

The County’s General Aviation Noise Ordinance (“GANO”) prohibits commercial departures between 22:00 and 07:00 (08:00 on Sundays) and commercial arrivals between 23:00 and 07:00 (08:00 on Sundays). The Airport Director or his designee may authorize a departure or arrival outside of the commercial operations hours for an emergency, mechanical, air traffic control or weather delay, which is substantially beyond the control of the air carrier. All curfew exemption requests are reviewed by JWA and must receive express approval in advance of the specific arrival or departure. The table below lists each commercial operation during curfew hours for the most recent month.

Commercial Curfew Operations - April 2009
Date Airline Flt. No. Time Arrival/
Departure
Pre-Authorized Reason Origination/
Destination
04/02/2009 DL 1765 23:06:57 Arrival Y WX ATL
04/05/2009 WN 619 22:00:26 Departure Y MX SMF
04/06/2009 WN 291 22:03:54 Departure Y ATC PHX
04/16/2009 AA 1747 23:07:23 Arrival Y ATC DFW
04/17/2009 UA 593 23:06:48 Arrival Y WX DEN
04/17/2009 FM (1) 389 15:52:52 Arrival N   MEM
04/19/2009 WN 619 22:08:33 Departure Y MX OAK
04/24/2009 CO 1459 23:01:58 Arrival Y WX IAH
04/24/2009 DL (2) 9901 06:58:38 Arrival N   LAX
04/26/2009 WN 1567 22:05:17 Departure Y MX PHX

Note:

  1. By letter dated May 8, 2009, an administrative penalty was imposed on Federal Express for an early arrival without prior approval.
  2. By letter dated April 30, 2009, an administrative penalty was imposed on Delta Airlines for an early arrival without prior approval.
     
Legend:
Reason
ATC Air Traffic Control
MX Mechanical
WX Weather
Airlines
AA American Airlines
CO Continental Airlines
DL Delta Air Lines
FM Federal Express
UA United Airlines
WN Southwest Airlines
Origination/Destination
ATL Atlanta, GA
DEN Denver, CO
DFW Dallas, TX
IAH Houston, TX
LAX Los Angeles, CA
MEM Memphis, TN
OAK Oakland, CA
PHX Phoenix, AZ
SMF Sacramento, CA