John Wayne Airport Posts March 2022 Statistics

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in March 2022 as compared to March 2021. In March 2022, the Airport served 916,767 passengers, an increase of 137.9% when compared with the March 2021 passenger traffic count of 385,396.
  • Compared to 337,981 passengers in March 2020, there was an increase of 171.2%.
  • Compared to 923,403 passengers in March 2019, there was a decrease of 0.7%.
Commercial aircraft operations in March 2022 of 7,710 increased 45.1% and commuter aircraft operations of 484 increased 50.8% when comparing with March 2021 levels.
  • Compared to 2020 levels of commercial aircraft operations, there was an increase of 38.1% and commuter aircraft operations decreased 3.2%.
  • Compared to 2019 levels of commercial aircraft operations there was a decrease of 0.1% and commuter aircraft operations increased 21.0%.
Total aircraft operations increased in March 2022 as compared with the same month in 2021. In March 2022, there were 25,299 total aircraft operations (take-offs and landings), a 1.1% increase compared to 25,021 total aircraft operations in March 2021.
  • Compared to March 2020 of 17,020, total aircraft operations increased 48.6%.
  • Compared to March 2019 of 26,107, total aircraft operations decreased 3.1%.
General aviation activity of 17,056 accounted for 67.4% of the total aircraft operations during March 2022, and decreased 11.9% compared with March 2021.
  • Compared to March 2020 general aviation activity of 10,906, which accounted for 64.1% of total aircraft operations, operations increased 56.4%.
  • Compared to March 2019, general aviation activity of 17,903, which accounted for 68.6% of total aircraft operations, operations decreased 4.7%.

The top three airlines in March 2022 based on passenger count were Southwest Airlines (336,102), American Airlines (154,412) and United Airlines (141,003).

John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - March 2022

 

March

2022

March

2021

% Change

Year-To-Date

2022

Year-To-Date

2021

% Change

Total passengers

916,767

385,396

137.9%

2,264,569

808,088

180.2%

Enplaned passengers

458,677

191,474

139.6%

1,130,006

400,717

182.0%

Deplaned passengers

458,090

193,922

136.2%

1,134,563

407,371

178.5%

Total Aircraft Operations

25,299

25,021

1.1%

73,171

65,161

12.3%

General Aviation

17,056

19,353

-11.9%

49,761

50,986

-2.4%

Commercial

7,710

5,312

45.1%

21,832

13,169

65.8%

Commuter 1

484

321

50.8%

1,416

889

59.3%

Military

49

35

40.0%

162

117

38.5%

Air Cargo Tons 2

1,276

1,211

5.4%

4,534

4,573

-0.9%

International Statistics 3

(included in totals above)

 

March

2022

March

2021

% Change

Year-To-Date

2022

Year-To-Date

2021

% Change

Total Passengers

21,005

4,125

409.2%

44,716

4,125

984.0%

Enplaned passengers

10,299

2,224

363.1%

21,810

2,224

880.7%

Deplaned passengers

10,706

1,901

463.2%

22,906

1,901

1104.9%

Total Aircraft Operations

224

79

183.5%

611

79

673.4%

  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:
    1,133 tons
    Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo):
    143 tons
    Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for:
    February 2022

  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 10 million passengers annually and reaches more than 30 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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