John Wayne Airport Posts May 2022 Statistics

June 23, 2022

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in May 2022 as compared to May 2021. In May 2022, the Airport served 1,003,510 passengers, an increase of 71.3% when compared with the May 2021 passenger traffic count of 585,735.

Compared to 82,342 passengers in May 2020, there was an increase of 1,118.7%.
Compared to 942,680 passengers in May 2019, there was an increase of 6.5%.

Commercial aircraft operations in May 2022 of 8,284 increased 47.2% and commuter aircraft operations of 514 increased 5.8% when comparing with May 2021 levels.

Compared to 2020 levels of commercial aircraft operations, there was an increase of 375.5% and commuter aircraft operations increased 283.6%.
Compared to 2019 levels of commercial aircraft operations there was an increase of 4.5% and commuter aircraft operations increased 2.8%.

Total aircraft operations decreased in May 2022 as compared with the same month in 2021. In May 2022, there were 25,126 total aircraft operations (takeoffs and landings) an 8.9% decrease compared to 27,591 total aircraft operations in May 2021.

Compared to May 2020 of 17,352, total aircraft operations increased 44.8%.
Compared to May 2019 of 26,509, total aircraft operations decreased 5.2%.

General aviation activity of 16,307 accounted for 64.9% of the total aircraft operations during May 2022, and decreased 23.9% compared with May 2021.

Compared to May 2020 general aviation activity of 15,392, which accounted for 88.7% of total aircraft operations, operations increased 5.9%.
Compared to May 2019, general aviation activity of 18,000, which accounted for 67.9% of total aircraft operations, operations decreased 9.4%.

The top three airlines in May 2022 based on passenger count were Southwest Airlines (357,190), United Airlines (166,766) and American Airlines (155,900).

John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - May 2022 (*REVISED July 14, 2022*)

	May 2022	May 2021	% Change	Year-To-Date 2022	Year-To-Date 2021	% Change
Total passengers	1,003,582	585,735	71.3%	4,226,977	1,889,415	123.7%
Enplaned passengers	497,682	289,080	72.2%	2,106,035	937,393	124.7%
Deplaned passengers	505,900	296,655	70.5%	2,120,942	952,022	122.8%
Total Aircraft Operations	25,126	27,591	-8.9%	124,026	119,550	3.7%
General Aviation	16,307	21,428	-23.9%	83,446	93,360	-10.6%
Commercial	8,284	5,626	47.2%	37,941	24,204	56.8%
Commuter ¹	514	486	5.8%	2,398	1,788	34.1%
Military	21	51	-58.8%	241	198	21.7%
Air Cargo Tons ²	1,457	1,475	-1.2%	7,651	7,644	0.1%
International Statistics ³	(included in totals above)
	May 2022	May 2021	% Change	Year-To-Date 2022	Year-To-Date 2021	% Change
Total Passengers	27,593	10,653	159.0%	97,109	23,877	306.7%
Enplaned passengers	14,085	5,265	167.5%	48,262	11,920	304.9%
Deplaned passengers	13,508	5,388	150.7%	48,847	11,957	308.5%
Total Aircraft Operations	248	124	100%	1,089	323	237.2%

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.

All-Cargo Carriers:	1,288 tons
Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo):	169 tons
Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for:	April 2022

Includes all Canada and Mexico Commercial passengers and operations.

John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - May 2022

	May 2022	May 2021	% Change	Year-To-Date 2022	Year-To-Date 2021	% Change
Total passengers	1,003,510	585,735	71.3%	4,226,905	1,889,415	123.7%
Enplaned passengers	497,682	289,080	72.2%	2,106,035	937,393	124.7%
Deplaned passengers	505,828	296,655	70.5%	2,120,870	952,022	122.8%
Total Aircraft Operations	25,126	27,591	-8.9%	124,026	119,550	3.7%
General Aviation	16,307	21,428	-23.9%	83,446	93,360	-10.6%
Commercial	8,284	5,626	47.2%	37,941	24,204	56.8%
Commuter ¹	514	486	5.8%	2,398	1,788	34.1%
Military	21	51	-58.8%	241	198	21.7%
Air Cargo Tons ²	1,457	1,475	-1.2%	7,651	7,644	0.1%
International Statistics ³	(included in totals above)
	May 2022	May 2021	% Change	Year-To-Date 2022	Year-To-Date 2021	% Change
Total Passengers	27,411	10,653	157.3%	96,927	23,877	305.9%
Enplaned passengers	14,085	5,265	167.5%	48,262	11,920	304.9%
Deplaned passengers	13,326	5,388	147.3%	48,665	11,957	307.0%
Total Aircraft Operations	247	124	99.2%	1,088	323	236.8%

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.

All-Cargo Carriers:	1,288 tons
Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo):	169 tons
Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for:	April 2022

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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