John Wayne Airport Posts June 2022 Statistics

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in June 2022 as compared to June 2021. In June 2022, the Airport served 1,001,249 passengers, an increase of 37.1% when compared with the June 2021 passenger traffic count of 730,144.
  • Compared to 181,486 passengers in June 2020, there was an increase of 451.7%.
  • Compared to 918,810 passengers in June 2019, there was an increase of 9.0%.
Commercial aircraft operations in June 2022 of 8,091 increased 25.9% and commuter aircraft operations of 457 decreased 8.6% when comparing with June 2021 levels.
  • Compared to 2020 levels of commercial aircraft operations, there was an increase of 219.3% and commuter aircraft operations increased 60.4%.
  • Compared to 2019 levels of commercial aircraft operations there was an increase of 7.7% and commuter aircraft operations increased 0.7%.
Total aircraft operations decreased in June 2022 as compared with the same month in 2021. In June 2022, there were 25,893 total aircraft operations (takeoffs and landings), an 11.2% decrease compared to 29,153 total aircraft operations in June 2021.
  • Compared to June 2020 of 19,231, total aircraft operations increased 34.6%.
  • Compared to June 2019 of 25,531, total aircraft operations increased 1.4%.
General aviation activity of 17,321 accounted for 66.9% of the total aircraft operations during June 2022, and decreased 22.0% compared with June 2021.
  • Compared to June 2020 general aviation activity of 16,357, which accounted for 85.1% of total aircraft operations, operations increased 5.9%.
  • Compared to June 2019, general aviation activity of 17,496, which accounted for 68.5% of total aircraft operations, operations decreased 1.0%.
The top three airlines in June 2022 based on passenger count were Southwest Airlines (350,617), United Airlines (161,957) and American Airlines (161,466).

John Wayne Airport
Monthly Airport Statistics - June 2022

 

June

2022

June

2021

% Change

Year-To-Date

2022

Year-To-Date

2021

% Change

Total passengers

1,001,249

730,144

37.1%

5,228,226

2,619,559

99.6%

Enplaned passengers

502,831

366,078

37.4%

2,608,866

1,303,471

100.1%

Deplaned passengers

498,418

364,066

36.9%

2,619,360

1,316,088

99.0%

Total Aircraft Operations

25,893

29,153

-11.2%

149,919

148,703

0.8%

General Aviation

17,321

22,207

-22.0%

100,767

115,567

-12.8%

Commercial

8,091

6,424

25.9%

46,032

30,628

50.3%

Commuter 1

457

500

-8.6%

2,855

2,288

24.8%

Military

24

22

9.1%

265

220

20.5%

Air Cargo Tons 2

1,288

1,384

-6.9%

8,939

9,028

-1.0%

International Statistics 3

(included in totals above)

 

June

2022

June

2021

% Change

Year-To-Date

2022

Year-To-Date

2021

% Change

Total Passengers

28,339

12,078

134.6%

125,448

35,955

248.9%

Enplaned passengers

14,616

5,677

157.5%

62,878

17,597

257.3%

Deplaned passengers

13,723

6,401

114.4%

62,570

18,358

240.8%

Total Aircraft Operations

258

124

108.1%

1,347

447

201.3%

  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:
    1,163 tons
    Passenger Carriers (incidental belly cargo):
    125 tons
    Current cargo tonnage figures in this report are for:
    May 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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