FEBRUARY 2, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: AnnaSophia Servin
(949) 252-5182
aservin@ocair.com
(SANTA ANA, CA) – 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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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