John Wayne Airport Posts July 2024 Statistics

(SANTA ANA, CA) - Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport decreased in July 2024 as compared to July 2023. In July 2024, the Airport served 970,828 passengers, a decrease of 9.7% when compared with the July 2023 passenger traffic count of 1,075,535.

Commercial aircraft operations in July 2024 of 7,860 decreased 7.0% and commuter aircraft operations of 481 increased 20.0% when comparing with July 2023 levels.

Total aircraft operations increased in July 2024 as compared with the same month in 2023. In July 2024, there were 29,981 total aircraft operations (takeoffs and landings) a 22.8% increase compared to 24,421 total aircraft operations in July 2023.

General aviation activity of 21,625 accounted for 72.1% of the total aircraft operations during July 2024, and increased 38.9% compared with July 2023.

The top three airlines in July 2024 based on passenger count were Southwest Airlines (268,571), United Airlines (163,688) and American Airlines (162,561).