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.
- Compared to 231,033 passengers in December 2020, there was an increase of 308.7%.
- Compared to 891,492 passengers in December 2019, there was an increase of 5.9%.
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.
- Compared to 2020 levels of commercial aircraft operations, there was an increase of 100.6% and commuter aircraft operations increased 14.7%.
- Compared to 2019 levels of commercial aircraft operations, there was an increase of 2.0% and commuter aircraft operations increased 29.4%.
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.
- Compared to December 2020 of 18,061, total aircraft operations increased 20.2%.
- Compared to December 2019 of 20,718, total aircraft operations increased 4.8%.
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.
- Compared to December 2020 general aviation activity of 13,745, which accounted for 76.1% of total aircraft operations, operations decreased 2.1%.
- Compared to December 2019, general aviation activity of 12,731, which accounted for 61.4% of total aircraft operations, operations increased 5.6%.
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).