John Wayne Airport posts November 2022 statistics

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Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in November 2022 as compared to November 2021. In November 2022, the Airport served 1,014,095 passengers, an increase of 18.7% when compared with the November 2021 passenger traffic count of 854,393.

  • Compared to 277,020 passengers in November 2020, there was an increase of 266.1%.
  • Compared to 827,140 passengers in November 2019, there was an increase of 22.6%.

Commercial aircraft operations in November 2022 of 8,233 increased 13.7% and commuter aircraft operations of 522 increased 3.6% when comparing with November 2021 levels. 

  • Compared to 2020 levels of commercial aircraft operations, there was an increase of 125.6% and commuter aircraft operations decreased 5.4%.
  • Compared to 2019 levels of commercial aircraft operations, there was an increase of 15.5% and commuter aircraft operations increased 13.0%.

Total aircraft operations decreased in November 2022 as compared with the same month in 2021. In November 2022, there were 24,215 total aircraft operations (takeoffs and landings) a 1.7% decrease compared to 24,643 total aircraft operations in November 2021.

  • Compared to November 2020 of 19,088, total aircraft operations increased 26.9%.
  • Compared to November 2019 of 22,014, total aircraft operations increased 10.0%.

General aviation activity of 15,418 accounted for 63.7% of the total aircraft operations during November 2022, and decreased 8.5% compared with November 2021.

  • Compared to November 2020 general aviation activity of 14,870, which accounted for 77.9% of total aircraft operations, operations increased 3.7%.
  • Compared to November 2019, general aviation activity of 14,342, which accounted for 65.1% of total aircraft operations, operations increased 7.5%.

The top three airlines in November 2022 based on passenger count were Southwest Airlines (390,871), American Airlines (145,149) and United Airlines (137,453).