SANTA ANA, Calif. - Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in June 2021 as compared to June 2020. In June 2021, the Airport served 730,144 passengers, an increase of 302.3% when compared with the June 2020 passenger traffic count of 181,486 and a decrease of 20.5% when compared to June 2019 of 918,913 passengers.
Commercial aircraft operations increased 153.5% and commuter aircraft operations increased 75.4% when compared with June 2020 levels. Comparing June 2021 to 2019 levels, commercial aircraft operations of 7,512 decreased 14.5% and commuter aircraft operations of 454 increased 10.1%.
Total aircraft operations increased in June 2021 as compared with the same month in 2020. In June 2021, there were 29,153 total aircraft operations (take-offs and landings), a 51.6% increase compared to 19,231 total aircraft operations in June 2020, and increased 14.2% compared to June 2019 of 25,531 total aircraft operations.
General aviation activity, which accounted for 76.1% of the total aircraft operations during June 2021, increased 35.8% when compared with June 2020, and increased 26.93% when compared to general aviation activity of 17,496 in June 2019, which accounted for 68.5% of total aircraft operations.
The top three airlines in June 2021 based on passenger count were Southwest Airlines (311,304), American Airlines (138,074) and Alaska Airlines (96,695).
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