SANTA ANA, Calif. - Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in August 2021 as compared to August 2020. In August 2021, the Airport served 831,522 passengers, an increase of 211.1% when compared with the August 2020 passenger traffic count of 266,986 and a decrease of 11.8% when compared to August 2019 of 942,541 passengers.
Commercial aircraft operations increased 89.6% and commuter aircraft operations decreased 5.1% when compared with August 2020 levels. Comparing August 2021 to 2019 levels, commercial aircraft operations of 7,305 decreased 5.4% and commuter aircraft operations of 520 decreased 4.6%.
Total aircraft operations increased in August 2021 as compared with the same month in 2020. In August 2021, there were 29,814 total aircraft operations (take-offs and landings), a 29.8% increase compared to 22,963 total aircraft operations in August 2020, and decreased 0.4% compared to August 2019 of 29,921 total aircraft operations.
General aviation activity, which accounted for 73.7% of the total aircraft operations during August 2021, increased 18.5% when compared with August 2020, and increased 2.1% when compared to general aviation activity of 21,520 in August 2019, which accounted for 71.9% of total aircraft operations.
The top three airlines in August 2021 based on passenger count were Southwest Airlines (355,670), American Airlines (138,241) and Alaska Airlines (105,812).
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