John Wayne Airport

09/24/2025 | Press release | Archived content

John Wayne Airport Posts August 2025 Statistics

(SANTA ANA, CA) - Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in August 2025 as compared to August 2024. In August 2025, the Airport served 1,034,529 passengers, an increase of 9.2% when compared with the August 2024 passenger traffic count of 947,733.

Commercial aircraft operations in August 2025 of 8,146 increased 3.1% and commuter aircraft operations of 744 increased 38.0% when comparing with 2024 levels.

Total aircraft operations decreased in August 2025 as compared with the same month in 2024. In August 2025, there were 28,670 total aircraft operations (takeoffs and landings) a 12.1% decrease compared to 32,602 total aircraft operations in August 2024.

General aviation activity of 19,772 accounted for 69.0% of the total aircraft operations during August 2025, and decreased 18.1% compared with August 2024.

The top three airlines in August 2025 based on passenger count were Southwest Airlines (316,962), American Airlines (168,639), and Alaska Airlines (155,228).

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