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Passengers and Planes Increase at
John Wayne Airport for 2007
Commercial jet operations as well as airline passenger numbers went up again at John Wayne Airport for 2007. Commercial flight operations increased 3.8% compared with 2006 while the number of passengers increased 3.8 %. A total of 9,979,699
passengers used JWA in 2007.
General aviation operations (private planes) decreased 11% for 2007 compared with the 2006, a trend that began about four years ago when caps were raised for commercial passenger levels. More recently the construction at JWA has caused many private pilots to go elsewhere.
Present passenger cap levels at JWA are 10.3 million annual passengers until December 2011 when the cap rises to 10.8 million annual passengers. There are no caps after 2015 although the curfew does not end until 2020. Passenger cap levels were established in the 2003 amendment to the Settlement Agreement.
One of the busiest airports in the United States, JWA sits on 500 acres surrounded by residential areas of Orange County.
Click here to go to JWA website.
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