USA. More than 8.5 million passengers flew through John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California last year – a record for the airport, it said in a statement.
The percentage increase over 2002 was +8%.
December 2003 was especially busy, with John Wayne Airport serving nearly 470,000 passengers during the Christmas and New Year holiday season. This number is a +8.5% increase from the same month last year.
December also saw the single busiest travel day in history at John Wayne Airport. On Monday 1 December, 31,518 passengers passed through the airport’s terminal, most either returning from their Thanksgiving holiday or heading back to work.
“Some months, we’ve actually experienced double-digit (percentage) increases,” said Justin McCusker, JWA spokesman. “We have had a record holiday season and a record day.”
