John Wayne/Orange County
SNA · KSNA · Santa Ana, California · Orange County · map
John Wayne/Orange County is a public-use airport owned by Orange County, 4 miles south of Santa Ana, California, 56 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 02L/20R, is 5,700 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KSNA · observed 12:53 pm PDT (19:53 UTC), 44 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 8,000 feet, a few clouds at 18,000 feet
- Temperature 93°F (34°C), dew point 61°F (16°C)
- Altimeter 29.83 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:38 am PDT (17:38 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 7,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 12:00 pm PDT (19:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm PDT (03:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSNA 061953Z 20010KT 10SM FEW080 FEW180 34/16 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP098 T03390161 $
TAF KSNA 061738Z 0618/0718 VRB03KT P6SM SCT070 FM061900 22010KT P6SM SKC FM070300 VRB04KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SNA · ICAO KSNA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Orange County
- Elevation
- 56 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:15 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1941
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02L/20R | 5,700 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 02R/20L | 2,886 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 20X |
- Runway 02L: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 20R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 02R: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 20L: PAPI, four lights on the left, building 15 ft high 500 ft from the end
- Runway 20X: LDA with DME
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower Runway 02L/20R | 126.8 | John Wayne |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS | 126.0 | John Wayne |
| Clearance delivery | 118.0 | John Wayne |
| Clearance delivery (secondary) | 121.85 | John Wayne |
| Ground | 120.8 | John Wayne |
| Ground (secondary) | 132.25 | John Wayne · Do not publish on approach plates. |
| Tower Runway 02R/20L | 119.9 | John Wayne |
| Tower (secondary) | 128.35 | John Wayne |
| Approach · Class C airspace 315-045 sna | 121.3 | John Wayne · Reference is to sna airport. |
| Channel and dp · Class C airspace · Departure 130-190 sna; Runway 20R | 128.1 | John Wayne · Reference is to sna airport. |
| Class C airspace · Departure 045-130 sna | 132.7 | John Wayne · Reference is to sna airport. |
| Class C airspace 045-130 sna | 124.1 | John Wayne · Reference is to sna airport. |
| Anaheim and dp · Class C airspace · Departure procedure (HAWWC) Runway 20R hector or lake hughes transitions; 190-315 sli | 125.35 | John Wayne |
| Class C airspace 190-315 sna above 3000 feet | 127.2 | John Wayne · Reference is to sna airport. |
| Sna and vot | 110.0 | |
| Emmln and star | 127.0 | John Wayne |
| Ohsea and star · Rukki and star · Tandy and star | 127.4 | John Wayne |
| Anaheim and dp · Departure procedure (HOBOW) · Kayoh and star Runway 02L, 02R, hector, lake hughes transition; Runway 2L/R, hector, lake hughes transition | 133.85 | John Wayne |
| Dsnee and star · Rooby and star | 134.0 | John Wayne |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 714-338-2330.
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Aircraft registered in Santa Ana from the FAA register
87 aircraft are registered to owners in Santa Ana, California: 52 piston singles, 13 business jets, 11 turboprops, 5 piston twins, 2 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 72 since 1982, 14 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 20R and PAPI runways 02L and 20R - the common traffic frequency.
- Overnight TIE-DOWN fee.
- Runway 02R/20L not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. Runway 02R/20L closed when the control tower closed.
- Runway 20X created to support ojw lda associated with sna ILS runway 20R.
- When the control tower closed no local training or touch and go operations.
- Be alert to birds on and in vicinity of airport.
- Taxiway C gross weight lmtd 60000 pounds.
- Maintain at or above 300 feet above ground level until established on final.
- The FBO (fixed-base operator) general aviation aprons limited to maximum gross weight of 100,000 pounds (dual gear) and with wingspans less than 100 feet. General aviation aircraft prohibited from using any portion of the air carrier commercial ramp.
- Runway 02L/20R pattern altitude 1000 feet above ground level small aircraft; 1500 feet above ground level turbine aircraft over 12500 pounds; runway 02R/20L pattern altitude 800 feet above ground level small sgl eng aircraft; 1000 feet above ground level twin eng aircraft.
- Aircraft landing runway 20L, use ctn for jet blast from aircraft hldg between runway 20L and runway 20R at taxiway L and ctn wake turb from jet aircraft landing runway 20R.
- VFR aircraft: to avoid overflight of runway 20R, runway 20L arrivals fly final at 15 degrees angle to runway; runway 20L departures turn 15 degreess left at departure end of runway. To avoid overflight of runway 02L, runway 02R departures turn 15 degreess right at departure end of runway.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.