John Wayne/Orange County

The airport

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 3

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

• 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

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 714-338-2330.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Fullerton Municipal (13 nm northwest), Long Beach (Daugherty Field) (17 nm northwest), Chino Airport (21 nm northeast).

The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out

• 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.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.

Takeoffs and landings a year about 330,417, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)

Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.

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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

• Piper Archer Three LLC 10 aircraft · Santa Ana Pacific Flight Aviation is a flight school based at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California, offering pilot training for private pilot, instrument rating, and commercial pilot certificates.
• Orange County Flight Center INC 5 aircraft · Santa Ana
• Skyview Flying Club LLC 2 aircraft · Costa Mesa, 3 miles away Skyview Aviation is a flight school and general aviation services provider operating from Tracy Municipal Airport and Byron Airport in California.
• Western State Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Irvine, 6 miles away
• Orange County Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Mission Viejo, 13 miles away
• Q Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Anaheim, 14 miles away

Charter operators and airlines based in Santa Ana:

• West Coast Charters, Inc. 12 aircraft on the certificate
• Regency Air, LLC 7 aircraft on the certificate Regency Air is a private jet charter operator based at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California.
• OC Helicopters, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate OC Helicopters operates helicopter tours, charters, and specialty services from Orange County, California.
• Orange County Helicopters, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate OC Helicopters operates helicopter tours, charters, and specialty services from John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California.
• Prima Air Charters, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate Prima Air is a charter operator and FBO service provider based in Orange County, California.

Repair stations in Santa Ana:

• Acuren Inspection INC
• Cole Avionics Repair INC Cole Avionics Repair is an FAA-certified repair station specializing in engine starter switch repair and other avionics work.
• Embee Processing, LLC
• Integral Aerospace, LLC.
• Leading Edge Avionics INC Leading Edge Avionics is an avionics repair station and installer serving general aviation aircraft in Southern California.
• Martin Aviation, L. P.
• Metal Improvement Company INC
• United Service Applications INC

Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles