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John Wayne Orange County International Airport

ICAO KSNA33.6751°N 117.8693°W56 ft / 17 mLarge airport
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John Wayne Orange County International Airport (IATA: SNA, ICAO: KSNA) is a large airport in Santa Ana, California, United States. It opened in Nov 1941. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,700 ft (1,737 m). It is operated by County of Orange. In 2025 it handled 11.1 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1941–1941
NOV 1941
OpenedJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Thomas F. Riley TerminalACI Jet
02L/20R028° / 208° · LIT
LENGTH5,700 ft1,737 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
02R/20L028° / 208° · LIT
LENGTH2,886 ft880 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
9.4M
10.0M
10.6M
10.3M
10.5M
10.5M
3.7M
7.8M
11.3M
11.5M
10.8M
11.1M
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Routes

35 destinations · 2 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km4,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miLAS · Harry Reid International Airport · 227 mi / 365 kmSCF · Scottsdale Airport · 342 mi / 551 kmAZA · Mesa Gateway Airport · 359 mi / 578 kmSFO · San Francisco International Airport · 372 mi / 598 kmRNO · Reno Tahoe International Airport · 416 mi / 669 kmPVU · Provo Municipal Airport · 565 mi / 909 kmSLC · Salt Lake City International Airport · 588 mi / 947 kmOGD · Ogden Hinckley Airport · 611 mi / 983 kmMFR · Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport · 659 mi / 1,061 kmBOI · Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field · 689 mi / 1,109 kmIDA · Idaho Falls Regional Airport · 748 mi / 1,204 kmEUG · Eugene Airport · 777 mi / 1,250 kmCOS · City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport · 814 mi / 1,310 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 845 mi / 1,360 kmPSC · Tri Cities Airport · 872 mi / 1,404 kmMSO · Missoula Montana Airport · 936 mi / 1,506 kmSEA · Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · 979 mi / 1,576 kmYVR · Vancouver International Airport · 1,106 mi / 1,780 kmYYC · Calgary International Airport · 1,221 mi / 1,965 kmIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 1,344 mi / 2,163 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 1,722 mi / 2,772 kmATW · Appleton International Airport · 1,726 mi / 2,777 kmGRR · Gerald R. Ford International Airport · 1,852 mi / 2,981 kmCVG · Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport · 1,873 mi / 3,015 kmIAD · Washington Dulles International Airport · 2,261 mi / 3,638 kmEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 2,428 mi / 3,908 kmMRY · Monterey Regional Airport · 301 mi / 485 kmCCR · Buchanan Field · 379 mi / 610 kmAPC · Napa County Airport · 399 mi / 642 kmGJT · Grand Junction Regional Airport · 641 mi / 1,032 kmMTJ · Montrose Regional Airport · 649 mi / 1,044 kmDSM · Des Moines International Airport · 1,426 mi / 2,295 kmCMH · John Glenn Columbus International Airport · 1,970 mi / 3,170 kmMCO · Orlando International Airport · 2,183 mi / 3,513 kmRDU · Raleigh-Durham International Airport · 2,208 mi / 3,554 kmEWRIADRDUMCOCMHGRRDSMIAHYYCYVRSEAMSODENEUGIDABOIMFROGDRNOSFOAZALASCVGATWORDPSCCOSMTJPVUMRYGJTAPCSLCCCRSCFSNA
Year-round26
LASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, JSX (airline), Breeze Airways365 km227 miSCFScottsdale AirportUnited States · JSX (airline)551 km342 miAZAMesa Gateway AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air578 km359 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines598 km372 miRNOReno Tahoe International AirportUnited States · JSX (airline)669 km416 miPVUProvo Municipal AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air, Breeze Airways909 km565 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection947 km588 miOGDOgden Hinckley AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways983 km611 miMFRRogue Valley International-Medford AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,061 km659 miBOIBoise Air Terminal/Gowen FieldUnited States · Allegiant Air1,109 km689 miIDAIdaho Falls Regional AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,204 km748 miEUGEugene AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,250 km777 miCOSCity of Colorado Springs Municipal AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,310 km814 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,360 km845 miPSCTri Cities AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,404 km872 miMSOMissoula Montana AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,506 km936 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection1,576 km979 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · Air Canada1,780 km1,106 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet1,965 km1,221 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,163 km1,344 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,772 km1,722 miATWAppleton International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air2,777 km1,726 miGRRGerald R. Ford International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air2,981 km1,852 miCVGCincinnati Northern Kentucky International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air3,015 km1,873 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,638 km2,261 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,908 km2,428 mi
Most destinationsAllegiant Air 13Breeze Airways 8JSX (airline) 6United Airlines 6Delta Connection 3Air Canada 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SNA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “John Wayne Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers11.1M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#197of 3,974 · #50 North America · #40 USLongest runway5,700 ft1,737 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=5,131of 29,823 · =1,531 North America · =1,206 USElevation56 ft17 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,891of 43,341 · =17,649 North America · =14,596 USAgeOpened 19412026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,548of 15,079 · =737 North America · =705 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

15 channels
APPSOCAL APP121.300
APPSOCAL APP38.020
ATISATIS126.000
CLDCLNC DEL118.000
CTAFCTAF126.800
DEPSOCAL DEP128.100
GNDJOHN WAYNE GROUND120.800
RDORIVERSIDE RDO122.450
TWRRWY 02-20119.900
UNICUNICOM122.950
CLDCLNC DEL SECONDARY121.850
GNDJOHN WAYNE GROUND SECONDARY132.250
TWR02L-20R126.800
TWRJOHN WAYNE TOWER SECONDARY128.350
DEPSOCAL DEP132.700