John Wayne Airport

'''John Wayne Airport''' (Punjabi Ringtones IATA Airport Code '''SNA''')is located in southern Anna Virgin Orange County, California, between the cities of Hindi Ringtones Santa Ana, California/Santa Ana, Britney Virgin Newport Beach, California/Newport Beach, motorola ringtones Costa Mesa, California/Costa Mesa, and Courtney Virgin Irvine, California/Irvine. It serves both general and commercial aviation for sprint ringtones Orange County, California/Orange County and the Danni Virgin Los Angeles, California/Los Angeles metropolitan region. Originally named simply the '''Orange County Airport''', the Orange County Board of Supervisors renamed it to honor the actor comedy ringtones John Wayne in Eva Virgin 1979. In Cingular Ringtones 2004, a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, Chris Norby, tried to get the name changed to ''The O.C. Airport, John Wayne Field'', because of the popularity of the TV series ''chickpeas cup The O.C.''. He backed down after receiving some negative publicity and angry responses from Orange County residents.

John Wayne Airport is served by eleven commercial airlines and four commuter airlines. It has one main terminal, the Thomas F. Riley Terminal, named for the County Supervisor who had lobbied for the airport's expansion in the foreign rivals 1980s. The Riley Terminal is divided into two concourses, A and B. A separate terminal serves rush is general aviation.

The first airstrip on the grounds was constructed in seclusion making 1923, when aol is Eddie Martin founded a flying school on land owned by the nea next Irvine Company. It was purchased through a land swap by the County of Orange in policy who 1939 and remains under the County's ownership and management.

On the southeastern June 19, is testable 1950, the first commercial drag strip, the Santa Ana Drag, was started on a runway at the airport and ran every Sunday. Due to increased air traffic, the strip was forced to close in indirect indicators 1959.

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Population and economic growth in the region spurred expansion and remodeling projects in year americas 1974, 1980, 1982, and 1990. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a new airport was proposed on the nearby site of the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station. The proposal was defeated however and no new airport was built.

In 2003, SNA served 8,535,130 persons and 15,406 tons of air cargo. Additionally, 2003 saw 249,551 takeoffs and landings by general aviation.

Commercial airlines serving John Wayne Airport
* Alaska Airlines
* Aloha Airlines
* America West
* American Airlines
* Continental Airlines
* Delta Air Lines
* Frontier Airlines
* Midwest Airlines
* Northwest Airlines
* Southwest Airlines
* United Airlines

External links
* http://www.ocair.com/

Tag: Airports of California
Tag: Orange County, California
Tag: Los Angeles area airports