John Wayne Airport’s AirACADEMY is ready for takeoff 

John Wayne Airport is launching a new educational outreach program, AirACADEMY, designed to provide residents with an overview of how the Airport functions. Participants will learn how airport operations, service programs, and business partners work together to successfully provide a safe, secure, and efficient award-winning Airport. AirACADEMY will include six two-hour sessions, covering Access & …

Full-Scale Disaster Exercise

On April 19, 2023, 424 participants from John Wayne Airport and several mutual-aid partner agencies, successfully completed a live exercise simulating a major aircraft emergency. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires all public, commercial service airports to conduct a full-scale emergency response exercise (AirEx) every three years. The purpose of the FAA-required exercise is to …

JWA Wins Award of Distinction

John Wayne Airport (JWA) is pleased to have received the 2022 Social Media Community and Program Engagement Award of Distinction from the California Association of Public Information Officials (CAPIO). The Airport’s program was designed to generate excitement and educate the public about travel through JWA and create unique video footage to increase impressions and engagement. …