Major airport
John Wayne Orange County International Airport, Santa Ana.
- Longest paved runway
- 5,700 ft
- Field elevation
- 56 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 19 of 24
- Coordinates
- 33.68, -117.87
What our brokers know about KSNA
Serves Newport Beach and Irvine; strict noise curfew
John Wayne Orange County International Airport's 5,700 ft of runway is longer than most of the 152 jet-capable fields in California, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 19 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 5. 25 published route pages reach Los Angeles through this field.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 52 mi36 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
From-prices are one way and all-in — operator price, our fee and federal excise tax — for the smallest cabin suited to the distance, indicative rather than quoted.
Corridors
Charter routes through Los Angeles
Corridors we quote regularly, shortest first. Each carries the cabins that fly it, block times and the fields at both ends.
- 229 mi1 h 07 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 311 mi1 h 21 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 348 mi1 h 27 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 380 mi1 h 33 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 680 mi2 h 25 mfrom $4,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 730 mi2 h 34 mfrom $5,190one way, all‑in indicative
- 771 mi2 h 41 mfrom $5,485one way, all‑in indicative
- 839 mi2 h 53 mfrom $5,968one way, all‑in indicative
- 887 mi3 h 01 mfrom $6,312one way, all‑in indicative
- 930 mi3 h 09 mfrom $6,615one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,246 mi2 h 55 mfrom $9,584one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,247 mi2 h 55 mfrom $9,592one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,394 mi3 h 12 mfrom $10,716one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,739 mi3 h 53 mfrom $18,845one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,794 mi4 h 00 mfrom $19,443one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,203 mi4 h 31 mfrom $32,505one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,250 mi4 h 37 mfrom $33,201one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,281 mi4 h 40 mfrom $33,660one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,331 mi4 h 46 mfrom $34,407one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,342 mi4 h 47 mfrom $34,560one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,450 mi4 h 59 mfrom $36,156one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,526 mi5 h 07 mfrom $37,277one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,586 mi5 h 14 mfrom $38,160one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,656 mi5 h 22 mfrom $39,196one way, all‑in indicative
- 3,388 mi6 h 35 mfrom $69,114one way, all‑in indicative
Runway
What can operate here
Compared against the published balanced field length of every type we broker, with roughly 3% added per 1,000 ft of elevation for density altitude.
This is runway length only. Individual airports also restrict by wingspan, noise curfew, slot availability and special approach certification, and performance moves with temperature, weight and the day. Clearing the runway here means an aircraft is worth asking about — the operator confirms it, and signs for it.
Turboprop
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,654 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,306 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,416 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,185 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,705 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,215 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,586 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,040 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,459 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,566 ft here
Super-midsize
- Embraer Praetor 600
- Gulfstream G280
- Cessna Citation Longitude
- Bombardier Challenger 350
- Bombardier Challenger 300
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,725 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,758 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,818 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,843 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,818 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,224 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,609 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,683 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,149 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Dassault Falcon 7X, Bombardier Global 7500, Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 5,720 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.