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John Wayne Orange County International Airport is a large, fully controlled international airport in Santa Ana, California, named in honour of the actor John Wayne. It offers an ILS-equipped main runway and a full suite of air traffic services, making it a demanding but rewarding destination for the VFR or IFR simulator pilot flying into Southern California.
John Wayne Orange County International Airport serves the Santa Ana and greater Orange County area of Southern California and is named for the actor John Wayne. It is a large, busy field with scheduled airline service and a comprehensive set of air traffic control facilities, including clearance delivery, ground, tower, approach and departure control, which gives it a genuinely operational feel for a simulator pilot flying in from the Los Angeles Basin.
The airport sits at Santa Ana, California, and its approach and departure control is provided by Southern California Approach and Departure (SOCAL APP/DEP), reflecting its position within the busy Southern California terminal airspace structure.
John Wayne Airport has two parallel physical runways aligned 02/20. The main runway, 02L/20R, is 5,690 feet long with a hard surface, is lit, and is served by an ILS on the 20R approach. The secondary runway, 02R/20L, is 2,882 feet long, also hard-surfaced and lit, but without an instrument approach. Field elevation is 46 feet.
Pilots can expect the following frequencies: ATIS on 126 MHz; Clearance Delivery as CLD on 118 MHz and, as a secondary, 121.85 MHz; Ground as JOHN WAYNE GROUND on 120.8 MHz, with a secondary ground frequency on 132.25 MHz; Tower on 119.9 MHz for runway 02-20 operations and on 126.8 MHz for runway 02L-20R, with JOHN WAYNE TOWER SECONDARY on 128.35 MHz; SOCAL Approach on 121.3 MHz and 38.02 MHz; SOCAL Departure on 128.1 MHz and 132.7 MHz; Riverside Radio on 122.45 MHz; and Unicom on 122.95 MHz. A secondary CTAF is listed on 126.8 MHz.
The airport operates with a full complement of air traffic services, including clearance delivery, ground, tower, approach and departure control, together with an ATIS broadcast and a unicom frequency, and it supports scheduled airline traffic, reflecting its role as a major operational field for Orange County.