Example ImageWho Uses Ontario?
 

Source:  1993 Air Passenger Survey, Ontario International Airport
Prepared for:  City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, August 1994.

Background:  In August and October 1993, J. D. Franz Research interviewed 19,624 departing passengers at ONT.  The large sample size provided very accurate findings.

6.2 million annual passengers (MAP) using ONT  that year.
They divided into the following categories:

 
TYPE OF PASSENGER - 1993 PERCENT   MAP 
Local residents   55%  3.4
Visitors to the Greater Los Angeles area    41 %  2.5
     Subtotal - O&D passengers (a)   96 %  5.9
Passengers connecting through ONT    4 %  0.2
     Total 100 %  6.2 (b)

(a) The term, O&D - "Origin and Destination" passengers, is commonly used to identify those  whose trip originated or ended at a residence, hotel or business in the area.  This excludes "Connecting" passengers who get off one plane and onto another without leaving the airport, or "Transit" passengers who land and take off enroute to another city without deplaning.

(b) rounding error.

The 5.9 million annual O&D passengers traveled to ONT from residences, hotels or businesses in the following counties:
 
VISITORS AND RESIDENTS (O&D)
POINT OF DEPARTURE FOR ONTARIO -1993		 PERCENT MAP
San Bernadino County  31%  1.8
Riverside County  28 %  1.7
Los Angeles County  26 %   1.5
Orange County  14 %   0.8
Ventura County    1 %  0.1
In 1993, Orange County was the origin or destination for 0.8 million Ontario passengers.

Who used Ontario from Orange County?

The 14 % of passengers originating from Orange County listed the following principal departure points, in order:

Fullerton/Brea
Anaheim/Disneyland
Anaheim/Orange
What has been the trend?

In a similar survey in 1987, 15 % of passengers at Ontario were from Orange County.

What do we know about current passenger traffic?

From 1993 to 2000, the last year for complete data, ONT traffic increased from 6.2 to 6.8 million passengers.

Applying the same percentage breakdown as in the survey above:

In 2000, Orange County was the origin or destination for an estimated 0.9 to 1.0 million Ontario passengers.


Click here for a companion report on Who Uses LAX?

Click for Ontario historical passenger statistics.

Click here for Orange County's guess as to  Who Uses the OC Airports in the year 2020, according to EIR 573.


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This page last updated on June 23, 2001.