John Wayne Airport

A man was arrested after causing a security breach at the John Wayne Airport in Orange County. Robert Kovacik reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on August 20, 2021. 

Passengers were being evacuated as a precaution at three terminals at the John Wayne Airport Friday evening due to a “security incident,” according to the Public Information Officer at John Wayne Airport.

Travelers who pass through John Wayne Airport in Orange County can now go on their trip and get their COVID-19 vaccine all in the same day. The airport contains two Hoag locations, where physicians will administer the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to travelers who want it. The first, which visitors will need a boarding pass to access, is an…

The clinic is believed to be the first of its kind. Vikki Vargas reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday, May 12, 2021.

The FAA says more than 230 towers and other en route centers have had employees test positive for COVID-19. Lolita Lopez reported on NBC4 News on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020.

A new airline is about to take off from John Wayne Airport — the first to be added in three years.

John Payne Airport prepares to clear the runway and make way for a new airline. Spirit Airlines will add direct flights from John Wayne Airport to Oakland and Las Vegas as well as connecting flights. Vikki Vargas reports Sept. 1, 2020.

An Orange County sheriff’s sergeant accidentally fired a service weapon Wednesday morning in an office at John Wayne Airport, striking an employee in the arm, officials said. The “unintentional discharge” occurred about 7 a.m. in the airport’s terminal administrative office, said Carrie Braun, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s department. “The round penetrated a wall and hit a staff member...

In the latest move to change U.S. place names tied to racist groups and ideas, leaders of Orange County’s Democratic Party are pushing to drop film legend John Wayne’s name from the county’s airport because of his racist and bigoted comments. The party’s executive committee in Orange County adopted a resolution last week condemning Wayne’s “racist and bigoted statements” in a...

Orange County Democratic Party officials are demanding the name of iconic actor John Wayne be removed from the airport due to his “racist and bigoted statements,” according to a resolution. The resolution, which was approved Friday, states: “There have been numerous calls to remove John Wayne’s namesake from Orange County’s airport because of Wayne’s white supremacist, anti-LGBT and anti-Indigenous views, which were...

As seen on Today in LA on Sunday, June 28, 2020.

In the latest move to change U.S. place names tied to racist groups and ideas, leaders of Orange County’s Democratic Party are pushing to drop film legend John Wayne’s name from the county’s airport because of his racist and bigoted comments

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