Case Study: John Wayne Airport achieves on-time completion and millions under budget on $543M airport improvement program with Oracle Primavera

John Wayne Airport Comes in Millions Under Budget on Half-Billion-Dollar Airport Improvement Program, Thanks to Project Transparency

John Wayne Airport, the primary commercial and general aviation airport serving Orange County, California, faced the challenge of standardizing and automating project controls for a seven‑year, $543 million airport improvement program. The airport needed a single, secure system to tightly track costs, improve transparency and financial control, streamline audits and due diligence, and ensure on‑time, on‑budget delivery of public works projects.

The airport selected Oracle Primavera Unifier and Primavera P6, configured with partner Faithful+Gould and integrated with its building‑information modeling system, to create a single system of record. The solution enabled tighter budget management, faster audit responses (days vs. weeks/months), improved forecasting and contractor collaboration, role‑based data security, and ultimately delivered the improvement program on time and millions of dollars under budget.

John Wayne Airport

Larry Serafini

Deputy Airport Director