List of the busiest airports in Central America explained

This is a list of the busiest airports in Central America by passenger traffic, a statistic available for almost all the airstrips taken into account. The list intends to include all the international and domestic airports in the area geographically defined as Central America, comprising Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.

Because each country has a different body to control these statistics, the compilation of data is difficult and not homogeneously distributed. The information presented here represents the best available data from various Internet sources. The ranking is ordered according to total passenger traffic (unless the footnotes indicate otherwise). Information on aircraft or cargo movements is not available for all the airports.

Ranking of airports, 2018

Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Code City served Passengers
1.PTY/MPTO 16,242,679[1]
2. SJO/MROC 4,971,024[2]
3. SAL/MSLP 3,392,236[3]
4. GUA/MGGT 2,762,582[4]
5. BZE/MZBZ 1,130,000
6. LIR/MRLB 1,084,701[5]

Ranking of airports, 2016

Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Code City served Passengers
1.PTY/MPTO 14,741,937
2. SJO/MROC 6,456,750
3. SAL/MSLP 2,984,764
4. GUA/MGGT 2,579,123
5. MGA/MNMG 1,533,034
6. LIR/MRLB 1,182,123
7. BZE/MZBZ 867,976
8. SAP/MHLM 867,747
9. TGU/MHTG 697,925
10. RTB/MHRO 371,657
11. DAV/MPDA 323,465
12. PAC/MPMG 230,000
13. LCE/MHLC 165,802
14. BLB/MPHO 131,930
15. FRS/MGTK 113,444
16. RIH/MPSM 63,728

Ranking of airports, 2015

Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Code City served Passengers
1.Panama PTY/MPTO 13,434,673
2.Costa Rica SJO/MROC 4,494,875
3.El Salvador SAL/MSLP 2,725,458
4.Guatemala GUA/MGGT 2,323,360
5.Nicaragua MGA/MNMG 1,499,756
6.Honduras SAP/MHLM 881,199
7.Costa Rica LIR/MRLB 878,365
8.Belize BZE/MZBZ 613,399
9.Honduras TGU/MHTG 603,486
10.Honduras RTB/MHRO 286,738
11.Panama DAV/MPDA 260,603
12.Panama PAC/MPMG 228,722
13.Honduras LCE/MHLC 133,768
14.Panama BLB/MPHO 132,205
15.Guatemala FRS/MGTK 109,490
16.Panama BOC/MPBO 80,378
17.Nicaragua BEF/MNBL 63,200
18.Nicaragua RNI/MNCI 62,200
19.Nicaragua PUZ/MNPC 40,100
20.Costa Rica TMU/MRTR 38,699
21.Costa Rica PJM/MRPJ 38,165
22.Panama RIH/MPSM 37,759
23.Costa Rica XQP/MRQP 29,872
24.Guatemala GSJ/MGSJ 28,598
25.Panama CHX/MPCH 18,664
26.Costa Rica TNO/MRTM 18,209
27.Costa Rica GLF/MRGF 18,024
28.Costa Rica SYQ/MRPV 14,723
29.Costa Rica DRK/MRDK 13,105
30.El Salvador -/MSSS 12,385

Ranking of airports, 2014

Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Code City served Passengers
1.Panama PTY/MPTO 12,782,167
2.Costa Rica SJO/MROC 3,917,573
3.El Salvador SAL/MSLP 2,453,217
4.Guatemala GUA/MGGT 2,216,915
5.Nicaragua MGA/MNMG 1,311.965
6.Costa Rica LIR/MRLB 779,757
7.Honduras SAP/MHLM 772,504
8.Honduras TGU/MHTG 617,526
9.Belize BZE/MZBZ 577,970
10.Honduras RTB/MHRO 286,738
11.Panama DAV/MPDA 260,603
12.Panama PAC/MPMG 239,315
13.Honduras LCE/MHLC 133,768
14.Panama BLB/MPHO 132,205
15.Guatemala FRS/MGTK 111,075
16.Costa Rica SYQ/MRPV 88,363
17.Panama BOC/MPBO 80,378
18.Nicaragua RNI/MNCI 50,700
19.Nicaragua BEF/MNBL 45,500
20.Nicaragua PUZ/MNPC 41,000
21.Panama RIH/MPSM 37,759
22.Costa Rica PJM/MRPJ 35,745
23.Costa Rica XQP/MRQP 32,717
24.Costa Rica TNO/MRTM 30,108
25.Guatemala GSJ/MGSJ 28,456
26.Costa Rica TMU/MRTR 19,382
27.Panama CHX/MPCH 18,664
28.Costa Rica GLF/MRGF 15,771
29.Costa Rica DRK/MRDK 13,438
30.Guatemala RER/MGRT 12,530

Ranking of airports, 2013

Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Code City served Passengers
1.Panama PTY/MPTO 11,586,681
2.Costa Rica SJO/MROC 3,820,688
3.El Salvador SAL/MSLP 2,355,001
4.Guatemala GUA/MGGT 1,917,362
5.Nicaragua MGA/MNMG 1,206.172
6.Honduras SAP/MHLM 763,000
7.Costa Rica LIR/MRLB 663,246
8.Honduras TGU/MHTG 587,000
9.Belize BZE/MZBZ 518,000
10.Panama PAC/MPMG 315,000
11.Honduras RTB/MHRO 263,000
12.Panama DAV/MPDA 165,000
13.Honduras LCE/MHLC 148,000
14.Guatemala FRS/MGTK 102,000
15.Costa Rica SYQ/MRPV 18,534
16.Panama BOC/MPBO 60,292
17.Costa Rica XQP/MRQP 31,000
18.Costa Rica TMU/MRTR 28,000
19.Panama CHX/MPCH 15,842
20.Nicaragua BEF/MNBL 23,000

Ranking of airports, 2012

Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Code City served Passengers
1.Panama PTY/MPTO 10,174,870
2.Costa Rica SJO/MROC 3,872,467
3.El Salvador SAL/MSLP 2,100,794
4.Guatemala GUA/MDGT 2,090,374
5.Nicaragua MGA/MNMG 1,201.644
6.Honduras SAP/MHLM 769,000
7.Costa Rica LIR/MRLB 668,762
8.Honduras TGU/MHTG 581,000
9.Belize BZE/MZBZ 502,000
10.Panama PAC/MPMG 276,378
11.Honduras RTB/MHRO 248,000
12.Honduras LCE/MHLC 175,000
13.Panama DAV/MPDA 145,671
14.Guatemala FRS/MGTK 99,000
15.Costa Rica SYQ/MRPV 84,194
16.Panama BOC/MPBO 72,340
17.Nicaragua PUZ/MNPC 42,346
18.Nicaragua RNI/MNCI 37,241
19.Nicaragua BEF/MNBL 36,659
20.Costa Rica TMU/MRTR 29,014
21.Costa Rica XQP/MRQP 27,550
22.Costa Rica PJM/MRPJ 27,488
23.Panama CHX/MPCH 19,010
24.Costa Rica TNO/MRTN 16,548
25.Costa Rica GLF/MRGF 16,546

Ranking of airports, 2011

Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Code City served Passengers
1.Panama PTY/MPTO 8,271,459
2.El Salvador SAL/MSLP 2,800,354

Ranking of airports, 2010

Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Code City served Passengers
1.Panama PTY/MPTO 7,005,031
2.Costa Rica SJO/MROC 3,858,401
3.El SalvadorSAL/MSLP 1,976,326
4.GuatemalaGUA/MGGT 1,970,618
5.NicaraguaMGA/MNMG 1,102,200
6.Honduras SAP/MHLM 742,000
7.Honduras TGU/MHTG 493,000
8.Costa Rica LIR/MRLB 443,585
9.Panama PAC/MPMG 269,443
10.Honduras RTB/MHRO 214,000
11.Honduras LCE/MHLC 181,000
12.Belize BZE/MZBZ 172,402
13.Panama DAV/MPDA 117,260
14.Costa RicaSYQ/MRPV 101,573
15.GuatemalaFRS/MGTK 100,525
16.Panama BOC/MPBO 59,091
17.Nicaragua BEF/MNBL 21,894

Ranking of airports, 2009

Ordered by total passenger traffic, international and domestic, with final data for 2009.

Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Code City served Passengers
1.Panama PTY/MPTO 6,531,927
2.Costa Rica SJO/MROC 3,730,187
3.El SalvadorSAL/MSLP 2,076,258
4.GuatemalaGUA/MGGT 1,948,662
5.NicaraguaMGA/MNMG 1,089,992
6.Honduras SAP/MHLM 742,000
7.Honduras TGU/MHTG 565,000
8.Belize BZE/MZBZ 450,000
9.Costa Rica LIR/MRLB 376,858
10.PanamaPAC/MPMG 269,002
11.Panama DAV/MPDA 122,940
12.GuatemalaFRS/MGTK 111,893
13.Costa RicaSYQ/MRPV 104,343
14.Panama BOC/MPBO 63,325
15.Honduras RTB/MHRO 60,150

Ranking of airports, 2008

According to Airports Council International's World Airport Traffic Report 2009, and ordered by total passenger traffic (international and domestic), total aircraft movements and total cargo (freight and mail, in metric tonnes). Information for Guatemala and Belize airports are excluded in this report and some other airports in Costa Rica Rica and Panama.

Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Passengers Movements Cargo
1.Panama PTY/MPTO 4,549,170 80,694 86,588
2.Costa Rica SJO/MROC 3,238,602 77,114 78,850
3.El Salvador SAL/MSLP 1,570,012 33,922 28,162
4.NicaraguaMGA/MNMG 1,192,489 18,222 42,621
5.HondurasSAP/MHLM 840,592 29,278 7,498
6.Honduras TGU/MHTG 452,144 20,324 4,668
7.HondurasRTB/MHRO 209,310 11,822 0
8.Honduras LCE/MHLC 202,864 21,739 0

Ranking of airports, 2006

According to Airports Council International's World Airport Traffic Report 2006, and ordered by total passenger traffic (international and domestic), total aircraft movements and total cargo (freight and mail, in metric tonnes). Information for Guatemala and Belize airports are excluded in this report and some other airports in Costa Rica Rica and Panama.

Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Passengers Movements Cargo
1.Panama PTY/MPTO 3,215,423 61,161 82,186
2.Costa Rica SJO/MROC 2,623,464 62,158 81,179
3.El Salvador SAL/MSLP 1,624,814 38,264 29,805
4.NicaraguaMGA/MNMG 1,089,992 30,991 21,700
5.HondurasSAP/MHLM 593,374 24,680 6,695
6.Honduras TGU/MHTG 545,586 17,904 5,081
7.Honduras LCE/MHLC 230,640 22,744 0
8.HondurasRTB/MHRO 208,152 11,406 0

Ranking of airports, 2005

According to Airports Council International's World Airport Traffic Report 2006, it is ordered by total passenger traffic (international and domestic), total aircraft movements, and total cargo (freight and mail, in metric tonnes). Information for Guatemala and Belize airports are excluded in this report and some other airports in Costa Rica Rica and Panama.

Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Passengers Movements Cargo
1.Costa Rica SJO/MROC 2,836,867 69,060 82,959
2.PanamaPTY/MPTO 2,756,948 56,837 103,164
3.El Salvador SAL/MSLP 1,640,721 40,570 25,969
4.NicaraguaMGA/MNMG 1,062,704 30,902 19,214
5.HondurasSAP/MHLM 586,120 24,984 7,300
6.HondurasTGU/MHTG 516,840 17,8865,083
7.HondurasLCE/MHLC 254,554 25,894 0
8.HondurasRTB/MHRO 215,994 12,942 0

See also

Notes

1. Total passenger Traffic (ICAO standard and ACI Standard):Reporte Estadistico 2016.

2. Total passenger Traffic for 2016, as presented by Costa Rica's Civil Aviation Authority website, Resumen Estadístico 2016. Data for Juan Santamaría International Airport is estimated for both international and domestic passengers.

3. Data according to the Autonomous Port Executive Commission Statistics Department.

4. Total Passenger Traffic according to the Air Transport Statistics Unit, Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Sum up of Total Arrivals and Total Departures.

5. Information available on the airport website. See "Traffic Data" section. The number represents the sum of total International Incoming, International Departure, Domestic Incoming and Domestic Departure passengers, for the year in question.

6. La Nación (San José, Costa Rica). Aeropuerto internacional Daniel Oduber supera los 4 millones de pasajeros en los últimos cinco años, January 12, 2017.

7. Total Passenger Traffic for 2016, according to the Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport Authority About us.

8. El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa, Honduras). Honduras:En 14% aumenta el flujo de viajeros por aeropuertos.

9. Important: 2015 Total Passenger Traffic only, as presented on the airport website. 2015 Annual Statistics Report.

10. Important: 2015 Traffic Data for January–October only. Total Traffic according to the Institutional Yearbook, 2015 of Panama's Civil Aviation Authority.

11. Important: 2014 Domestic Passenger Traffic only, according to Panama's Civil Aviation Authority website, Domestic statistics 2014 for Marcos A. Gelabert Airport.

12. Total traffic, according to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. 2015 Nicaragua's Transport Statistical Yearbook.

13. Total traffic, according to the Civil Aviation authority of Guatemala, Regional Airport Statistics, 2015.

14. Data according to the Autonomous Port Executive Commission Statistics Department. Ilopango International Airport Statistics, 2015.

15. Total passenger Traffic (ICAO standard and ACI Standard):Annual Report 2017.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reporte Estadístico 2018 . Tocumen Airport . Feb 25, 2020 . Spanish.
  2. Web site: Statistics . AERIS . Feb 25, 2020 . Web.
  3. Web site: Estadísticas . CEPA . Feb 25, 2020 . Web . Spanish.
  4. Web site: Estadística . DGAC . Feb 25, 2020 . Web . Spanish.
  5. Web site: Resumen Estadístico 2018 . DGAC . Feb 25, 2020 . Spanish.

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