List of the busiest airports in South America explained

This is a list of the busiest airports in South America.

2022 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

RankCountry Airport City Passengers Change
22-21
1El Dorado International AirportBogotá36'478,59155.35%
2São Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo34'480,70642.66%
3Jorge Chávez International AirportLima19'579,837[1] 74.57%
4Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago18'519,66786.74%
5São Paulo–Congonhas AirportSão Paulo18'073,61086.76%
6Brasília International AirportBrasília13'471,79728.31%
7José María Córdova International AirportMedellín13'214,15566.92%
8Aeroparque Jorge NewberyBuenos Aires12'833,254183.40%
9Viracopos International AirportCampinas11'845,50017.92%
10Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro10'167,95149.54%
11Belo Horizonte International AirportBelo Horizonte9'537,28938.22%
12Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife8'725,495[2] 15.98%
13Simon Bolivar International AirportCaracas8'244,064
14Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International AirportCali7'217,37338.48%
15Rafael Núñez International AirportCartagena7'087,78859.07%
16Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International AirportPorto Alegre6'654,06237.49%
17Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires6'628,352113.28%
18Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro5'895,257TBD%
19Fortaleza AirportFortaleza5'778,038-9.00%
20Salvador International AirportSalvador4'857,301TBD%
21Afonso Pena International AirportCuritibaTBD 61.43%
22Belém/Val-de-Cans International AirportBelémTBD42.80%
23Hercílio Luz International AirportFlorianópolisTBD52.33%
24Eduardo Gomes International AirportManausTBD 43.86%
25Mariscal Sucre International AirportQuitoTBD69.79%

2021 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

RankCountry Airport City Passengers Change
21-20
1São Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo24'167,49518.92%
2El Dorado International AirportBogotá22'091,102104.24%
3Jorge Chávez International AirportLima11'215,750[3] 48.22%
4Brasília International AirportBrasília10'499,09733.78%
5Viracopos International AirportCampinas10'045,36149.73%
6Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago9'916,29316.90%
7São Paulo–Congonhas AirportSão Paulo9'677,56938.96%
8José María Córdova International AirportMedellín7'916,646156.57%
9Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife7'523,046[4] 55.53%
10Belo Horizonte International AirportBelo Horizonte6'899,84943.39%
11Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro6'799,61437.15%
12Salvador International AirportSalvador5'486,01442.83%
13Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro4,635,12365.69%
14Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International AirportCali5'211,765166.45%
15Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International AirportPorto Alegre4'839,59435.90%
16Aeroparque Jorge NewberyBuenos Aires4'519,65092.54%
17Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires3,305,17173.79%
18Rafael Núñez International AirportCartagena4'455,787137.05%
19Fortaleza AirportFortalezaTBDTBD%
20Afonso Pena International AirportCuritibaTBD TBD%
21Belém/Val-de-Cans International AirportBelémTBDTBD%
22Hercílio Luz International AirportFlorianópolisTBDTBD%
23Eduardo Gomes International AirportManausTBD TBD%
24Mariscal Sucre International AirportQuitoTBDTBD%
25Eurico de Aguiar Salles AirportVitóriaTBD[5] TBD%

2020 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

RankCountry Airport City Passengers Change
20-19
1São Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo20,322,52052.74%
2El Dorado International AirportBogotá10,816,37269.09%
3Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago8,527,73765.38%
4Brasília International AirportBrasília7,848,29753.08%
5Jorge Chávez International AirportLima7,566,704[6] 70.21%
6São Paulo–Congonhas AirportSão Paulo6,964,39069.29%
7Viracopos International AirportCampinas6,709,06136.62%
8Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro4,957,97345.46%
9Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife4,836,890[7] 44.49%
10Belo Horizonte International AirportBelo Horizonte4,811,94256.94%
11Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro4,635,12365.69%
12Salvador International AirportSalvador3,840,94050.67%
13Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International AirportPorto Alegre3,561,63056.39%
14Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires3,305,17173.79%
15Fortaleza AirportFortaleza3,156,41855.14%
16José María Córdova International AirportMedellín3,085,60166.48%
17Afonso Pena International AirportCuritiba2,508,359 61.43%
18Aeroparque Jorge NewberyBuenos Aires2,347,33280.91%
19Belém/Val-de-Cans International AirportBelém2,075,54042.80%
20Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International AirportCali1,955,99864.61%
21Rafael Núñez International AirportCartagena1,879,63566.81%
22Hercílio Luz International AirportFlorianópolis1,869,67152.33%
23Eduardo Gomes International AirportManaus1,725,236 43.86%
24Mariscal Sucre International AirportQuito1,521,68069.79%
25Eurico de Aguiar Salles AirportVitória1,502,639[8] 55.00%

2019 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

RankCountry Airport City Passengers Change
19-18
1São Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo43,002,119[9] 1.83%
2El Dorado International AirportBogotá34,989,785[10] 6.95%
3Jorge Chávez International AirportLima25,402,742[11] 6.82%
4Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago24,630,742[12] 5.60%
5Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo22,681,392[13] 3.28%
6Brasília International AirportBrasília16,727,177[14] 6.32%
7Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro13,508,309[15] 9.98%
8Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires12,609,27012.57%
9Jorge Newbery AirportBuenos Aires12,298,969[16] 7.98%
10Tancredo Neves International AirportBelo Horizonte11,173,878[17] 5.50%
11Viracopos International AirportCampinas10,585,018[18] 14.77%
12José María Córdova International AirportMedellín9,205,00914.54%
13Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro9,091,2580.81%
14Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife8,714,1193.74%
15Salgado Filho International AirportPorto Alegre8,298,205[19] 0.04%
16Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador7,786,582[20] 2.88%
17Pinto Martins International AirportFortaleza7,218,697[21] 9.14%
18Afonso Pena International AirportCuritiba6,502,746 3.78%
19Rafael Núñez International AirportCartagena5,663,9464.78%
20Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International AirportCali5,527,53213.49%
21Mariscal Sucre International AirportQuito5,037,650[22] 3.74%
22José Joaquín de Olmedo International AirportGuayaquil3,970,573[23] 3.07%
23Hercílio Luz International AirportFlorianópolis3,922,032[24] 2.15%
24Alejandro Velasco Astete International AirportCusco3,906,1693.80%
25Belém/Val-de-Cans International AirportBelém3,628,8073.36%

2018 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

RankCountry Airport City Passengers Change
18-17
1São Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo42,230,43211.82%
2El Dorado International AirportBogotá32,716,4685.57%
3Jorge Chávez International AirportLima23,779,9377.86%
4Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago23,324,3068.86%
5Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo21,961,7820.47%
6Brasília International AirportBrasília17,855,163 5.67%
7Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro15,005,3047.62%
8Jorge Newbery AirportBuenos Aires13,365,2902.94%
9Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires11,201,3508.65%
10Tancredo Neves International AirportBelo Horizonte10,591,138 4.20%
11Viracopos International AirportCampinas9,223,074 1.17%
12Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro9,165,9050.88%
13Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife8,399,9358.01%
14Salgado Filho International AirportPorto Alegre8,301,172 3.61%
15José María Córdova International AirportMedellín8,036,4115.47%
16Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador8,017,7783.55%
17Pinto Martins International AirportFortaleza6,614,227 11.44%
18Afonso Pena International AirportCuritiba6,284,073 6.72%
19Rafael Núñez International AirportCartagena5,405,36214.79%
20Mariscal Sucre International AirportQuito5,228,0726.91%
21Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International AirportCali4,870,3112.99%
22Simón Bolívar International AirportCaracas3,883,572[25] 13.35%
23José Joaquín de Olmedo International AirportGuayaquil3,852,4366.34%
24Hercílio Luz International AirportFlorianópolis3,839,348 0.10%
25Alejandro Velasco Astete International AirportCusco3,763,30011.35%

2013 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

RankCountry Airport City Passengers Change
(13/10)
1GRU São Paulo35,962,00033.9%
2BOG Bogotá25,009,483 32.1%
3Congonhas-São Paulo AirportCGH São Paulo17,119,530 10.6%
4Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportGIGRio de Janeiro17,115,369 40.0%
5Brasília International AirportBSB Brasília16,489,996 14.8%
6Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSCL Santiago15,295,246 38.2%
7LIMLima15,271,842 48.6%
8Simón Bolívar International AirportCCSCaracas11,956,17835.3%
9Tancredo Neves International AirportCNFBelo Horizonte10,301,288 42.0%
10Jorge Newbery AirportAEPBuenos Aires9,552,50426.4%
11Viracopos International AirportVCPCampinas9,295,349n/a
12Santos Dumont AirportSDURio de Janeiro9,204,60317.9%
13Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSSASalvador8,589,663 13.9%
14Ministro Pistarini International AirportEZEBuenos Aires8,533,3722.9%
15Salgado Filho International AirportPOAPorto Alegre7,993,164 19.7%
16Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International AirportRECRecife6,840,276 n/a
17Afonso Pena International AirportCWBCuritiba6,742,133 n/a
18Pinto Martins International AirportFORFortaleza5,952,629 n/a
19Mariscal Sucre International AirportUIOQuito5,800,000n/a
20José María Córdova International AirportMDEMedellín5,077,540 n/a

2011 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

RankAirportLocationCountryCode
(IATA)		Total
passengers		Rank
Change		%
Change from 2010
1. São Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportGuarulhos, São PauloBrazilGRU30,003,428 11.7%
2. El Dorado International AirportBogotá, ColombiaColombiaBOG20,427,6037.8%
3. Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo, São PauloBrazilCGH16,756,4528.1%
4. Brasília International AirportLago Sul, BrasiliaBrazilBSB15,398,7377.3%
5. Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroBrazilGIG14,952,83021.2%
6. Jorge Chávez International AirportCallao, LimaPeruLIM11,904,55317.6%
7. Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago, SantiagoChile SCL11,064,48717.6%
8. Simón Bolívar International AirportMaiquetía, CaracasVenezuelaCCS9,911,84312.2%
9. Tancredo Neves International AirportConfins, Minas GeraisBrazilCNF9,534,987 431,3%
10. Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro, RJBrazilSDU9,534,9878,8%
11. Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador, BahiaBrazilSSA8,394,900 9%
12. Ministro Pistarini International AirportEzeiza, Buenos AiresArgentinaEZE8,278,15939,5%
13. Jorge Newbery AirportPalermo, Buenos AiresArgentinaAEP8,250,971113.3%
14. Salgado Filho International AirportPorto AlegreBrazilPOA7,834,31217.3%
15. Viracopos International AirportCampinasBrazilVCP7,568,384239%
16. Afonso Pena International AirportCuritibaBrazilCWB6,969,48420%
17. Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecifeBrazilREC6,383,36927%
18. Pinto Martins International AirportFortaleza, CearáBrazilFOR5,647,10411%
19. Mariscal Sucre International AirportQuito, PichinchaEcuadorUIO5,120,0002.3%

2010 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

RankCountry Airport City Passengers
1São Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo26,849.185
2El Dorado International AirportBogotá18,934.203
3Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo15,499.462
4Brasília International AirportBrasília14,347.061
5Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro12,337.944
6Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago11,064.487
7Jorge Chávez International AirportLima10,278.493
8Simón Bolívar International AirportMaiquetía8,830.688
9Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires7,868.071
10Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro7,822.848
11Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador7,696.307
12Jorge Newbery AirportBuenos Aires7,558.149
13Tancredo Neves International AirportBelo Horizonte7,261.041
14Salgado Filho International AirportPorto Alegre6,676.216
15Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife5,958.982
16Afonso Pena International AirportCuritiba5,774.615
17Viracopos International AirportCampinas5,430.066
18Pinto Martins International AirportFortaleza5,072.721
19Mariscal Sucre International AirportQuito5,000.500

2009 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

RankCountry Airport City Passengers
1São Paulo-Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo21,727,642
2El Dorado International AirportBogotá14,899,199
3Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo13,699,657
4Brasília International AirportBrasília12,213,825
5Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro11,828,656
6Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago9,024,611
7Jorge Chávez International AirportLima8,786,973
8Simón Bolívar International AirportMaiquetía8,773,461
9Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires7,924,759
10Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador7,052,720
11Jorge Newbery AirportBuenos Aires6,489,066
12Tancredo Neves International AirportBelo Horizonte5,617,171
13Salgado Filho International AirportPorto Alegre5,607,703
14Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife5,250,565

2008 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

RankCountry Airport City Passengers
1São Paulo-Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo19,678,222
2Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo13,672,301
3El Dorado International AirportBogotá13,548,420
4Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro10,754,689
5Brasília International AirportBrasília10,443,393
6Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago9,017,718
7Simón Bolívar International AirportMaiquetía8,975,897
8Jorge Chávez International AirportLima8,285,688
9Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires8,012,794
10Mariscal Sucre International AirportQuito4,274,922

See also

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