List of the busiest airports in South America

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

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2020 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic[]

Rank Country Airport City Passengers Change
20-19
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport São Paulo 20,322,520[1] Decrease52.74%
2 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia El Dorado International Airport Bogotá 10,816,372[2] Decrease69.09%
3 Flag of Chile.svg Chile Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago 8,527,737[3] Decrease65.38%
4 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Brasília International Airport Brasília 7,848,297[4] Decrease53.08%
5 Flag of Peru.svg Peru Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima 7,566,704[5] Decrease70.21%
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil São Paulo–Congonhas Airport São Paulo 6,964,390[6] Decrease69.29%
7 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Viracopos International Airport Campinas 6,709,061[7] Decrease36.62%
8 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Santos Dumont Airport Rio de Janeiro 4,957,973[6] Decrease45.46%
9 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport Recife 4,836,890[8] Decrease44.49%
10 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Belo Horizonte International Airport Belo Horizonte 4,811,942[9] Decrease56.94%
11 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro 4,635,123[10] Decrease65.69%
12 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Salvador International Airport Salvador 3,840,940[11] Decrease50.67%
13 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International Airport Porto Alegre 3,561,630[12] Decrease56.39%
14 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Ministro Pistarini International Airport Buenos Aires 3,305,171[13] Decrease73.79%
15 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Fortaleza Airport Fortaleza 3,156,418[14] Decrease55.14%
16 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia José María Córdova International Airport Medellín 3,085,601[2] Decrease66.48%
17 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Afonso Pena International Airport Curitiba 2,508,359[6] Decrease61.43%
18 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Buenos Aires 2,347,332[13] Decrease80.91%
19 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport Belém 2,075,540[6] Decrease42.80%
20 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport Cali 1,955,998[2] Decrease64.61%
21 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Rafael Núñez International Airport Cartagena 1,879,635[2] Decrease66.81%
22 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Hercílio Luz International Airport Florianópolis 1,869,671[15] Decrease52.33%
23 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Eduardo Gomes International Airport Manaus 1,725,236[6] Decrease43.86%
24 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Mariscal Sucre International Airport Quito 1,521,680[16] Decrease69.79%
25 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport Vitória 1,502,639[17] Decrease55.00%

2019 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic[]

Rank Country Airport City Passengers Change
19-18
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport São Paulo 43,002,119[1] Increase1.83%
2 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia El Dorado International Airport Bogotá 34,989,785[2] Increase6.95%
3 Flag of Peru.svg Peru Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima 25,402,742[18] Increase6.82%
4 Flag of Chile.svg Chile Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago 24,630,742[3] Increase5.60%
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Congonhas-São Paulo Airport São Paulo 22,681,392[6] Increase3.28%
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Brasília International Airport Brasília 16,727,177[4] Decrease6.32%
7 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro 13,508,309[10] Decrease9.98%
8 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Ministro Pistarini International Airport Buenos Aires 12,609,270[13] Increase12.57%
9 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Jorge Newbery Airport Buenos Aires 12,298,969[13] Decrease7.98%
10 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Tancredo Neves International Airport Belo Horizonte 11,173,878[9] Increase5.50%
11 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Viracopos International Airport Campinas 10,585,018[7] Increase14.77%
12 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia José María Córdova International Airport Medellín 9,205,009[2] Increase14.54%
13 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Santos Dumont Airport Rio de Janeiro 9,091,258[6] Decrease0.81%
14 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International Airport Recife 8,714,119[6] Increase3.74%
15 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Salgado Filho International Airport Porto Alegre 8,298,205[12] Decrease0.04%
16 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport Salvador 7,786,582[11] Decrease2.88%
17 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Pinto Martins International Airport Fortaleza 7,218,697[14] Increase9.14%
18 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Afonso Pena International Airport Curitiba 6,502,746[6] Increase3.78%
19 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Rafael Núñez International Airport Cartagena 5,663,946[2] Increase4.78%
20 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport Cali 5,527,532[2] Increase13.49%
21 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Mariscal Sucre International Airport Quito 5,037,650[16] Decrease3.74%
22 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport Guayaquil 3,970,573[19] Increase3.07%
23 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Hercílio Luz International Airport Florianópolis 3,922,032[15] Increase2.15%
24 Flag of Peru.svg Peru Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport Cusco 3,906,169[18] Increase3.80%
25 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport Belém 3,628,807[6] Increase3.36%

2018 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic[]

Rank Country Airport City Passengers Change
18-17
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport São Paulo 42,230,432[1] Increase11.82%
2 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia El Dorado International Airport Bogotá 32,716,468[2] Increase5.57%
3 Flag of Peru.svg Peru Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima 23,779,937[18] Increase7.86%
4 Flag of Chile.svg Chile Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago 23,324,306[3] Increase8.86%
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Congonhas-São Paulo Airport São Paulo 21,961,782[6] Increase0.47%
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Brasília International Airport Brasília 17,855,163[4] Increase5.67%
7 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro 15,005,304[10] Decrease7.62%
8 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Jorge Newbery Airport Buenos Aires 13,365,290[13] Decrease2.94%
9 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Ministro Pistarini International Airport Buenos Aires 11,201,350[13] Increase8.65%
10 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Tancredo Neves International Airport Belo Horizonte 10,591,138[9] Increase4.20%
11 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Viracopos International Airport Campinas 9,223,074[7] Decrease1.17%
12 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Santos Dumont Airport Rio de Janeiro 9,165,905[6] Decrease0.88%
13 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International Airport Recife 8,399,935[6] Increase8.01%
14 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Salgado Filho International Airport Porto Alegre 8,301,172[12] Increase3.61%
15 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia José María Córdova International Airport Medellín 8,036,411[2] Increase5.47%
16 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport Salvador 8,017,778[11] Increase3.55%
17 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Pinto Martins International Airport Fortaleza 6,614,227[14] Increase11.44%
18 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Afonso Pena International Airport Curitiba 6,284,073[6] Decrease6.72%
19 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Rafael Núñez International Airport Cartagena 5,405,362[2] Increase14.79%
20 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Mariscal Sucre International Airport Quito 5,228,072[16] Increase6.91%
21 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport Cali 4,870,311[2] Decrease2.99%
22 Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Simón Bolívar International Airport Caracas 3,883,572[20] Decrease13.35%
23 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport Guayaquil 3,852,436[19] Increase6.34%
24 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Hercílio Luz International Airport Florianópolis 3,839,348[15] Decrease0.10%
25 Flag of Peru.svg Peru Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport Cusco 3,763,300[18] Increase11.35%

2013 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic[]

Rank Country Airport IATA airport code City Passengers Change
(13/10)
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport GRU São Paulo 35,962,000 Increase33.9%
2 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia El Dorado International Airport BOG Bogotá 25,009,483 Increase32.1%
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Congonhas-São Paulo Airport CGH São Paulo 17,119,530 Increase10.6%
4 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport GIG Rio de Janeiro 17,115,369 Increase40.0%
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Brasília International Airport BSB Brasília 16,489,996 Increase14.8%
6 Flag of Chile.svg Chile Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport SCL Santiago 15,295,246 Increase38.2%
7 Flag of Peru.svg Peru Jorge Chávez International Airport LIM Lima 15,271,842 Increase48.6%
8 Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Simón Bolívar International Airport CCS Caracas 11,956,178 Increase35.3%
9 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Tancredo Neves International Airport CNF Belo Horizonte 10,301,288 Increase42.0%
10 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Jorge Newbery Airport AEP Buenos Aires 9,552,504 Increase26.4%
11 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Viracopos International Airport VCP Campinas 9,295,349 n/a
12 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Santos Dumont Airport SDU Rio de Janeiro 9,204,603 Increase17.9%
13 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport SSA Salvador 8,589,663 Increase13.9%
14 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Ministro Pistarini International Airport EZE Buenos Aires 8,533,372 Decrease02.9%
15 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Salgado Filho International Airport POA Porto Alegre 7,993,164 Increase19.7%
16 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International Airport REC Recife 6,840,276 n/a
17 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Afonso Pena International Airport CWB Curitiba 6,742,133 n/a
18 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Pinto Martins International Airport FOR Fortaleza 5,952,629 n/a
19 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Mariscal Sucre International Airport UIO Quito 5,800,000 n/a
20 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia José María Córdova International Airport MDE Medellín 5,077,540 n/a

2011 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic[]

Rank Airport Location Country Code
(IATA)		 Total
passengers		 Rank
Change		 %
Change from 2010
1. Brazil São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport Guarulhos, São Paulo Brazil GRU 30,003,428 Steady Increase11.7%
2. Colombia El Dorado International Airport Bogotá, Colombia Colombia BOG 20,427,603 Steady Increase7.8%
3. Brazil Congonhas-São Paulo Airport São Paulo, São Paulo Brazil CGH 16,756,452 Steady Increase8.1%
4. Brazil Brasília International Airport Lago Sul, Brasilia Brazil BSB 15,398,737 Steady Increase7.3%
5. Brazil Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil GIG 14,952,830 Steady Increase21.2%
6. Peru Jorge Chávez International Airport Callao, Lima Peru LIM 11,904,553 Increase1 Increase7.6%
7. Chile Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago, Santiago Chile SCL 11,064,487 Decrease1 Increase7.6%
8. Venezuela Simón Bolívar International Airport Maiquetía, Caracas Venezuela CCS 9,911,843 Steady Increase12.2%
9. Brazil Tancredo Neves International Airport Confins, Minas Gerais Brazil CNF 9,534,987 Increase4 Increase31,3%
10. Brazil Santos Dumont Airport Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil SDU 9,534,987 Steady Increase8,8%
11. Brazil Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport Salvador, Bahia Brazil SSA 8,394,900 Steady Increase9%
12. Argentina Ministro Pistarini International Airport Ezeiza, Buenos Aires Argentina EZE 8,278,159 Decrease3 Increase9,5%
13. Argentina Jorge Newbery Airport Palermo, Buenos Aires Argentina AEP 8,250,971 Decrease1 Increase13.3%
14. Brazil Salgado Filho International Airport Porto Alegre Brazil POA 7,834,312 Steady Increase17.3%
15. Brazil Viracopos International Airport Campinas Brazil VCP 7,568,384 Increase2 Increase39%
16. Brazil Afonso Pena International Airport Curitiba Brazil CWB 6,969,484 Steady Increase20%
17. Brazil Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International Airport Recife Brazil REC 6,383,369 Decrease2 Increase7%
18. Brazil Pinto Martins International Airport Fortaleza, Ceará Brazil FOR 5,647,104 Steady Increase11%
19. Ecuador Mariscal Sucre International Airport Quito, Pichincha Ecuador UIO 5,120,000 Steady Increase2.3%

2010 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic[]

Rank Country Airport City Passengers
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport São Paulo 26,849.185
2 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia El Dorado International Airport Bogotá 18,934.203
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Congonhas-São Paulo Airport São Paulo 15,499.462
4 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Brasília International Airport Brasília 14,347.061
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro 12,337.944
6 Flag of Chile.svg Chile Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago 11,064.487
7 Flag of Peru.svg Peru Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima 10,278.493
8 Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Simón Bolívar International Airport Maiquetía 8,830.688
9 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Ministro Pistarini International Airport Buenos Aires 7,868.071
10 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Santos Dumont Airport Rio de Janeiro 7,822.848
11 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport Salvador 7,696.307
12 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Jorge Newbery Airport Buenos Aires 7,558.149
13 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Tancredo Neves International Airport Belo Horizonte 7,261.041
14 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Salgado Filho International Airport Porto Alegre 6,676.216
15 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport Recife 5,958.982
16 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Afonso Pena International Airport Curitiba 5,774.615
17 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Viracopos International Airport Campinas 5,430.066
18 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Pinto Martins International Airport Fortaleza 5,072.721
19 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Mariscal Sucre International Airport Quito 5,000.500

2009 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic[]

Rank Country Airport City Passengers
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport São Paulo 21,727,642
2 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia El Dorado International Airport Bogotá 14,899,199
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Congonhas-São Paulo Airport São Paulo 13,699,657
4 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Brasília International Airport Brasília 12,213,825
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro 11,828,656
6 Flag of Chile.svg Chile Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago 9,024,611
7 Flag of Peru.svg Peru Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima 8,786,973
8 Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Simón Bolívar International Airport Maiquetía 8,773,461
9 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Ministro Pistarini International Airport Buenos Aires 7,924,759
10 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport Salvador 7,052,720
11 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Jorge Newbery Airport Buenos Aires 6,489,066
12 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Tancredo Neves International Airport Belo Horizonte 5,617,171
13 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Salgado Filho International Airport Porto Alegre 5,607,703
14 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport Recife 5,250,565

2008 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic[]

Rank Country Airport City Passengers
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport São Paulo 19,678,222
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Congonhas-São Paulo Airport São Paulo 13,672,301
3 Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia El Dorado International Airport Bogotá 13,548,420
4 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro 10,754,689
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Brasília International Airport Brasília 10,443,393
6 Flag of Chile.svg Chile Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago 9,017,718
7 Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Simón Bolívar International Airport Maiquetía 8,975,897
8 Flag of Peru.svg Peru Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima 8,285,688
9 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Ministro Pistarini International Airport Buenos Aires 8,012,794
10 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Mariscal Sucre International Airport Quito 4,274,922

See also[]

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