List of the busiest airports in South America

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

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2022 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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Rank Country Airport City Passengers Change
22-21
1   Colombia El Dorado International Airport Bogotá 36'478,591[1]  55.35%
2   Brazil São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport São Paulo 34'480,706[2]  42.66%
3   Peru Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima 19'579,837[3]  74.57%
4   Chile Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago 18'519,667[4]  86.74%
5   Brazil São Paulo–Congonhas Airport São Paulo 18'073,610[5]  86.76%
6   Brazil Brasília International Airport Brasília 13'471,797[6]  28.31%
7   Colombia José María Córdova International Airport Medellín 13'214,155[1]  66.92%
8   Argentina Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Buenos Aires 12'833,254[7]  183.40%
9   Brazil Viracopos International Airport Campinas 11'845,500[8]  17.92%
10   Brazil Santos Dumont Airport Rio de Janeiro 10'167,951[5]  49.54%
11   Brazil Belo Horizonte International Airport Belo Horizonte 9'537,289[9]  38.22%
12   Brazil Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport Recife 8'725,495[10]  15.98%
13   Venezuela Simon Bolivar International Airport Caracas 8'244,064
14   Colombia Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport Cali 7'217,373[1]  38.48%
15   Colombia Rafael Núñez International Airport Cartagena 7'087,788[1]  59.07%
16   Brazil Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International Airport Porto Alegre 6'654,062[11]  37.49%
17   Argentina Ministro Pistarini International Airport Buenos Aires 6'628,352[7]  113.28%
18   Brazil Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro 5'895,257[12]  TBD%
19   Brazil Fortaleza Airport Fortaleza 5'778,038[13]  -9.00%
20   Brazil Salvador International Airport Salvador 4'857,301[14]  TBD%
21   Brazil Afonso Pena International Airport Curitiba TBD[5]  61.43%
22   Brazil Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport Belém TBD[5]  42.80%
23   Brazil Hercílio Luz International Airport Florianópolis TBD[15]  52.33%
24   Brazil Eduardo Gomes International Airport Manaus TBD[5]  43.86%
25   Ecuador Mariscal Sucre International Airport Quito TBD[16]  69.79%

2021 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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Rank Country Airport City Passengers Change
21-20
1   Brazil São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport São Paulo 24'167,495[2]  18.92%
2   Colombia El Dorado International Airport Bogotá 22'091,102[1]  104.24%
3   Peru Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima 11'215,750[3]  48.22%
4   Brazil Brasília International Airport Brasília 10'499,097[6]  33.78%
5   Brazil Viracopos International Airport Campinas 10'045,361[8]  49.73%
6   Chile Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago 9'916,293[4]  16.90%
7   Brazil São Paulo–Congonhas Airport São Paulo 9'677,569[5]  38.96%
8   Colombia José María Córdova International Airport Medellín 7'916,646[1]  156.57%
9   Brazil Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport Recife 7'523,046[10]  55.53%
10   Brazil Belo Horizonte International Airport Belo Horizonte 6'899,849[9]  43.39%
11   Brazil Santos Dumont Airport Rio de Janeiro 6'799,614[5]  37.15%
12   Brazil Salvador International Airport Salvador 5'486,014[14]  42.83%
13   Brazil Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro 4,635,123[12]  65.69%
14   Colombia Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport Cali 5'211,765[1]  166.45%
15   Brazil Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International Airport Porto Alegre 4'839,594[11]  35.90%
16   Argentina Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Buenos Aires 4'519,650[7]  92.54%
17   Argentina Ministro Pistarini International Airport Buenos Aires 3,305,171[7]  73.79%
18   Colombia Rafael Núñez International Airport Cartagena 4'455,787[1]  137.05%
19   Brazil Fortaleza Airport Fortaleza TBD[13]  TBD%
20   Brazil Afonso Pena International Airport Curitiba TBD[5]  TBD%
21   Brazil Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport Belém TBD[5]  TBD%
22   Brazil Hercílio Luz International Airport Florianópolis TBD[15]  TBD%
23   Brazil Eduardo Gomes International Airport Manaus TBD[5]  TBD%
24   Ecuador Mariscal Sucre International Airport Quito TBD[16]  TBD%
25   Brazil Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport Vitória TBD[17]  TBD%

2020 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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Rank Country Airport City Passengers Change
20-19
1   Brazil São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport São Paulo 20,322,520[2]  52.74%
2   Colombia El Dorado International Airport Bogotá 10,816,372[1]  69.09%
3   Chile Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago 8,527,737[4]  65.38%
4   Brazil Brasília International Airport Brasília 7,848,297[6]  53.08%
5   Peru Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima 7,566,704[3]  70.21%
6   Brazil São Paulo–Congonhas Airport São Paulo 6,964,390[5]  69.29%
7   Brazil Viracopos International Airport Campinas 6,709,061[8]  36.62%
8   Brazil Santos Dumont Airport Rio de Janeiro 4,957,973[5]  45.46%
9   Brazil Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport Recife 4,836,890[10]  44.49%
10   Brazil Belo Horizonte International Airport Belo Horizonte 4,811,942[9]  56.94%
11   Brazil Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro 4,635,123[12]  65.69%
12   Brazil Salvador International Airport Salvador 3,840,940[14]  50.67%
13   Brazil Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International Airport Porto Alegre 3,561,630[11]  56.39%
14   Argentina Ministro Pistarini International Airport Buenos Aires 3,305,171[7]  73.79%
15   Brazil Fortaleza Airport Fortaleza 3,156,418[13]  55.14%
16   Colombia José María Córdova International Airport Medellín 3,085,601[1]  66.48%
17   Brazil Afonso Pena International Airport Curitiba 2,508,359[5]  61.43%
18   Argentina Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Buenos Aires 2,347,332[7]  80.91%
19   Brazil Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport Belém 2,075,540[5]  42.80%
20   Colombia Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport Cali 1,955,998[1]  64.61%
21   Colombia Rafael Núñez International Airport Cartagena 1,879,635[1]  66.81%
22   Brazil Hercílio Luz International Airport Florianópolis 1,869,671[15]  52.33%
23   Brazil Eduardo Gomes International Airport Manaus 1,725,236[5]  43.86%
24   Ecuador Mariscal Sucre International Airport Quito 1,521,680[16]  69.79%
25   Brazil Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport Vitória 1,502,639[17]  55.00%

2019 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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Rank Country Airport City Passengers Change
19-18
1   Brazil São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport São Paulo 43,002,119[2]  1.83%
2   Colombia El Dorado International Airport Bogotá 34,989,785[1]  6.95%
3   Peru Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima 25,402,742[18]  6.82%
4   Chile Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago 24,630,742[4]  5.60%
5   Brazil Congonhas-São Paulo Airport São Paulo 22,681,392[5]  3.28%
6   Brazil Brasília International Airport Brasília 16,727,177[6]  6.32%
7   Brazil Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro 13,508,309[12]  9.98%
8   Argentina Ministro Pistarini International Airport Buenos Aires 12,609,270[7]  12.57%
9   Argentina Jorge Newbery Airport Buenos Aires 12,298,969[7]  7.98%
10   Brazil Tancredo Neves International Airport Belo Horizonte 11,173,878[9]  5.50%
11   Brazil Viracopos International Airport Campinas 10,585,018[8]  14.77%
12   Colombia José María Córdova International Airport Medellín 9,205,009[1]  14.54%
13   Brazil Santos Dumont Airport Rio de Janeiro 9,091,258[5]  0.81%
14   Brazil Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International Airport Recife 8,714,119[5]  3.74%
15   Brazil Salgado Filho International Airport Porto Alegre 8,298,205[11]  0.04%
16   Brazil Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport Salvador 7,786,582[14]  2.88%
17   Brazil Pinto Martins International Airport Fortaleza 7,218,697[13]  9.14%
18   Brazil Afonso Pena International Airport Curitiba 6,502,746[5]  3.78%
19   Colombia Rafael Núñez International Airport Cartagena 5,663,946[1]  4.78%
20   Colombia Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport Cali 5,527,532[1]  13.49%
21   Ecuador Mariscal Sucre International Airport Quito 5,037,650[16]  3.74%
22   Ecuador José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport Guayaquil 3,970,573[19]  3.07%
23   Brazil Hercílio Luz International Airport Florianópolis 3,922,032[15]  2.15%
24   Peru Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport Cusco 3,906,169[18]  3.80%
25   Brazil Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport Belém 3,628,807[5]  3.36%

2018 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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Rank Country Airport City Passengers Change
18-17
1   Brazil São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport São Paulo 42,230,432[2]  11.82%
2   Colombia El Dorado International Airport Bogotá 32,716,468[1]  5.57%
3   Peru Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima 23,779,937[18]  7.86%
4   Chile Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago 23,324,306[4]  8.86%
5   Brazil Congonhas-São Paulo Airport São Paulo 21,961,782[5]  0.47%
6   Brazil Brasília International Airport Brasília 17,855,163[6]  5.67%
7   Brazil Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro 15,005,304[12]  7.62%
8   Argentina Jorge Newbery Airport Buenos Aires 13,365,290[7]  2.94%
9   Argentina Ministro Pistarini International Airport Buenos Aires 11,201,350[7]  8.65%
10   Brazil Tancredo Neves International Airport Belo Horizonte 10,591,138[9]  4.20%
11   Brazil Viracopos International Airport Campinas 9,223,074[8]  1.17%
12   Brazil Santos Dumont Airport Rio de Janeiro 9,165,905[5]  0.88%
13   Brazil Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International Airport Recife 8,399,935[5]  8.01%
14   Brazil Salgado Filho International Airport Porto Alegre 8,301,172[11]  3.61%
15   Colombia José María Córdova International Airport Medellín 8,036,411[1]  5.47%
16   Brazil Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport Salvador 8,017,778[14]  3.55%
17   Brazil Pinto Martins International Airport Fortaleza 6,614,227[13]  11.44%
18   Brazil Afonso Pena International Airport Curitiba 6,284,073[5]  6.72%
19   Colombia Rafael Núñez International Airport Cartagena 5,405,362[1]  14.79%
20   Ecuador Mariscal Sucre International Airport Quito 5,228,072[16]  6.91%
21   Colombia Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport Cali 4,870,311[1]  2.99%
22   Venezuela Simón Bolívar International Airport Caracas 3,883,572[20]  13.35%
23   Ecuador José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport Guayaquil 3,852,436[19]  6.34%
24   Brazil Hercílio Luz International Airport Florianópolis 3,839,348[15]  0.10%
25   Peru Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport Cusco 3,763,300[18]  11.35%

2013 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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Rank Country Airport IATA airport code City Passengers Change
(13/10)
1   Brazil São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport GRU São Paulo 35,962,000  33.9%
2   Colombia El Dorado International Airport BOG Bogotá 25,009,483  32.1%
3   Brazil Congonhas-São Paulo Airport CGH São Paulo 17,119,530  10.6%
4   Brazil Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport GIG Rio de Janeiro 17,115,369  40.0%
5   Brazil Brasília International Airport BSB Brasília 16,489,996  14.8%
6   Chile Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport SCL Santiago 15,295,246  38.2%
7   Peru Jorge Chávez International Airport LIM Lima 15,271,842  48.6%
8   Venezuela Simón Bolívar International Airport CCS Caracas 11,956,178  35.3%
9   Brazil Tancredo Neves International Airport CNF Belo Horizonte 10,301,288  42.0%
10   Argentina Jorge Newbery Airport AEP Buenos Aires 9,552,504  26.4%
11   Brazil Viracopos International Airport VCP Campinas 9,295,349 n/a
12   Brazil Santos Dumont Airport SDU Rio de Janeiro 9,204,603  17.9%
13   Brazil Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport SSA Salvador 8,589,663  13.9%
14   Argentina Ministro Pistarini International Airport EZE Buenos Aires 8,533,372  02.9%
15   Brazil Salgado Filho International Airport POA Porto Alegre 7,993,164  19.7%
16   Brazil Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International Airport REC Recife 6,840,276 n/a
17   Brazil Afonso Pena International Airport CWB Curitiba 6,742,133 n/a
18   Brazil Pinto Martins International Airport FOR Fortaleza 5,952,629 n/a
19   Ecuador Mariscal Sucre International Airport UIO Quito 5,800,000 n/a
20   Colombia José María Córdova International Airport MDE Medellín 5,077,540 n/a

2011 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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Rank Airport Location Country Code
(IATA)
Total
passengers
Rank
Change
%
Change from 2010
1.   São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport Guarulhos, São Paulo Brazil GRU 30,003,428    11.7%
2.   El Dorado International Airport Bogotá, Colombia Colombia BOG 20,427,603    7.8%
3.   Congonhas-São Paulo Airport São Paulo, São Paulo Brazil CGH 16,756,452    8.1%
4.   Brasília International Airport Lago Sul, Brasilia Brazil BSB 15,398,737    7.3%
5.   Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil GIG 14,952,830    21.2%
6.   Jorge Chávez International Airport Callao, Lima Peru LIM 11,904,553  1  7.6%
7.   Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago, Santiago Chile SCL 11,064,487  1  7.6%
8.   Simón Bolívar International Airport Maiquetía, Caracas Venezuela CCS 9,911,843    12.2%
9.   Tancredo Neves International Airport Confins, Minas Gerais Brazil CNF 9,534,987  4  31,3%
10.   Santos Dumont Airport Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil SDU 9,534,987    8,8%
11.   Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport Salvador, Bahia Brazil SSA 8,394,900    9%
12.   Ministro Pistarini International Airport Ezeiza, Buenos Aires Argentina EZE 8,278,159  3  9,5%
13.   Jorge Newbery Airport Palermo, Buenos Aires Argentina AEP 8,250,971  1  13.3%
14.   Salgado Filho International Airport Porto Alegre Brazil POA 7,834,312    17.3%
15.   Viracopos International Airport Campinas Brazil VCP 7,568,384  2  39%
16.   Afonso Pena International Airport Curitiba Brazil CWB 6,969,484    20%
17.   Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International Airport Recife Brazil REC 6,383,369  2  7%
18.   Pinto Martins International Airport Fortaleza, Ceará Brazil FOR 5,647,104    11%
19.   Mariscal Sucre International Airport Quito, Pichincha Ecuador UIO 5,120,000    2.3%

2010 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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

2009 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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

2008 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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

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