List of the busiest airports in South America

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2010

South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

Rank Airport Location Passengers Annual
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1 São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport São Paulo 26,774,546[1] 23.2%
2 El Dorado International Airport Bogotá 18,934,203 ?
3 Congonhas-São Paulo Airport São Paulo 15,481,370[2] 13%
4 Brasília International Airport Brasília 14,149,306[2] 15.8%
5 Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro 12,229,513[2] 3.4%
6 Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago 11,064,487 ?
7 Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima 10,278,493 ?
8 Simón Bolívar International Airport Maiquetia ? ?
9 Ministro Pistarini International Airport Buenos Aires 8,786,807 ?
10 Santos Dumont Airport Rio de Janeiro 7,805,387[2] 53%
11 Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport Salvador 7,540,298[2] 6.9%
12 Tancredo Neves International Airport Belo Horizonte 7,261,041[2] 29.3%
13 Salgado Filho International Airport Porto Alegre 6,676,216[2] 19%
14 Jorge Newbery Airport Buenos Aires ? ?
15 Guararapes International Airport Recife 5,933,137[2] 13%

2009

South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

Rank Airport Location Passengers Annual
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1 São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport São Paulo 21,727,642[1] 6.5%
2 El Dorado International Airport Bogotá 14,899,199 10.7%
3 Congonhas-São Paulo Airport São Paulo 13,699,657[3] 0.2%
4 Brasília International Airport Brasília 12,213,825[3] 16.9%
5 Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro 11,828,656[3] 10.3%
6 Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago 9,024,611 0.1%
7 Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima 8,786,973 6.0%
8 Simón Bolívar International Airport Maiquetia 8,773,461 2.2%
9 Ministro Pistarini International Airport Buenos Aires 7,924,759 1.1%
10 Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport Salvador 7,052,720[1] 17.2%
11 Jorge Newbery Airport Buenos Aires 6,489,066 14.1%
12 Tancredo Neves International Airport Belo Horizonte 5,617,171[1] 8.2%
13 Salgado Filho International Airport Porto Alegre 5,607,703[1] 13.7%
14 Guararapes International Airport Recife 5,250,565[1] 12.2%
15 Santos Dumont Airport Rio de Janeiro 5,099,643[1] 40.5%

2008

South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

Rank Airport Location Passengers Annual
change
2 São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport São Paulo 20,400,304[3] 8.54%
1 Congonhas-São Paulo Airport São Paulo 13,672,301[3] 10.43%
2 El Dorado International Airport Bogotá 13,456,331 4.90%
3 Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro 10,717,120[3] 3.52%
4 Brasília International Airport Brasília 10,443,393[3] 6.08%
5 Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago 9,017,718 7.38%
6 Simón Bolívar International Airport Maiquetia 8,975,897 7,4%
7 Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima 8,285,688 10.4%
8 Ministro Pistarini International Airport Buenos Aires 8,012,794 7.01%
9 Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport Salvador 6,042,307[3] 4.2%

South America busiest airports by aircraft movements[3]

Rank Airport Location Movements Annual
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1 El Dorado International Airport Bogotá 248,816 7.07%
2 São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport São Paulo 194,184[3] 3.31%
3 Congonhas-São Paulo Airport São Paulo 186,353[3] 9.35%
4 Brasília International Airport Brasília 141,477[3] 11.52%
5 Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro 130,597[3] 8.93%
6 Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago 104,000 8.99%
7 Campo de Marte Airport São Paulo 102,088[3] 9.2%
8 Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima 98,734 6.3%

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