List of the busiest airports in Latin America

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

2012

Latin America 20 busiest airports by passenger traffic

RankAirportCity servedCountryPassengersAnnual
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Position
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1São Paulo-Guarulhos International AirportSão PauloBrazil32,177,594[1]Increase9.24%Steady
2Mexico City International AirportMexico CityMexico29,491,553Increase11.84%Steady
3El Dorado International AirportBogotáColombia22,525,873Increase10.27%Steady
4Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International AirportRio de JaneiroBrazil17,491,744[1]Increase17.08%Increase2
5São Paulo-Congonhas AirportSão PauloBrazil16,775,785[1]Increase0.11%Decrease1
6Brasília International AirportBrasíliaBrazil15,665,045[1]Increase3.2%Decrease1
7Cancún International AirportCancúnMexico14,463,435Increase11.1%Steady
8Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiagoChile14,168,282Increase17.3%Steady
9Jorge Chávez International AirportLimaPeru13,330,290Increase11.7%Steady
10Simón Bolívar International AirportCaracasVenezuela10,430,243Increase9.67%Increase1
11Tancredo Neves International AirportBelo HorizonteBrazil10,390,396[2]Increase9.05%Decrease1
12Santos Dumont AirportRio de JaneiroBrazil9,002,863[1]Increase5.43%Steady
13Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos AiresArgentina8,880,289Increase7.27%Increase1
14Viracopos International AirportCampinas / São PauloBrazil8,858,380[1]Increase17.04%Increase4
15Jorge Newbery AirportBuenos AiresArgentina8,849,465Increase8.54%Increase1
16Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvadorBrazil8,811,540[1]Increase4.96%Decrease2
17Luis Muñoz Marín International AirportSan JuanPuerto Rico8,448,172 Increase5.7%Decrease4
18Salgado Filho International AirportPorto AlegreBrazil8,261,355[1]Increase5.45%Decrease1
19Guadalajara International AirportGuadalajaraMexico7,436,400Increase3.3%Steady

2011

Latin America 20 busiest airports by passenger traffic

RankAirportCity servedCountryPassengersAnnual
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1São Paulo-Guarulhos International AirportSão PauloBrazil30,003,428[2]Increase11.75%Steady
2Mexico City International AirportMexico CityMexico26,368,861Increase9.28%Steady
3El Dorado International AirportBogotáColombia20,427,603Increase7.89%Steady
4Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão PauloBrazil16,756,452[2]Increase8.11%Steady
5Brasília International AirportBrasíliaBrazil15,398,737[2]Increase7.18%Steady
6Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International AirportRio de JaneiroBrazil14,952,830[2]Increase22.27%Increase1
7Cancún International AirportCancúnMexico13,022,481Increase4.69%Decrease1
8Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiagoChile12,989,318Increase17.40%Steady
9Jorge Chávez International AirportLimaPeru11,904,553Increase15.82%Steady
10Tancredo Neves International AirportBelo HorizonteBrazil9,639,332[2]Increase32.75%Increase6
11Simón Bolívar International AirportMaiquetiaVenezuela9,509,874Increase7.69%Decrease1
12Santos Dumont AirportRio de JaneiroBrazil8,515,021Increase8.85%Increase1
13Luis Muñoz Marín International AirportSan JuanPuerto Rico8,423,102Decrease0.3%Decrease1
14Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvadorBrazil8,310,651Increase7.98%Increase1
15Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos AiresArgentina8,278,159Decrease5.79%Decrease3
16Jorge Newbery AirportBuenos AiresArgentina8,162,809Increase7.5%Steady
17Salgado Filho International AirportPorto AlegreBrazil7,834,312[3]Increase17.3%Increase1
18Viracopos International AirportCampinasBrazil7,568,384[3]Increase39.3%Increase3
19Guadalajara International AirportGuadalajaraMexico7,190,998Increase3.4%Decrease2
20Afonso Pena International AirportCuritibaBrazil6,969,484Increase20.7%Decrease1

2010

Latin America 20 busiest airports by passenger traffic

RankAirportCity servedCountryPassengersAnnual
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Position
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1São Paulo-Guarulhos International AirportSão PauloBrazil26,849,185[2]Increase23.5%Increase1
2Mexico City International AirportMexico CityMexico24,130,535Decrease0.004%Decrease1
3El Dorado International AirportBogotáColombia18,934,203Increase27.1%Steady
4Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão PauloBrazil15,499,462[2]Increase13.1%Steady
5Brasília International AirportBrasíliaBrazil14,367,061[2]Increase17.6%Steady
6Cancún International AirportCancúnMexico12,439,266Increase11.3%Increase1
7Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International AirportRio de JaneiroBrazil12,229,513[2]Increase3.4%Decrease1
8Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiagoChile11,064,487Increase22.6%Steady
9Jorge Chávez International AirportLimaPeru10,278,493Increase17.0%Steady
10Simón Bolívar International AirportMaiquetiaVenezuela8,830,688Increase0.65%Steady
11Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos AiresArgentina8,786,807Increase10.87%Increase1
12Luis Muñoz Marín International AirportSan JuanPuerto Rico8,491,257Increase2.98%Decrease1
13Santos Dumont AirportRio de JaneiroBrazil7,822,848[2]Increase53.4%Increase7
14Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvadorBrazil7,696,307[2]Increase9.13%Decrease1
15Jorge Newbery AirportBuenos AiresArgentina7,558,149Increase16.47%Decrease1
16Tancredo Neves International AirportBelo HorizonteBrazil7,261,064[2]Increase29.26%Steady
17Guadalajara International AirportGuadalajaraMexico6,953,900Increase7.8%Decrease2
18Salgado Filho International AirportPorto AlegreBrazil6,676,216[2]Increase19.1%Decrease1
19Guararapes International AirportRecifeBrazil5,958,982[2]Increase13.49%Decrease1
20Afonso Pena International AirportCuritibaBrazil5,774,155Increase18.97%Increase1

2009

Latin America 20 busiest airports by passenger traffic

RankAirportLocationPassengersAnnual
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1Mexico City International AirportMexico City24,243,056Decrease7.5%Steady
2São Paulo-Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo21,727,642[4]Increase6.5%Steady
3El Dorado International AirportBogotá14,899,199Increase10.7%Increase1
4Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo13,699,657[5]Increase0.2%Decrease1
5Brasília International AirportBrasília12,213,825[5]Increase16.9%Increase2
6Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro11,828,656[5]Increase10.3%Steady
7Cancún International AirportCancún11,174,908Decrease11.6%Decrease2
8Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago9,024,611Increase0.1%Increase1
9Jorge Chávez International AirportLima8,786,973Increase6.0%Increase2
10Simón Bolívar International AirportMaiquetia8,773,461Decrease2.2%Steady
11Luis Muñoz Marín International AirportSan Juan8,245,895Decrease12.1%Decrease3
12Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires7,924,759Decrease1.1%Steady
13Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador7,052,720[4]Increase17.2%Increase2
14Jorge Newbery AirportBuenos Aires6,489,066Increase14.1%Increase2
15Guadalajara International AirportGuadalajara6,453,100Decrease10.2%Decrease2
16Tancredo Neves International AirportBelo Horizonte5,617,171[4]Increase8.2%Increase1
17Salgado Filho International AirportPorto Alegre5,607,703[4]Increase13.7%Increase1
18Guararapes International AirportRecife5,250,565[4]Increase12.2%Increase1
19General Mariano Escobedo International AirportMonterrey5,199,895Decrease21.0%Decrease5
20Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro5,099,643[4]Increase40.5%Increase1

2008

Latin America 15 busiest airports by passenger traffic

RankAirportLocationPassengersAnnual
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1Mexico City International AirportMexico City26,210,217Increase1.3%
2São Paulo-Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo20,400,304[5]Increase8.54%
3Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo13,672,301[5]Decrease10.43%
4El Dorado International AirportBogotá13,456,331Increase4.90%
5Cancún International AirportCancún12,646,512Increase11.5%
6Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro10,717,120[5]Increase3.52%
7Brasília International AirportBrasília10,443,393[5]Decrease6.08%
8Luis Muñoz Marín International AirportSan Juan9,378,924Decrease9.9%
9Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago9,017,718Increase7.38%
10Simón Bolívar International AirportMaiquetia8,975,897Increase7.4%
11Jorge Chávez International AirportLima8,285,688Increase10.4%
12Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires8,012,794Increase7.01%
13Guadalajara International AirportGuadalajara7,193,200Decrease1.9%
14General Mariano Escobedo International AirportMonterrey6,586,200Increase0.4%
15Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador6,042,307[5]Increase4.2%

Latin America 9 busiest airports by aircraft movements[5]

RankAirportLocationMovementsAnnual
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1Mexico City International AirportMexico City366,561Decrease3.1%Increase1
2El Dorado International AirportBogotá248,816Increase7.07%Steady
3São Paulo-Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo194,184[5]Increase3.31%Decrease1
4Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo186,353[5]Decrease9.35%Steady
5Brasília International AirportBrasília141,477[5]Increase11.52%Steady
6Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro130,597[5]Increase8.93%Steady
7Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago104,000Increase8.99%Steady
8Campo de Marte AirportSão Paulo102,088[5]Increase9.2%Steady
9Jorge Chávez International AirportLima98,734Increase6.3%Decrease1

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