List of the busiest airports in South America

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

2013 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

Rank Country Airport City Passengers Change
(13/10)
1 Brazil São Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo35,962,000Increase33.9%
2 Colombia El Dorado International AirportBogotá25,009,483 Increase32.1%
3 Brazil Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo17,119,530 Increase10.6%
4 Brazil Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro17,115,369 Increase40%
5 Brazil Brasília International AirportBrasília16,489,996 Increase14.8%
6 Chile Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago15,295,246 Increase38.2%
7 Peru Jorge Chávez International AirportLima15,271,842 Increase48.6%
8 Venezuela Simón Bolívar International AirportCaracas11,956,178Increase35.3%
9 Brazil Tancredo Neves International AirportBelo Horizonte10,301,288 Increase42%
10 Argentina Jorge Newbery AirportBuenos Aires9,552,504Increase26.4%
11 Brazil Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro9,204,603Increase17.9%
12 Brazil Viracopos International AirportCampinas8,858,830 n/a
13 Brazil Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador8,589,663 Increase13.9%
14 Argentina Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires8,533,372Decrease2.9%
15 Brazil Salgado Filho International AirportPorto Alegre 7,993,164 Increase19.7%
16 Brazil Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife6,840,276 n/a
17 Brazil Afonso Pena International AirportCuritiba6,742,133 n/a
18 Brazil Pinto Martins International AirportFortaleza5,952,629 n/a
19 Ecuador Mariscal Sucre International AirportQuito5,800,000n/a
20 Colombia José María Córdova International AirportMedellín5,077,540 n/a

2010

South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

Rank Country Airport City Passengers Change
(10/09)
1 Brazil São Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo26,774,546[1]Increase23.2%
2 Colombia El Dorado International AirportBogotá18,934,203 Increase27,1%
3 Brazil Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo15,481,370[2]Increase13%
4 Brazil Brasília International AirportBrasília14,149,306[2]Increase15.8%
5 Brazil Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro12,229,513[2]Increase3.4%
6 Chile Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago11,064,487 Increase22,6%
7 Peru Jorge Chávez International AirportLima10,278,493 Increase16,9%
8 Venezuela Simón Bolívar International AirportMaiquetía8,830,688Increase0,6%
9 Argentina Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires8,786,807Increase10,9%
10 Brazil Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro7,805,387[2]Increase53%
11 Brazil Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador 7,540,298[2]Increase6.9%
12 Argentina Jorge Newbery AirportBuenos Aires7,558,149Increase16,4%
13 Brazil Tancredo Neves International AirportBelo Horizonte7,261,041[2]Increase29.3%
14 Brazil Salgado Filho International AirportPorto Alegre 6,676,216[2]Increase19%

2009

South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

Rank Country Airport City Passengers Change
(09/08)
1 Brazil São Paulo-Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo21,727,642[1]Increase6.5%
2 Colombia El Dorado International AirportBogotá14,899,199Increase10.7%
3 Brazil Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo13,699,657[3]Increase0.2%
4 Brazil Brasília International AirportBrasília12,213,825[3]Increase16.9%
5 Brazil Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro11,828,656[3]Increase10.3%
6 Chile Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago9,024,611Increase0.1%
7 Peru Jorge Chávez International AirportLima8,786,973Increase6.0%
8 Venezuela Simón Bolívar International AirportMaiquetía8,773,461Decrease2.2%
9 Argentina Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires7,924,759Decrease1.1%
10 Brazil Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador7,052,720[1]Increase17.2%
11 Argentina Jorge Newbery AirportBuenos Aires6,489,066Increase14.1%
12 Brazil Tancredo Neves International AirportBelo Horizonte5,617,171[1]Increase8.2%
13 Brazil Salgado Filho International AirportPorto Alegre5,607,703[1]Increase13.7%
13 Brazil Guararapes International AirportRecife5,250,565[1]Increase12.2%

2008

South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

Rank Country Airport City Passengers Change
(08/07)
1 Brazil São Paulo-Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo20,400,304[3]Increase8.54%
2 Brazil Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo13,672,301[3]Decrease10.43%
3 Colombia El Dorado International AirportBogotá13,456,331Increase4.90%
4 Brazil Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro10,717,120[3]Increase3.52%
5 Brazil Brasília International AirportBrasília10,443,393[3]Decrease6.08%
6 Chile Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago9,017,718Increase7.38%
7 Venezuela Simón Bolívar International AirportMaiquetía8,975,897Increase7,4%
8 Peru Jorge Chávez International AirportLima8,285,688Increase10.4%
9 Argentina Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires8,012,794Increase7.01%
10 Ecuador Mariscal Sucre International AirportQuito6,274,922Increase10,1%

South America busiest airports by aircraft movements[3]

Rank Country Airport City Movements Change
(08/07)
1 Ecuador Mariscal Sucre International AirportQuito567,560Increase14,31%
2 Colombia El Dorado International AirportBogotá248,816Increase7.07%
3 Brazil São Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo194,184[3]Increase3.31%
4 Brazil Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo186,353[3]Decrease9.35%
5 Brazil Brasília International AirportBrasília141,477[3]Increase11.52%
6 Brazil Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro130,597[3]Increase8.93%
7 Chile Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago104,000Increase8.99%
8 Brazil Campo de Marte AirportSão Paulo102,088[3]Increase9.2%
9 Peru Jorge Chávez International AirportLima98,734Increase6.3%

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Movimento Operacional Acumulado da REDE INFRAERO
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 - Infraero
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 Movimento Operacional Acumulado da REDE INFRAERO