List of the busiest airports in South America

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2022 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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RankCountryAirportCityPassengersChange
22-21
1 ColombiaEl Dorado International AirportBogotá36,478,591[1]Increase65.13%
2 BrazilSão Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo34,480,706[2]Increase42.67%
3 PeruJorge Chávez International AirportLima19,579,837[3]Increase74.57%
4 ChileArturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago18,519,667[4]Increase86.76%
5 BrazilSão Paulo–Congonhas AirportSão Paulo18,073,610[5]Increase86.76%
6 BrazilBrasília International AirportBrasília13,471,797[6]Increase28.31%
7 ColombiaJosé María Córdova International AirportMedellín13,214,155[1]Increase66.92%
8 ArgentinaAeroparque Jorge NewberyBuenos Aires12,833,254[7]Increase183.94%
9 BrazilViracopos International AirportCampinas11,845,500[8]Increase17.92%
10 BrazilSantos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro10,167,951[5]Increase49.54%
11 BrazilBelo Horizonte International AirportBelo Horizonte9,537,289[9]Increase38.22%
12 BrazilRecife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife8,725,495[10]Increase15.98%
13 VenezuelaSimon Bolivar International AirportCaracas8,244,064IncreaseNEW
14 ColombiaAlfonso Bonilla Aragón International AirportCali7,217,373[1]Increase38.48%
15 ColombiaRafael Núñez International AirportCartagena7,087,788[1]Increase59.07%
16 BrazilSalgado Filho Porto Alegre International AirportPorto Alegre6,654,062[11]Increase37.49%
17 ArgentinaMinistro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires6,628,352[7]Increase113.75%
18 BrazilSalvador International AirportSalvador6,552,356[12]Increase19.44%
19 BrazilRio de Janeiro/Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro5,895,257[13]Increase50.19%
20 BrazilFortaleza AirportFortaleza5,709,106[14]Increase46.53%
21 BrazilAfonso Pena International AirportCuritiba4,888,813[5]Increase57.10%
22 EcuadorMariscal Sucre International AirportQuito4,300,000[15]IncreaseNEW
23 BrazilHercílio Luz International AirportFlorianópolis3,403,571[16]Increase44.29%
24 BrazilBelém/Val-de-Cans International AirportBelém3,393,936[5]Increase22.76%
25 BrazilGoiânia International AirportGoiânia3,080,818[5]Increase46.70%
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2021 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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RankCountryAirportCityPassengersChange
21-20
1 BrazilSão Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo24,167,495[2]Increase18.92%
2 ColombiaEl Dorado International AirportBogotá22,091,102[1]Increase104.24%
3 PeruJorge Chávez International AirportLima11,215,750[3]Increase48.23%
4 BrazilBrasília International AirportBrasília10,499,097[6]Increase33.78%
5 BrazilViracopos International AirportCampinas10,045,361[8]Increase49.73%
6 ChileArturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago9,916,293[4]Increase16.28%
7 BrazilSão Paulo–Congonhas AirportSão Paulo9,677,569[5]Increase38.96%
8 ColombiaJosé María Córdova International AirportMedellín7,916,646[1]Increase156.57%
9 BrazilRecife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife7,523,046[10]Increase55.53%
10 BrazilBelo Horizonte International AirportBelo Horizonte6,899,849[9]Increase43.39%
11 BrazilSantos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro6,799,614[5]Increase37.15%
12 BrazilSalvador International AirportSalvador5,486,014[12]Increase42.83%
13 ColombiaAlfonso Bonilla Aragón International AirportCali5,211,765[1]Increase166.45%
14 BrazilSalgado Filho Porto Alegre International AirportPorto Alegre4,839,594[11]Increase35.88%
15 ArgentinaAeroparque Jorge NewberyBuenos Aires4,519,650[7]Increase92.54%
16 ColombiaRafael Núñez International AirportCartagena4,455,787[1]Increase137.06%
17 BrazilRio de Janeiro/Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro3,925,263[13]Decrease15.31%
18 BrazilFortaleza AirportFortaleza3,896,165[14]Increase23.44%
19 BrazilAfonso Pena International AirportCuritiba3,111,942[5]Increase24.06%
20 ArgentinaMinistro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires3,101,000[7]Decrease6.18%
21 BrazilBelém/Val-de-Cans International AirportBelém2,764,751[5]Increase33.21%
22 BrazilHercílio Luz International AirportFlorianópolis2,358,822[16]Increase26.16%
23 BrazilEduardo Gomes International AirportManaus2,258,789[5]Increase30.93%
24 BrazilMarechal Rondon International AirportCuiabá2,139,211[5]IncreaseNEW
25 BrazilGoiânia International AirportGoiânia2,100,107[5]IncreaseNEW
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2020 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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RankCountryAirportCityPassengersChange
20-19
1 BrazilSão Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo20,322,520[2]Decrease52.74%
2 ColombiaEl Dorado International AirportBogotá10,816,372[1]Decrease69.09%
3 ChileArturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago8,527,737[4]Decrease65.38%
4 BrazilBrasília International AirportBrasília7,848,297[6]Decrease53.08%
5 PeruJorge Chávez International AirportLima7,566,704[3]Decrease70.21%
6 BrazilSão Paulo–Congonhas AirportSão Paulo6,964,390[5]Decrease69.29%
7 BrazilViracopos International AirportCampinas6,709,061[8]Decrease36.62%
8 BrazilSantos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro4,957,973[5]Decrease45.46%
9 BrazilRecife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife4,836,890[10]Decrease44.49%
10 BrazilBelo Horizonte International AirportBelo Horizonte4,811,942[9]Decrease56.94%
11 BrazilRio de Janeiro/Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro4,635,123[13]Decrease65.69%
12 BrazilSalvador International AirportSalvador3,840,940[12]Decrease50.67%
13 BrazilSalgado Filho Porto Alegre International AirportPorto Alegre3,561,630[11]Decrease56.39%
14 ArgentinaMinistro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires3,305,171[7]Decrease73.79%
15 BrazilFortaleza AirportFortaleza3,156,418[14]Decrease55.14%
16 ColombiaJosé María Córdova International AirportMedellín3,085,601[1]Decrease66.48%
17 BrazilAfonso Pena International AirportCuritiba2,508,359[5]Decrease61.43%
18 ArgentinaAeroparque Jorge NewberyBuenos Aires2,347,332[7]Decrease80.91%
19 BrazilBelém/Val-de-Cans International AirportBelém2,075,540[5]Decrease42.80%
20 ColombiaAlfonso Bonilla Aragón International AirportCali1,955,998[1]Decrease64.61%
21 ColombiaRafael Núñez International AirportCartagena1,879,635[1]Decrease66.81%
22 BrazilHercílio Luz International AirportFlorianópolis1,869,671[16]Decrease52.33%
23 BrazilEduardo Gomes International AirportManaus1,725,236[5]Decrease43.86%
24 EcuadorMariscal Sucre International AirportQuito1,521,680[15]Decrease69.79%
25 BrazilEurico de Aguiar Salles AirportVitória1,502,639[17]Decrease55.00%
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2019 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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RankCountryAirportCityPassengersChange
19-18
1 BrazilSão Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo43,002,119[2]Increase1.83%
2 ColombiaEl Dorado International AirportBogotá34,989,785[1]Increase6.95%
3 PeruJorge Chávez International AirportLima25,402,742[18]Increase6.82%
4 ChileArturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago24,630,742[4]Increase5.60%
5 BrazilCongonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo22,681,392[5]Increase3.28%
6 BrazilBrasília International AirportBrasília16,727,177[6]Decrease6.32%
7 BrazilRio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro13,508,309[13]Decrease9.98%
8 ArgentinaMinistro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires12,609,270[7]Increase12.57%
9 ArgentinaJorge Newbery AirportBuenos Aires12,298,969[7]Decrease7.98%
10 BrazilTancredo Neves International AirportBelo Horizonte11,173,878[9]Increase5.50%
11 BrazilViracopos International AirportCampinas10,585,018[8]Increase14.77%
12 ColombiaJosé María Córdova International AirportMedellín9,205,009[1]Increase14.54%
13 BrazilSantos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro9,091,258[5]Decrease0.81%
14 BrazilRecife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife8,714,119[5]Increase3.74%
15 BrazilSalgado Filho International AirportPorto Alegre8,298,205[11]Decrease0.04%
16 BrazilDeputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador7,786,582[12]Decrease2.88%
17 BrazilPinto Martins International AirportFortaleza7,218,697[14]Increase9.14%
18 BrazilAfonso Pena International AirportCuritiba6,502,746[5]Increase3.78%
19 ColombiaRafael Núñez International AirportCartagena5,663,946[1]Increase4.78%
20 ColombiaAlfonso Bonilla Aragón International AirportCali5,527,532[1]Increase13.49%
21 EcuadorMariscal Sucre International AirportQuito5,037,650[15]Decrease3.74%
22 EcuadorJosé Joaquín de Olmedo International AirportGuayaquil3,970,573[19]Increase3.07%
23 BrazilHercílio Luz International AirportFlorianópolis3,922,032[16]Increase2.15%
24 PeruAlejandro Velasco Astete International AirportCusco3,906,169[18]Increase3.80%
25 BrazilBelém/Val-de-Cans International AirportBelém3,628,807[5]Increase3.36%
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2018 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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RankCountryAirportCityPassengersChange
18-17
1 BrazilSão Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo42,230,432[2]Increase11.82%
2 ColombiaEl Dorado International AirportBogotá32,716,468[1]Increase5.57%
3 PeruJorge Chávez International AirportLima23,779,937[18]Increase7.86%
4 ChileArturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago23,324,306[4]Increase8.86%
5 BrazilCongonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo21,961,782[5]Increase0.47%
6 BrazilBrasília International AirportBrasília17,855,163[6]Increase5.67%
7 BrazilRio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro15,005,304[13]Decrease7.62%
8 ArgentinaJorge Newbery AirportBuenos Aires13,365,290[7]Decrease2.94%
9 ArgentinaMinistro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires11,201,350[7]Increase8.65%
10 BrazilTancredo Neves International AirportBelo Horizonte10,591,138[9]Increase4.20%
11 BrazilViracopos International AirportCampinas9,223,074[8]Decrease1.17%
12 BrazilSantos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro9,165,905[5]Decrease0.88%
13 BrazilRecife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife8,399,935[5]Increase8.01%
14 BrazilSalgado Filho International AirportPorto Alegre8,301,172[11]Increase3.61%
15 ColombiaJosé María Córdova International AirportMedellín8,036,411[1]Increase5.47%
16 BrazilDeputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador8,017,778[12]Increase3.55%
17 BrazilPinto Martins International AirportFortaleza6,614,227[14]Increase11.44%
18 BrazilAfonso Pena International AirportCuritiba6,284,073[5]Decrease6.72%
19 ColombiaRafael Núñez International AirportCartagena5,405,362[1]Increase14.79%
20 EcuadorMariscal Sucre International AirportQuito5,228,072[15]Increase6.91%
21 ColombiaAlfonso Bonilla Aragón International AirportCali4,870,311[1]Decrease2.99%
22 VenezuelaSimón Bolívar International AirportCaracas3,883,572[20]Decrease13.35%
23 EcuadorJosé Joaquín de Olmedo International AirportGuayaquil3,852,436[19]Increase6.34%
24 BrazilHercílio Luz International AirportFlorianópolis3,839,348[16]Decrease0.10%
25 PeruAlejandro Velasco Astete International AirportCusco3,763,300[18]Increase11.35%
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2013 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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RankCountryAirportIATA airport codeCityPassengersChange
(13/10)
1 BrazilSão Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportGRUSão Paulo35,962,000Increase33.9%
2 ColombiaEl Dorado International AirportBOGBogotá25,009,483Increase32.1%
3 BrazilCongonhas-São Paulo AirportCGHSão Paulo17,119,530Increase10.6%
4 BrazilRio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportGIGRio de Janeiro17,115,369Increase40.0%
5 BrazilBrasília International AirportBSBBrasília16,489,996Increase14.8%
6 ChileArturo Merino Benítez International AirportSCLSantiago15,295,246Increase38.2%
7 PeruJorge Chávez International AirportLIMLima15,271,842Increase48.6%
8 VenezuelaSimón Bolívar International AirportCCSCaracas11,956,178Increase35.3%
9 BrazilTancredo Neves International AirportCNFBelo Horizonte10,301,288Increase42.0%
10 ArgentinaJorge Newbery AirportAEP Buenos Aires9,552,504Increase26.4%
11 BrazilViracopos International AirportVCPCampinas9,295,349n/a
12 BrazilSantos Dumont AirportSDURio de Janeiro9,204,603Increase17.9%
13 BrazilDeputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSSASalvador8,589,663Increase13.9%
14 ArgentinaMinistro Pistarini International AirportEZEBuenos Aires8,533,372Decrease2.9%
15 BrazilSalgado Filho International AirportPOAPorto Alegre7,993,164Increase19.7%
16 BrazilRecife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International AirportRECRecife6,840,276n/a
17 BrazilAfonso Pena International AirportCWBCuritiba6,742,133n/a
18 BrazilPinto Martins International AirportFORFortaleza5,952,629n/a
19 EcuadorMariscal Sucre International AirportUIOQuito5,800,000n/a
20 ColombiaJosé María Córdova International AirportMDEMedellín5,077,540n/a
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2011 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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RankAirportLocationCountryCode
(IATA)		Total
passengers		Rank
Change		%
Change from 2010
1.Brazil São Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportGuarulhos, São PauloBrazilGRU30,003,428SteadyIncrease11.7%
2.Colombia El Dorado International AirportBogotá, ColombiaColombiaBOG20,427,603SteadyIncrease7.8%
3.Brazil Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo, São PauloBrazilCGH16,756,452SteadyIncrease8.1%
4.Brazil Brasília International AirportLago Sul, BrasíliaBrazilBSB15,398,737SteadyIncrease7.3%
5.Brazil Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroBrazilGIG14,952,830SteadyIncrease21.2%
6.Peru Jorge Chávez International AirportCallao, LimaPeruLIM11,904,553Increase1Increase7.6%
7.Chile Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago, SantiagoChileSCL11,064,487Decrease1Increase7.6%
8.Venezuela Simón Bolívar International AirportMaiquetía, CaracasVenezuelaCCS9,911,843SteadyIncrease12.2%
9.Brazil Tancredo Neves International AirportConfins, Minas GeraisBrazilCNF9,534,987Increase4Increase31,3%
10.Brazil Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro, RJBrazilSDU9,534,987SteadyIncrease8,8%
11.Brazil Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador, BahiaBrazilSSA8,394,900SteadyIncrease9%
12.Argentina Ministro Pistarini International AirportEzeiza, Buenos AiresArgentinaEZE8,278,159Decrease3Increase9,5%
13.Argentina Jorge Newbery AirportPalermo, Buenos AiresArgentinaAEP8,250,971Decrease1Increase13.3%
14.Brazil Salgado Filho International AirportPorto AlegreBrazilPOA7,834,312SteadyIncrease17.3%
15.Brazil Viracopos International AirportCampinasBrazilVCP7,568,384Increase2Increase39%
16.Brazil Afonso Pena International AirportCuritibaBrazilCWB6,969,484SteadyIncrease20%
17.Brazil Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecifeBrazilREC6,383,369Decrease2Increase7%
18.Brazil Pinto Martins International AirportFortaleza, CearáBrazilFOR5,647,104SteadyIncrease11%
19.Ecuador Mariscal Sucre International AirportQuito, PichinchaEcuadorUIO5,120,000SteadyIncrease2.3%
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2010 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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RankCountryAirportCityPassengers
1 BrazilSão Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo26,849.185
2 ColombiaEl Dorado International AirportBogotá18,934.203
3 BrazilCongonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo15,499.462
4 BrazilBrasília International AirportBrasília14,347.061
5 BrazilRio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro12,337.944
6 ChileArturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago11,064.487
7 PeruJorge Chávez International AirportLima10,278.493
8 VenezuelaSimón Bolívar International AirportMaiquetía8,830.688
9 ArgentinaMinistro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires7,868.071
10 BrazilSantos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro7,822.848
11 BrazilDeputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador7,696.307
12 ArgentinaJorge Newbery AirportBuenos Aires7,558.149
13 BrazilTancredo Neves International AirportBelo Horizonte7,261.041
14 BrazilSalgado Filho International AirportPorto Alegre6,676.216
15 BrazilRecife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife5,958.982
16 BrazilAfonso Pena International AirportCuritiba5,774.615
17 BrazilViracopos International AirportCampinas5,430.066
18 BrazilPinto Martins International AirportFortaleza5,072.721
19 EcuadorMariscal Sucre International AirportQuito5,000.500
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2009 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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RankCountryAirportCityPassengers
1 BrazilSão Paulo-Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo21,727,642
2 ColombiaEl Dorado International AirportBogotá14,899,199
3 BrazilCongonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo13,699,657
4 BrazilBrasília International AirportBrasília12,213,825
5 BrazilRio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro11,828,656
6 ChileArturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago9,024,611
7 PeruJorge Chávez International AirportLima8,786,973
8 VenezuelaSimón Bolívar International AirportMaiquetía8,773,461
9 ArgentinaMinistro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires7,924,759
10 BrazilDeputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador7,052,720
11 ArgentinaJorge Newbery AirportBuenos Aires6,489,066
12 BrazilTancredo Neves International AirportBelo Horizonte5,617,171
13 BrazilSalgado Filho International AirportPorto Alegre5,607,703
14 BrazilRecife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife5,250,565
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2008 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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RankCountryAirportCityPassengers
1 BrazilSão Paulo-Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo19,678,222
2 BrazilCongonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo13,672,301
3 ColombiaEl Dorado International AirportBogotá13,548,420
4 BrazilRio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro10,754,689
5 BrazilBrasília International AirportBrasília10,443,393
6 ChileArturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago9,017,718
7 VenezuelaSimón Bolívar International AirportMaiquetía8,975,897
8 PeruJorge Chávez International AirportLima8,285,688
9 ArgentinaMinistro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires8,012,794
10 EcuadorMariscal Sucre International AirportQuito4,274,922
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