# List of the busiest airports in South America

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

## 2022 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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

## 2021 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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

## 2020 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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

## 2019 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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

## 2018 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

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

## 2013 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

| 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

| 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, Brasília | 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

| 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

| 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

| 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 |