This is a list of the busiest airports in Central America by passenger traffic, a statistic available for almost all the airstrips taken into account. The list intends to include all the international and domestic airports in the area geographically defined as Central America, comprising Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
Because each country has a different body to control these statistics, the compilation of data is difficult and not homogeneously distributed. The information presented here represents the best available data from various Internet sources. The ranking is ordered according to total passenger traffic (unless the footnotes indicate otherwise). Information on aircraft or cargo movements is not available for all the airports.
At a glance
Ranking of airports, 2018 Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Code City served Passengers1. Tocumen International Airport PTY/MPTO Panamá City 16,242,6792. El Salvador International Airport SAL/MSLP San Salvador 5,298,4913. Juan Santamaría International Airport SJO/MROC San José 4,971,0244. La Aurora International Airport GUA/MGGT Guatemala City 2,762,5825. Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport BZE/MZBZ Belize City 1,130,0006. Guanacaste Airport LIR/MRLB Liberia 1,084,701
Ranking of airports, 2016 Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Code City served Passengers1. Tocumen International Airport PTY/MPTO Panamá City 14,741,9372. Juan Santamaría International Airport SJO/MROC San José 6,456,7503. Comalapa International Airport SAL/MSLP San Salvador 2,984,7644. La Aurora International Airport GUA/MGGT Guatemala City 2,579,1235. Augusto C. Sandino International Airport MGA/MNMG Managua 1,533,0346. Daniel Oduber International Airport LIR/MRLB Liberia 1,182,1237. Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport BZE/MZBZ Belize City 867,9768. Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport SAP/MHLM San Pedro Sula 867,7479. Toncontín International Airport TGU/MHTG Tegucigalpa 697,92510. Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport RTB/MHRO Roatán 371,65711. Enrique Malek International Airport DAV/MPDA David 323,46512. Albrook International Airport PAC/MPMG Panamá City 230,00013. Golosón International Airport LCE/MHLC La Ceiba 165,80214. Panamá Pacífico International Airport BLB/MPHO Panamá City 131,93015. Mundo Maya International Airport FRS/MGTK Flores/Tikal 113,44416. Scarlett Martínez International Airport RIH/MPSM Río Hato 63,728
Ranking of airports, 2015 Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Code City served Passengers1. Panama Tocumen International Airport PTY/MPTO Panamá City 13,434,6732. Costa Rica Juan Santamaría International Airport SJO/MROC San José 4,494,8753. El Salvador Comalapa International Airport SAL/MSLP San Salvador 2,725,4584. Guatemala La Aurora International Airport GUA/MGGT Guatemala City 2,323,3605. Nicaragua Augusto C. Sandino International Airport MGA/MNMG Managua 1,499,7566. Honduras Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport SAP/MHLM San Pedro Sula 881,1997. Costa Rica Daniel Oduber International Airport LIR/MRLB Liberia 878,3658. Belize Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport BZE/MZBZ Belize City 613,3999. Honduras Toncontín International Airport TGU/MHTG Tegucigalpa 603,48610. Honduras Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport RTB/MHRO Roatán 286,73811. Panama Enrique Malek International Airport DAV/MPDA David 260,60312. Panama Albrook International Airport PAC/MPMG Panamá City 228,72213. Honduras Golosón International Airport LCE/MHLC La Ceiba 133,76814. Panama Panamá Pacífico International Airport BLB/MPHO Panamá City 132,20515. Guatemala Mundo Maya International Airport FRS/MGTK Flores/Tikal 109,49016. Panama Bocas del Toro International Airport BOC/MPBO Bocas/Isla Colón 80,37817. Nicaragua Bluefields Airport BEF/MNBL Bluefields 63,20018. Nicaragua Corn Island Airport RNI/MNCI Corn Islands 62,20019. Nicaragua Puerto Cabezas Airport PUZ/MNPC Puerto Cabezas 40,10020. Costa Rica Tambor Airport TMU/MRTR Tambor 38,69921. Costa Rica Puerto Jiménez Airport PJM/MRPJ Puerto Jiménez 38,16522. Panama Scarlett Martínez International Airport RIH/MPSM Río Hato 37,75923. Costa Rica Quepos La Managua Airport XQP/MRQP Quepos 29,87224. Guatemala San José Airport GSJ/MGSJ Puerto San José 28,59825. Panama Capitán Manuel Niño International Airport CHX/MPCH Changuinola 18,66426. Costa Rica Tamarindo Airport TNO/MRTM Tamarindo 18,20927. Costa Rica Golfito Airport GLF/MRGF Golfito 18,02428. Costa Rica Tobías Bolaños International Airport SYQ/MRPV San José 14,72329. Costa Rica Bahía Drake Airport DRK/MRDK Bahía Drake 13,10530. El Salvador Ilopango International Airport -/MSSS San Salvador 12,385
Ranking of airports, 2014 Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Code City served Passengers1. Panama Tocumen International Airport PTY/MPTO Panamá City 12,782,1672. Costa Rica Juan Santamaría International Airport SJO/MROC San José 3,917,5733. El Salvador Comalapa International Airport SAL/MSLP San Salvador 2,453,2174. Guatemala La Aurora International Airport GUA/MGGT Guatemala City 2,216,9155. Nicaragua Augusto C. Sandino International Airport MGA/MNMG Managua 1,311.9656. Costa Rica Daniel Oduber International Airport LIR/MRLB Liberia 779,7577. Honduras Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport SAP/MHLM San Pedro Sula 772,5048. Honduras Toncontín International Airport TGU/MHTG Tegucigalpa 617,5269. Belize Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport BZE/MZBZ Belize City 577,97010. Honduras Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport RTB/MHRO Roatán 286,73811. Panama Enrique Malek International Airport DAV/MPDA David 260,60312. Panama Albrook International Airport PAC/MPMG Panamá City 239,31513. Honduras Golosón International Airport LCE/MHLC La Ceiba 133,76814. Panama Panamá Pacífico International Airport BLB/MPHO Panamá City 132,20515. Guatemala Mundo Maya International Airport FRS/MGTK Flores/Tikal 111,07516. Costa Rica Tobías Bolaños International Airport SYQ/MRPV San José 88,36317. Panama Bocas del Toro International Airport BOC/MPBO Bocas/Isla Colón 80,37818. Nicaragua Corn Island Airport RNI/MNCI Corn Islands 50,70019. Nicaragua Bluefields Airport BEF/MNBL Bluefields 45,50020. Nicaragua Puerto Cabezas Airport PUZ/MNPC Puerto Cabezas 41,00021. Panama Scarlett Martínez International Airport RIH/MPSM Río Hato 37,75922. Costa Rica Puerto Jiménez Airport PJM/MRPJ Puerto Jiménez 35,74523. Costa Rica Quepos La Managua Airport XQP/MRQP Quepos 32,71724. Costa Rica Tamarindo Airport TNO/MRTM Tamarindo 30,10825. Guatemala San José Airport GSJ/MGSJ Puerto San José 28,45626. Costa Rica Tambor Airport TMU/MRTR Tambor 19,38227. Panama Capitán Manuel Niño International Airport CHX/MPCH Changuinola 18,66428. Costa Rica Golfito Airport GLF/MRGF Golfito 15,77129. Costa Rica Bahía Drake Airport DRK/MRDK Bahía Drake 13,43830. Guatemala Retalhuleu Airport RER/MGRT Retalhuleu 12,530
Ranking of airports, 2013 Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Code City served Passengers1. Panama Tocumen International Airport PTY/MPTO Panamá City 11,586,6812. Costa Rica Juan Santamaría International Airport SJO/MROC San José 3,820,6883. El Salvador Comalapa International Airport SAL/MSLP San Salvador 2,355,0014. Guatemala La Aurora International Airport GUA/MGGT Guatemala City 1,917,3625. Nicaragua Augusto C. Sandino International Airport MGA/MNMG Managua 1,206.1726. Honduras Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport SAP/MHLM San Pedro Sula 763,0007. Costa Rica Daniel Oduber International Airport LIR/MRLB Liberia 663,2468. Honduras Toncontín International Airport TGU/MHTG Tegucigalpa 587,0009. Belize Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport BZE/MZBZ Belize City 518,00010. Panama Albrook International Airport PAC/MPMG Panamá City 315,00011. Honduras Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport RTB/MHRO Roatán 263,00012. Panama Enrique Malek International Airport DAV/MPDA David 165,00013. Honduras Golosón International Airport LCE/MHLC La Ceiba 148,00014. Guatemala Mundo Maya International Airport FRS/MGTK Flores/Tikal 102,00015. Costa Rica Tobías Bolaños International Airport SYQ/MRPV San José 18,53416. Panama Bocas del Toro International Airport BOC/MPBO Bocas/Isla Colón 60,29217. Costa Rica La Managua Airport XQP/MRQP Quepos 31,00018. Costa Rica Tambor Airport TMU/MRTR Tambor 28,00019. Panama Capitán Manuel Niño International Airport CHX/MPCH Changuinola 15,84220. Nicaragua Bluefields Airport BEF/MNBL Bluefields 23,000
Ranking of airports, 2012 Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Code City served Passengers1. Panama Tocumen International Airport PTY/MPTO Panamá City 10,174,8702. Costa Rica Juan Santamaría International Airport SJO/MROC San José 3,872,4673. El Salvador Comalapa International Airport SAL/MSLP San Salvador 2,100,7944. Guatemala La Aurora International Airport GUA/MDGT Guatemala City 2,090,3745. Nicaragua Augusto C. Sandino International Airport MGA/MNMG Managua 1,201.6446. Honduras Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport SAP/MHLM San Pedro Sula 769,0007. Costa Rica Daniel Oduber International Airport LIR/MRLB Liberia 668,7628. Honduras Toncontín International Airport TGU/MHTG Tegucigalpa 581,0009. Belize Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport BZE/MZBZ Belize City 502,00010. Panama Albrook International Airport PAC/MPMG Panamá City 276,37811. Honduras Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport RTB/MHRO Roatán 248,00012. Honduras Golosón International Airport LCE/MHLC La Ceiba 175,00013. Panama Enrique Malek International Airport DAV/MPDA David 145,67114. Guatemala Mundo Maya International Airport FRS/MGTK Flores/Tikal 99,00015. Costa Rica Tobías Bolaños International Airport SYQ/MRPV San José 84,19416. Panama Bocas del Toro International Airport BOC/MPBO Bocas/Isla Colón 72,34017. Nicaragua Puerto Cabezas Airport PUZ/MNPC Puerto Cabezas 42,34618. Nicaragua Corn Island Airport RNI/MNCI Corn Island 37,24119. Nicaragua Bluefields Airport BEF/MNBL Bluefields 36,65920. Costa Rica Tambor Airport TMU/MRTR Tambor 29,01421. Costa Rica La Managua Airport XQP/MRQP Quepos 27,55022. Costa Rica Puerto Jiménez Airport PJM/MRPJ Puerto Jiménez 27,48823. Panama Capitán Manuel Niño International Airport CHX/MPCH Changuinola 19,01024. Costa Rica Tamarindo Airport TNO/MRTN Tamarindo 16,54825. Costa Rica Golfito Airport GLF/MRGF Golfito 16,546
Ranking of airports, 2011
Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Code City served Passengers 1. Panama Tocumen International Airport PTY/MPTO Panamá City 8,271,459 2. El Salvador Comalapa International Airport SAL/MSLP San Salvador 2,800,354
Ranking of airports, 2010 Country Airport name IATA/ICAO Code City served Passengers1. Panama Tocumen International Airport PTY/MPTO Panamá City 7,005,0312. Costa Rica Juan Santamaría International Airport SJO/MROC San José 3,858,4013. El Salvador Comalapa International Airport SAL/MSLP San Salvador 1,976,3264. Guatemala La Aurora International Airport GUA/MGGT Guatemala City 1,970,6185. Nicaragua Augusto C. Sandino International Airport MGA/MNMG Managua 1,102,2006. Honduras Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport SAP/MHLM San Pedro Sula 742,0007. Honduras Toncontín International Airport TGU/MHTG Tegucigalpa 493,0008. Costa Rica Daniel Oduber International Airport LIR/MRLB Liberia 443,5859. Panama Albrook International Airport PAC/MPMG Panamá City 269,44310. Honduras Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport RTB/MHRO Roatán 214,00011. Honduras Golosón International Airport LCE/MHLC La Ceiba 181,00012. Belize Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport BZE/MZBZ Belize City 172,40213. Panama Enrique Malek International Airport DAV/MPDA David 117,26014. Costa Rica Tobías Bolaños International Airport SYQ/MRPV San José 101,57315. Guatemala Mundo Maya International Airport FRS/MGTK Flores/Tikal 100,52516. Panama Bocas del Toro International Airport BOC/MPBO Bocas/Isla Colón 59,09117. Nicaragua Bluefields Airport BEF/MNBL Bluefields 21,894
Ranking of airports, 2009 Ordered by total passenger traffic, international and domestic, with final data for 2009.