List of the busiest airports in South America

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

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2022 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic Rank Country Airport City Passengers Change22-211 El Dorado International AirportBogotá36,478,59165.13%2 São Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo34,480,70642.67%3 Jorge Chávez International AirportLima19,579,83774.57%4 Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago18,519,66786.76%5 São Paulo–Congonhas AirportSão Paulo18,073,61086.76%6 Brasília International AirportBrasília13,471,79728.31%7 José María Córdova International AirportMedellín13,214,15566.92%8 Aeroparque Jorge NewberyBuenos Aires12,833,254183.94%9 Viracopos International AirportCampinas11,845,50017.92%10 Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro10,167,95149.54%11 Belo Horizonte International AirportBelo Horizonte9,537,28938.22%12 Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife8,725,49515.98%13 Simon Bolivar International Airport Caracas8,244,064NEW14 Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International AirportCali7,217,37338.48%15 Rafael Núñez International AirportCartagena7,087,78859.07%16 Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International AirportPorto Alegre6,654,06237.49%17 Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires6,628,352113.75%18 Salvador International AirportSalvador6,552,35619.44%19 Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro5,895,25750.19%20 Fortaleza AirportFortaleza5,709,10646.53%21 Afonso Pena International AirportCuritiba4,888,813 57.10%22 Mariscal Sucre International AirportQuito4,300,000NEW23 Hercílio Luz International AirportFlorianópolis3,403,57144.29%24 Belém/Val-de-Cans International AirportBelém3,393,93622.76%25 Goiânia International AirportGoiânia3,080,818 46.70%

2021 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic Rank Country Airport City Passengers Change21-201 São Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo24,167,49518.92%2 El Dorado International AirportBogotá22,091,102104.24%3 Jorge Chávez International AirportLima11,215,75048.23%4 Brasília International AirportBrasília10,499,09733.78%5 Viracopos International AirportCampinas10,045,36149.73%6 Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago9,916,29316.28%7 São Paulo–Congonhas AirportSão Paulo9,677,56938.96%8 José María Córdova International AirportMedellín7,916,646156.57%9 Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife7,523,04655.53%10 Belo Horizonte International AirportBelo Horizonte6,899,84943.39%11 Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro6,799,61437.15%12 Salvador International AirportSalvador5,486,01442.83%13 Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International AirportCali5,211,765166.45%14 Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International AirportPorto Alegre4,839,59435.88%15 Aeroparque Jorge NewberyBuenos Aires4,519,65092.54%16 Rafael Núñez International AirportCartagena4,455,787137.06%17 Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro3,925,26315.31%18 Fortaleza AirportFortaleza3,896,16523.44%19 Afonso Pena International AirportCuritiba3,111,942 24.06%20 Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires3,101,0006.18%21 Belém/Val-de-Cans International AirportBelém2,764,75133.21%22 Hercílio Luz International AirportFlorianópolis2,358,82226.16%23 Eduardo Gomes International AirportManaus2,258,789 30.93%24 Marechal Rondon International AirportCuiabá2,139,211 NEW25 Goiânia International AirportGoiânia2,100,107 NEW

2020 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic Rank Country Airport City Passengers Change20-191 São Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo20,322,52052.74%2 El Dorado International AirportBogotá10,816,37269.09%3 Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago8,527,73765.38%4 Brasília International AirportBrasília7,848,29753.08%5 Jorge Chávez International AirportLima7,566,70470.21%6 São Paulo–Congonhas AirportSão Paulo6,964,39069.29%7 Viracopos International AirportCampinas6,709,06136.62%8 Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro4,957,97345.46%9 Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife4,836,89044.49%10 Belo Horizonte International AirportBelo Horizonte4,811,94256.94%11 Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro4,635,12365.69%12 Salvador International AirportSalvador3,840,94050.67%13 Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International AirportPorto Alegre3,561,63056.39%14 Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires3,305,17173.79%15 Fortaleza AirportFortaleza3,156,41855.14%16 José María Córdova International AirportMedellín3,085,60166.48%17 Afonso Pena International AirportCuritiba2,508,359 61.43%18 Aeroparque Jorge NewberyBuenos Aires2,347,33280.91%19 Belém/Val-de-Cans International AirportBelém2,075,54042.80%20 Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International AirportCali1,955,99864.61%21 Rafael Núñez International AirportCartagena1,879,63566.81%22 Hercílio Luz International AirportFlorianópolis1,869,67152.33%23 Eduardo Gomes International AirportManaus1,725,236 43.86%24 Mariscal Sucre International AirportQuito1,521,68069.79%25 Eurico de Aguiar Salles AirportVitória1,502,63955.00%

2019 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic Rank Country Airport City Passengers Change19-181 São Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo43,002,1191.83%2 El Dorado International AirportBogotá34,989,7856.95%3 Jorge Chávez International AirportLima25,402,7426.82%4 Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago24,630,7425.60%5 Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo22,681,3923.28%6 Brasília International AirportBrasília16,727,177 6.32%7 Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro13,508,3099.98%8 Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires12,609,27012.57%9 Jorge Newbery AirportBuenos Aires12,298,9697.98%10 Tancredo Neves International AirportBelo Horizonte11,173,878 5.50%11 Viracopos International AirportCampinas10,585,018 14.77%12 José María Córdova International AirportMedellín9,205,00914.54%13 Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro9,091,2580.81%14 Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife8,714,1193.74%15 Salgado Filho International AirportPorto Alegre8,298,205 0.04%16 Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador7,786,5822.88%17 Pinto Martins International AirportFortaleza7,218,697 9.14%18 Afonso Pena International AirportCuritiba6,502,746 3.78%19 Rafael Núñez International AirportCartagena5,663,9464.78%20 Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International AirportCali5,527,53213.49%21 Mariscal Sucre International AirportQuito5,037,6503.74%22 José Joaquín de Olmedo International AirportGuayaquil3,970,5733.07%23 Hercílio Luz International AirportFlorianópolis3,922,032 2.15%24 Alejandro Velasco Astete International AirportCusco3,906,1693.80%25 Belém/Val-de-Cans International AirportBelém3,628,8073.36%

2018 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic Rank Country Airport City Passengers Change18-171 São Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportSão Paulo42,230,43211.82%2 El Dorado International AirportBogotá32,716,4685.57%3 Jorge Chávez International AirportLima23,779,9377.86%4 Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago23,324,3068.86%5 Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo21,961,7820.47%6 Brasília International AirportBrasília17,855,163 5.67%7 Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro15,005,3047.62%8 Jorge Newbery AirportBuenos Aires13,365,2902.94%9 Ministro Pistarini International AirportBuenos Aires11,201,3508.65%10 Tancredo Neves International AirportBelo Horizonte10,591,138 4.20%11 Viracopos International AirportCampinas9,223,074 1.17%12 Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro9,165,9050.88%13 Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife8,399,9358.01%14 Salgado Filho International AirportPorto Alegre8,301,172 3.61%15 José María Córdova International AirportMedellín8,036,4115.47%16 Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador8,017,7783.55%17 Pinto Martins International AirportFortaleza6,614,227 11.44%18 Afonso Pena International AirportCuritiba6,284,073 6.72%19 Rafael Núñez International AirportCartagena5,405,36214.79%20 Mariscal Sucre International AirportQuito5,228,0726.91%21 Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International AirportCali4,870,3112.99%22 Simón Bolívar International AirportCaracas3,883,57213.35%23 José Joaquín de Olmedo International AirportGuayaquil3,852,4366.34%24 Hercílio Luz International AirportFlorianópolis3,839,348 0.10%25 Alejandro Velasco Astete International AirportCusco3,763,30011.35%

2013 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic Rank Country Airport IATA airport code City Passengers Change (13/10)1 São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport GRU São Paulo35,962,00033.9%2 El Dorado International Airport BOG Bogotá25,009,483 32.1%3 Congonhas-São Paulo Airport CGH São Paulo17,119,530 10.6%4 Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport GIG Rio de Janeiro17,115,369 40.0%5 Brasília International AirportBSB Brasília16,489,996 14.8%6 Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSCL Santiago15,295,246 38.2%7 Jorge Chávez International Airport LIMLima15,271,842 48.6%8 Simón Bolívar International Airport CCSCaracas11,956,17835.3%9 Tancredo Neves International Airport CNF Belo Horizonte10,301,288 42.0%10 Jorge Newbery AirportAEPBuenos Aires9,552,50426.4%11 Viracopos International Airport VCP Campinas9,295,349n/a12 Santos Dumont Airport SDU Rio de Janeiro9,204,60317.9%13 Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport SSA Salvador8,589,663 13.9%14 Ministro Pistarini International Airport EZE Buenos Aires8,533,3722.9%15 Salgado Filho International Airport POA Porto Alegre 7,993,164 19.7%16 Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International Airport REC Recife6,840,276 n/a17 Afonso Pena International Airport CWB Curitiba6,742,133 n/a18 Pinto Martins International Airport FOR Fortaleza5,952,629 n/a19 Mariscal Sucre International Airport UIO Quito5,800,000n/a20 José María Córdova International Airport MDE Medellín5,077,540 n/a

2011 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

RankAirportLocationCountryCode(IATA)TotalpassengersRankChange%Change from 20101. São Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportGuarulhos, São Paulo BrazilGRU30,003,428 11.7%2. El Dorado International AirportBogotá, ColombiaColombiaBOG20,427,6037.8%3. Congonhas-São Paulo AirportSão Paulo, São Paulo BrazilCGH16,756,4528.1%4. Brasília International AirportLago Sul, Brasília BrazilBSB15,398,7377.3%5. Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportRio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro BrazilGIG14,952,83021.2%6. Jorge Chávez International AirportCallao, Lima PeruLIM11,904,55317.6%7. Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago, Santiago Chile SCL11,064,48717.6%8. Simón Bolívar International AirportMaiquetía, Caracas VenezuelaCCS9,911,84312.2%9. Tancredo Neves International AirportConfins, Minas Gerais BrazilCNF9,534,987 431,3%10. Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro, RJ BrazilSDU9,534,9878,8%11. Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International AirportSalvador, Bahia BrazilSSA8,394,900 9%12. Ministro Pistarini International AirportEzeiza, Buenos Aires ArgentinaEZE8,278,15939,5%13. Jorge Newbery AirportPalermo, Buenos Aires ArgentinaAEP8,250,971113.3%14. Salgado Filho International AirportPorto Alegre BrazilPOA7,834,31217.3%15. Viracopos International AirportCampinas BrazilVCP7,568,384239%16. Afonso Pena International AirportCuritiba BrazilCWB6,969,48420%17. Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International AirportRecife BrazilREC6,383,36927%18. Pinto Martins International AirportFortaleza, Ceará BrazilFOR5,647,10411%19. Mariscal Sucre International AirportQuito, PichinchaEcuadorUIO5,120,0002.3%

2010 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic