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Top 100 busiest airports in South America
UPDATED 2026-10-13This is a list of the 100 busiest airports in South America measured by scheduled departures daily (and not number of passengers). Note that we have only accounted for scheduled passenger flights and not freighters or chartered flights. The numbers are the daily avarage from next week.
According to this list, 6 of the 10 busiest airports are in Brazil but the one with the most departures is Bogota in Colombia (2018).
1
Bogota (BOG)
308 flights every day
2
Lima (LIM)
166 flights every day
3
Sao Paulo (GRU)
154 flights every day
4
Campinas (VCP)
141 flights every day
5
Sao Paulo (CGH)
130 flights every day
6
Belo Horizonte (CNF)
118 flights every day
7
Buenos Aires (AEP)
104 flights every day
8
Rio Negro (MDE)
94 flights every day
9
Santiago (SCL)
90 flights every day
10
Brasilia (BSB)
82 flights every day
11
Rio De Janeiro (GIG)
76 flights every day
12
Recife (REC)
61 flights every day
13
Cali (CLO)
56 flights every day
14
Rio De Janeiro (SDU)
50 flights every day
15
Buenos Aires (EZE)
50 flights every day
16
Porto Alegre (POA)
45 flights every day
17
Curitiba (CWB)
42 flights every day
18
Medellin (EOH)
42 flights every day
19
Cartagena (CTG)
36 flights every day
20
Salvador (SSA)
35 flights every day
21
Quito (UIO)
34 flights every day
22
Santa Cruz (VVI)
32 flights every day
23
Belem (BEL)
30 flights every day
24
Guayaquil (GYE)
27 flights every day
25
Barranquilla (BAQ)
24 flights every day
26
Fortaleza (FOR)
24 flights every day
27
Cuzco (CUZ)
24 flights every day
28
Florianopolis (FLN)
22 flights every day
29
Cochabamba (CBB)
21 flights every day
30
Goiania (GYN)
21 flights every day
31
Caracas (CCS)
20 flights every day
32
Bucaramanga (BGA)
20 flights every day
33
La Paz (LPB)
20 flights every day
34
Cordoba (COR)
20 flights every day
35
Manaus (MAO)
19 flights every day
36
Vitoria (VIX)
18 flights every day
37
Santa Marta (SMR)
17 flights every day
38
Cuiaba (CGB)
17 flights every day
39
Pereira (PEI)
16 flights every day
40
(ADZ)
15 flights every day
41
Mendoza (MDZ)
14 flights every day
42
Arequipa (AQP)
14 flights every day
43
Maceio (MCZ)
13 flights every day
44
Georgetown (GEO)
13 flights every day
45
Montevideo (MVD)
12 flights every day
46
Quibdo (UIB)
12 flights every day
47
Porto Seguro (BPS)
12 flights every day
48
Foz Do Iguacu (IGU)
11 flights every day
49
Monteria (MTR)
11 flights every day
50
Cucuta (CUC)
11 flights every day
51
Uberlandia (UDI)
11 flights every day
52
Natal (NAT)
11 flights every day
53
Tarapoto (TPP)
10 flights every day
54
Navegantes (NVT)
10 flights every day
55
Valencia (VLN)
9 flights every day
56
Neuquen (NQN)
9 flights every day
57
Calama (CJC)
9 flights every day
58
San Carlos (BRC)
9 flights every day
59
Salta (SLA)
9 flights every day
60
Puerto Montt (PMC)
9 flights every day
61
Sao Jose Do Rio Preto (SJP)
9 flights every day
62
Antofagasta (ANF)
9 flights every day
63
La Serena (LSC)
9 flights every day
64
Iguazu (IGR)
9 flights every day
65
Porlamar (PMV)
9 flights every day
66
Sao Luis (SLZ)
8 flights every day
67
Ribeirao Preto (RAO)
8 flights every day
68
Asuncion (ASU)
8 flights every day
69
Joao Pessoa (JPA)
8 flights every day
70
Campo Grande (CGR)
7 flights every day
71
Cayenne (CAY)
7 flights every day
72
Chiclayo (CIX)
7 flights every day
73
Yopal (EYP)
7 flights every day
74
Iquitos (IQT)
7 flights every day
75
Maracaibo (MAR)
7 flights every day
76
Villavicencio (VVC)
7 flights every day
77
Georgetown (OGL)
7 flights every day
78
Concepcion (CCP)
7 flights every day
79
Maringa (MGF)
6 flights every day
80
Neiva (NVA)
6 flights every day
81
Apartado (APO)
6 flights every day
82
Pasto (PSO)
6 flights every day
83
Teresina (THE)
6 flights every day
84
Chapeco (XAP)
6 flights every day
85
Maripasoula (MPY)
6 flights every day
86
Londrina (LDB)
6 flights every day
87
Armenia (AXM)
6 flights every day
88
El Calafate (FTE)
5 flights every day
89
Aracaju (AJU)
5 flights every day
90
Santarem (STM)
5 flights every day
91
Tumaco (TCO)
5 flights every day
92
Piura (PIU)
5 flights every day
93
Cajamarca (CJA)
5 flights every day
94
Pucallpa (PCL)
5 flights every day
95
Palmas (PMW)
5 flights every day
96
Ipatinga (IPN)
5 flights every day
97
Joinville (JOI)
5 flights every day
98
Comodoro Rivadavia (CRD)
5 flights every day
99
Tucuman (TUC)
5 flights every day
100
Ayacucho (AYP)
5 flights every day
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