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Top 100 busiest airports in South America
UPDATED 2026-08-28This 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)
391 flights every day
2
Sao Paulo (GRU)
204 flights every day
3
Lima (LIM)
190 flights every day
4
Sao Paulo (CGH)
178 flights every day
5
Campinas (VCP)
137 flights every day
6
Rio Negro (MDE)
124 flights every day
7
Belo Horizonte (CNF)
117 flights every day
8
Brasilia (BSB)
110 flights every day
9
Rio De Janeiro (GIG)
90 flights every day
10
Buenos Aires (AEP)
83 flights every day
11
Santiago (SCL)
71 flights every day
12
Recife (REC)
67 flights every day
13
Rio De Janeiro (SDU)
61 flights every day
14
Cali (CLO)
61 flights every day
15
Buenos Aires (EZE)
56 flights every day
16
Cartagena (CTG)
55 flights every day
17
Porto Alegre (POA)
50 flights every day
18
Curitiba (CWB)
48 flights every day
19
Salvador (SSA)
48 flights every day
20
Quito (UIO)
46 flights every day
21
Medellin (EOH)
44 flights every day
22
Guayaquil (GYE)
37 flights every day
23
Fortaleza (FOR)
34 flights every day
24
Santa Cruz (VVI)
34 flights every day
25
Cuzco (CUZ)
32 flights every day
26
Barranquilla (BAQ)
31 flights every day
27
Belem (BEL)
31 flights every day
28
Santa Marta (SMR)
26 flights every day
29
Bucaramanga (BGA)
25 flights every day
30
(ADZ)
25 flights every day
31
Pereira (PEI)
24 flights every day
32
Florianopolis (FLN)
24 flights every day
33
Cochabamba (CBB)
23 flights every day
34
Caracas (CCS)
22 flights every day
35
Goiania (GYN)
22 flights every day
36
La Paz (LPB)
22 flights every day
37
Manaus (MAO)
21 flights every day
38
Vitoria (VIX)
21 flights every day
39
Cuiaba (CGB)
17 flights every day
40
Arequipa (AQP)
16 flights every day
41
Maceio (MCZ)
16 flights every day
42
Monteria (MTR)
16 flights every day
43
Natal (NAT)
14 flights every day
44
Georgetown (GEO)
14 flights every day
45
Cucuta (CUC)
14 flights every day
46
Montevideo (MVD)
14 flights every day
47
Uberlandia (UDI)
13 flights every day
48
Cordoba (COR)
13 flights every day
49
Navegantes (NVT)
13 flights every day
50
Porto Seguro (BPS)
13 flights every day
51
Foz Do Iguacu (IGU)
13 flights every day
52
Quibdo (UIB)
12 flights every day
53
Sao Luis (SLZ)
12 flights every day
54
Valencia (VLN)
12 flights every day
55
Asuncion (ASU)
10 flights every day
56
Tarapoto (TPP)
10 flights every day
57
Mendoza (MDZ)
10 flights every day
58
Sao Jose Do Rio Preto (SJP)
9 flights every day
59
Joao Pessoa (JPA)
9 flights every day
60
Iquitos (IQT)
9 flights every day
61
Campo Grande (CGR)
9 flights every day
62
Chiclayo (CIX)
9 flights every day
63
Porlamar (PMV)
9 flights every day
64
Ribeirao Preto (RAO)
8 flights every day
65
Teresina (THE)
8 flights every day
66
Yopal (EYP)
8 flights every day
67
Georgetown (OGL)
7 flights every day
68
Aracaju (AJU)
7 flights every day
69
Maringa (MGF)
7 flights every day
70
Apartado (APO)
7 flights every day
71
Salta (SLA)
7 flights every day
72
Neiva (NVA)
7 flights every day
73
San Carlos (BRC)
7 flights every day
74
Cayenne (CAY)
7 flights every day
75
Londrina (LDB)
7 flights every day
76
Armenia (AXM)
7 flights every day
77
Piura (PIU)
7 flights every day
78
Maracaibo (MAR)
6 flights every day
79
Pasto (PSO)
6 flights every day
80
Iguazu (IGR)
6 flights every day
81
Pucallpa (PCL)
6 flights every day
82
Neuquen (NQN)
6 flights every day
83
Puerto Montt (PMC)
6 flights every day
84
Cajamarca (CJA)
6 flights every day
85
Juliaca (JUL)
6 flights every day
86
Palmas (PMW)
6 flights every day
87
Riohacha (RCH)
6 flights every day
88
Santarem (STM)
5 flights every day
89
Villavicencio (VVC)
5 flights every day
90
Trujillo (TRU)
5 flights every day
91
Maripasoula (MPY)
5 flights every day
92
Puerto Maldonado (PEM)
5 flights every day
93
Tumaco (TCO)
5 flights every day
94
Arauca (AUC)
5 flights every day
95
Galapagos (GPS)
5 flights every day
96
Montes Claros (MOC)
5 flights every day
97
Joinville (JOI)
5 flights every day
98
Antofagasta (ANF)
5 flights every day
99
Florencia (FLA)
5 flights every day
100
Juazeiro Do Norte (JDO)
4 flights every day
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