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Top 100 busiest airports in South America
UPDATED 2025-10-03This 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)
422 flights every day
2
Sao Paulo (GRU)
303 flights every day
3
Sao Paulo (CGH)
235 flights every day
4
Lima (LIM)
218 flights every day
5
Belo Horizonte (CNF)
144 flights every day
6
Campinas (VCP)
143 flights every day
7
Brasilia (BSB)
140 flights every day
8
Rio De Janeiro (GIG)
132 flights every day
9
Buenos Aires (AEP)
129 flights every day
10
Santiago (SCL)
129 flights every day
11
Rio Negro (MDE)
123 flights every day
12
Recife (REC)
86 flights every day
13
Rio De Janeiro (SDU)
78 flights every day
14
Porto Alegre (POA)
73 flights every day
15
Buenos Aires (EZE)
72 flights every day
16
Cali (CLO)
67 flights every day
17
Curitiba (CWB)
62 flights every day
18
Cartagena (CTG)
61 flights every day
19
Salvador (SSA)
59 flights every day
20
Quito (UIO)
57 flights every day
21
Caracas (CCS)
47 flights every day
22
Medellin (EOH)
47 flights every day
23
Guayaquil (GYE)
45 flights every day
24
Santa Cruz (VVI)
42 flights every day
25
Fortaleza (FOR)
41 flights every day
26
Cuzco (CUZ)
40 flights every day
27
Florianopolis (FLN)
39 flights every day
28
Belem (BEL)
37 flights every day
29
Goiania (GYN)
31 flights every day
30
Vitoria (VIX)
30 flights every day
31
Cochabamba (CBB)
29 flights every day
32
Santa Marta (SMR)
29 flights every day
33
La Paz (LPB)
29 flights every day
34
Manaus (MAO)
28 flights every day
35
Cordoba (COR)
27 flights every day
36
Barranquilla (BAQ)
27 flights every day
37
Bucaramanga (BGA)
25 flights every day
38
(ADZ)
24 flights every day
39
Pereira (PEI)
24 flights every day
40
Cuiaba (CGB)
22 flights every day
41
Mendoza (MDZ)
20 flights every day
42
Porto Seguro (BPS)
19 flights every day
43
Maceio (MCZ)
18 flights every day
44
Montevideo (MVD)
17 flights every day
45
Arequipa (AQP)
17 flights every day
46
Asuncion (ASU)
17 flights every day
47
Natal (NAT)
17 flights every day
48
Navegantes (NVT)
16 flights every day
49
Foz Do Iguacu (IGU)
16 flights every day
50
Cucuta (CUC)
14 flights every day
51
Monteria (MTR)
14 flights every day
52
Sao Luis (SLZ)
14 flights every day
53
Georgetown (GEO)
13 flights every day
54
Joao Pessoa (JPA)
13 flights every day
55
Porlamar (PMV)
13 flights every day
56
Uberlandia (UDI)
13 flights every day
57
Sao Jose Do Rio Preto (SJP)
12 flights every day
58
Quibdo (UIB)
12 flights every day
59
Puerto Montt (PMC)
12 flights every day
60
Campo Grande (CGR)
12 flights every day
61
Aracaju (AJU)
11 flights every day
62
Salta (SLA)
11 flights every day
63
Antofagasta (ANF)
11 flights every day
64
Calama (CJC)
11 flights every day
65
Ribeirao Preto (RAO)
11 flights every day
66
Iguazu (IGR)
11 flights every day
67
Tarapoto (TPP)
10 flights every day
68
San Carlos (BRC)
10 flights every day
69
Neuquen (NQN)
9 flights every day
70
Teresina (THE)
9 flights every day
71
Concepcion (CCP)
9 flights every day
72
Chiclayo (CIX)
9 flights every day
73
Iquitos (IQT)
8 flights every day
74
Piura (PIU)
8 flights every day
75
La Serena (LSC)
8 flights every day
76
Pasto (PSO)
8 flights every day
77
Yopal (EYP)
7 flights every day
78
Chapeco (XAP)
7 flights every day
79
Apartado (APO)
7 flights every day
80
Londrina (LDB)
7 flights every day
81
Neiva (NVA)
7 flights every day
82
Tucuman (TUC)
7 flights every day
83
Maringa (MGF)
7 flights every day
84
Cuenca (CUE)
7 flights every day
85
Cayenne (CAY)
7 flights every day
86
Maracaibo (MAR)
7 flights every day
87
Palmas (PMW)
7 flights every day
88
Iquique (IQQ)
7 flights every day
89
Armenia (AXM)
6 flights every day
90
Joinville (JOI)
6 flights every day
91
Juliaca (JUL)
6 flights every day
92
Pucallpa (PCL)
6 flights every day
93
Santarem (STM)
6 flights every day
94
Montes Claros (MOC)
6 flights every day
95
Punta Arenas (PUQ)
6 flights every day
96
Ushuaia (USH)
6 flights every day
97
Galapagos (GPS)
6 flights every day
98
El Calafate (FTE)
6 flights every day
99
Sucre (SRE)
6 flights every day
100
Puerto Ordaz (PZO)
6 flights every day
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