List of the busiest airports in South America

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

2013 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

Rank	Country	Airport	City	Passengers	Change (13/10)
1	Brazil	São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport	São Paulo	35,962,000	33.9%
2	Colombia	El Dorado International Airport	Bogotá	25,009,483	32.1%
3	Brazil	Congonhas-São Paulo Airport	São Paulo	17,119,530	10.6%
4	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport	Rio de Janeiro	17,115,369	40%
5	Brazil	Brasília International Airport	Brasília	16,489,996	14.8%
6	Chile	Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport	Santiago	15,295,246	38.2%
7	Peru	Jorge Chávez International Airport	Lima	15,271,842	48.6%
8	Venezuela	Simón Bolívar International Airport	Caracas	11,956,178	35.3%
9	Brazil	Tancredo Neves International Airport	Belo Horizonte	10,301,288	42%
10	Argentina	Jorge Newbery Airport	Buenos Aires	9,552,504	26.4%
11	Brazil	Santos Dumont Airport	Rio de Janeiro	9,204,603	17.9%
12	Brazil	Viracopos International Airport	Campinas	9,295,349	n/a
13	Brazil	Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport	Salvador	8,589,663	13.9%
14	Argentina	Ministro Pistarini International Airport	Buenos Aires	8,533,372	2.9%
15	Brazil	Salgado Filho International Airport	Porto Alegre	7,993,164	19.7%
16	Brazil	Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International Airport	Recife	6,840,276	n/a
17	Brazil	Afonso Pena International Airport	Curitiba	6,742,133	n/a
18	Brazil	Pinto Martins International Airport	Fortaleza	5,952,629	n/a
19	Ecuador	Mariscal Sucre International Airport	Quito	5,800,000	n/a
20	Colombia	José María Córdova International Airport	Medellín	5,077,540	n/a

2011 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

Rank	Airport	Location	Country	Code (IATA)	Total passengers	Rank Change	% Change from 2010
1.	São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport	Guarulhos, São Paulo	Brazil	GRU	30,003,428		11.7%
2.	El Dorado International Airport	Bogotá, Colombia	Colombia	BOG	20,427,603		7.8%
3.	Congonhas-São Paulo Airport	São Paulo, São Paulo	Brazil	CGH	16,756,452		8.1%
4.	Brasília International Airport	Lago Sul, Brasilia	Brazil	BSB	15,398,737		7.3%
5.	Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	GIG	14,952,830		21.2%
6.	Jorge Chávez International Airport	Callao, Lima	Peru	LIM	11,904,553	1	7.6%
7.	Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport	Santiago, Santiago	Chile	SCL	11,064,487	1	7.6%
8.	Simón Bolívar International Airport	Maiquetía, Caracas	Venezuela	CCS	9,911,843		12.2%
9.	Tancredo Neves International Airport	Confins, Minas Gerais	Brazil	CNF	9,534,987	4	31,3%
10.	Santos Dumont Airport	Rio de Janeiro, RJ	Brazil	SDU	9,534,987		8,8%
11.	Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport	Salvador, Bahia	Brazil	SSA	8,394,900		9%
12.	Ministro Pistarini International Airport	Ezeiza, Buenos Aires	Argentina	EZE	8,278,159	3	9,5%
13.	Jorge Newbery Airport	Palermo, Buenos Aires	Argentina	AEP	8,250,971	1	13.3%
14.	Salgado Filho International Airport	Porto Alegre	Brazil	POA	7,834,312		17.3%
15.	Viracopos International Airport	Campinas	Brazil	VCP	7,568,384	2	39%
16.	Afonso Pena International Airport	Curitiba	Brazil	CWB	6,969,484		20%
17.	Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International Airport	Recife	Brazil	REC	6,383,369	2	7%
18.	Pinto Martins International Airport	Fortaleza, Ceará	Brazil	FOR	5,647,104		11%
19.	Mariscal Sucre International Airport	Quito, Pichincha	Ecuador	UIO	5,120,000		2.3%

2010 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

Rank	Country	Airport	City	Passengers
1	Brazil	São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport	São Paulo	26,849.185
2	Colombia	El Dorado International Airport	Bogotá	18,934.203
3	Brazil	Congonhas-São Paulo Airport	São Paulo	15,499.462
4	Brazil	Brasília International Airport	Brasília	14,347.061
5	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport	Rio de Janeiro	12,337.944
6	Chile	Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport	Santiago	11,064.487
7	Peru	Jorge Chávez International Airport	Lima	10,278.493
8	Venezuela	Simón Bolívar International Airport	Maiquetía	8,830.688
9	Argentina	Ministro Pistarini International Airport	Buenos Aires	7,868.071
10	Brazil	Santos Dumont Airport	Rio de Janeiro	7,822.848
11	Brazil	Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport	Salvador	7,696.307
12	Argentina	Jorge Newbery Airport	Buenos Aires	7,558.149
13	Brazil	Tancredo Neves International Airport	Belo Horizonte	7,261.041
14	Brazil	Salgado Filho International Airport	Porto Alegre	6,676.216
15	Brazil	Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International Airport	Recife	5,958.982
16	Brazil	Afonso Pena International Airport	Curitiba	5,774.615
17	Brazil	Viracopos International Airport	Campinas	5,430.066
18	Brazil	Pinto Martins International Airport	Fortaleza	5,072.721
19	Ecuador	Mariscal Sucre International Airport	Quito	5,000.500

2009 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

Rank	Country	Airport	City	Passengers
1	Brazil	São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport	São Paulo	21,727,642
2	Colombia	El Dorado International Airport	Bogotá	14,899,199
3	Brazil	Congonhas-São Paulo Airport	São Paulo	13,699,657
4	Brazil	Brasília International Airport	Brasília	12,213,825
5	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport	Rio de Janeiro	11,828,656
6	Chile	Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport	Santiago	9,024,611
7	Peru	Jorge Chávez International Airport	Lima	8,786,973
8	Venezuela	Simón Bolívar International Airport	Maiquetía	8,773,461
9	Argentina	Ministro Pistarini International Airport	Buenos Aires	7,924,759
10	Brazil	Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport	Salvador	7,052,720
11	Argentina	Jorge Newbery Airport	Buenos Aires	6,489,066
12	Brazil	Tancredo Neves International Airport	Belo Horizonte	5,617,171
13	Brazil	Salgado Filho International Airport	Porto Alegre	5,607,703
14	Brazil	Aeroporto Internacional do Recife	Recife	5,250,565

2008 South America busiest airports by passenger traffic

Rank	Country	Airport	City	Passengers
1	Brazil	São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport	São Paulo	19,678,222
2	Brazil	Congonhas-São Paulo Airport	São Paulo	13,672,301
3	Colombia	El Dorado International Airport	Bogotá	13,548,420
4	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport	Rio de Janeiro	10,754,689
5	Brazil	Brasília International Airport	Brasília	10,443,393
6	Chile	Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport	Santiago	9,017,718
7	Venezuela	Simón Bolívar International Airport	Maiquetía	8,975,897
8	Peru	Jorge Chávez International Airport	Lima	8,285,688
9	Argentina	Ministro Pistarini International Airport	Buenos Aires	8,012,794
10	Ecuador	Mariscal Sucre International Airport	Quito	4,274,922