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In this installment we review what are the airports with more passengers and traffic from Latin America and the Caribe from 2023.
air traffic in Latin America experienced notable growth in 2023, recovering significantly from the effects of the pandemic. This was largely due to the reopening of borders, the increase in traveler confidence and the reactivation of the economy in many countries in the region.
The main airports in Latin America in 2023
According to data published by the Airports Council International (ACI), Brazil and Mexico consolidated themselves as the countries with the highest volume of air traffic in the region. Brazilian Guarulhos airports, Congonhas, Brasilia, Campinas, Santos Dumont and Belo Horizonte concentrated a large part of the total passenger traffic in the country.
For his part, Mexico City International Airport (AICM) was positioned as the terminal with the highest volume of passenger traffic at the regional level, representing approximately the 26% of total passengers in Mexico.
We now review the complete lists.
Airports with the most passengers in 2023
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| RANK | AIRPORT NAME | CITY IATA CODE | TOTAL PASSENGERS 2023 | TOTAL PASSENGERS 2022 | % CHANGE 2023-2022 |
| 1 | Mexico City International Airport “Lio Benito Juárez” | MEX Mexico City | 48,415,693 | 46,258,521 | 4.66% |
| 2 | Guarulhos International Airport | Sao Paulo GRU | 41,307,919 | 34,481,318 | 19.80% |
| 3 | El Dorado International Airport | BOG Bogotá | 39,485,864 | 35,362,529 | 11.66% |
| 4 | Cancún International Airport | Cancún CUN | 32,951,114 | 30,484,094 | 8.09% |
| 5 | Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport | SCL Santiago | 22,915,838 | 18,519,667 | 23.74% |
| 6 | Congonhas International Airport | São Paulo CGH | 22,383,515 | 18,000,492 | 24.35% |
| 7 | “Jorge Chávez” International Airport | Five LIMs | 21,259,016 | 18,622,646 | 14.16% |
| 8 | Tocumen International Airport | PTY Panama City | 18,026,533 | 15,779,103 | 14.24% |
| 9 | Guadalajara International Airport | GDL Guadalajara | 17,703,988 | 15,603,071 | 13.46% |
| 10 | Jorge Newberry Airport | Buenos Aires AEP | 15,621,853 | 12,909,580 | 21.01% |
| 11 | Brasilia International Airport | Brasilia BSB | 14,860,880 | 13,490,151 | 10.16% |
| 12 | Monterrey Airport | MTY Monterrey | 13,353,183 | 10,952,919 | 21.91% |
| 13 | General Abelardo L International Airport. Rodríguez | HIS Tijuana | 13,191,736 | 12,317,295 | 7.10% |
| 14 | Viracopos International Airport | VCP Campinas | 12,524,219 | 11,845,500 | 5.73% |
| 15 | Luis Munoz Marin International Airport | San Juan SEVEN | 12,197,553 | 10,310,990 | 18.30% |
| 16 | Jose Maria Cordoba International Airport | Medellin MDE | 11,862,600 | 13,214,155 | -10.23% |
| 17 | Santos Dumont Airport | Rio de Janeiro SDU | 11,430,836 | 10,155,590 | 12.56% |
| 18 | Ezeiza International Airport | Buenos Aires EZE | 10,826,242 | 7,513,387 | 44.09% |
| 19 | Tancredo Neves-Confins International | Belo Horizonte CNF | 10,390,869 | 9,548,094 | 8.83% |
| 20 | Punta Cana International Airport | Punta Cana PUJ | 9,229,410 | 8,275,162 | 11.53% |
Airports with the most movements (flights)
Just as there are millions of passengers, There must be millions of flights to carry them and the data is incredible:
| RANK | AIRPORT NAME | CITY | HERE IS THE CODE | MOVEMENTS 2023 | MOVEMENTS 2022 | 2023-2022 |
| 1 | Mexico City International Airport “Lic Benito Juárez” | Mexico City | MEX | 363,271 | 387,450 | -6.24% |
| 2 | El Dorado International Airport | Bogota | BOG | 316,762 | 296,146 | 6.96 |
| 3 | Guarulhos International Airport | Sao Paulo | TOWER CRANE | 274,917 | 242,888 | 13.19 |
| 4 | Congonhas International Airport | Sao Paulo | CGH | 235,561 | 196,137 | 20.1 |
| 5 | Cancún International Airport | Canoun | WITH A | 223,284 | 214,374 | 4.16 |
| 6 | Guadalajara International Airport | Guadalajara | GOAL | 173,350 | 175,761 | -1.37 |
| 7 | “Jorge Chávez” International Airport | Lima | ONE | 170,517 | 149,793 | 13.84 |
| B | Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport | Santiago | SCL | 161,196 | 139,415 | 15.62 |
| 9 | Luls Munoz Marin International Airport | San Juan | SEVEN | 151,284 | 142,412 | 6.23 |
| 10 | Tocumen International Airport | Panama City | PTY | 143,034 | 133,182 | 7.4 |
| 11 | Brasilla International Airport | Brasilla | BSB | 140,320 | 126,432 | 10.98 |
| 12 | Jorge Newberry Airport | Buenos Aires | AEP | 127,694 | 104,459 | 22.24 |
| 13 | Viracopos International Airport | Campinas | VCP | 125,857 | 128,341 | -1.94 |
| 14 | Santos Dumont Airport | Rio de Janeiro | SDU | 120,888 | 109,352 | 10.55 |
| 15 | Monterrey Airport | Monterrey | MTY | 107,525 | 90,950 | 18.22 |
| 16 | Tancredo Neves-Confins International Airport | Belo Horizonte | CNF | 97,730 | 91,209 | 7.15 |
| 17 | General Abelardo L International Airport. Rodriguez | Tijuana | TU | 95,791 | 93,090 | 2.9 |
| 18 | Jose Maria Cordoba International Airport | Medelin | MDE | 92,024 | 109,464 | -15.93 |
| 19 | Big Island Airport | San Juan | SAY | 89,013 | 85,455 | 4.16 |
| 20 | Juan Santa Maria International Airport | San Jose | SEVEN | 88,714 | 75,016 | 18.26 |
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