List of the busiest airports in Central America

This is a list of the busiest airports in Central America by passenger traffic, a statistic available for almost all the airstrips taken into account. The present list intends to include all the international and domestic airports located in the area geographically defined as Central America, comprising Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.

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Because each country has a different body to control these statistics, the compilation of data is difficult and not homogeneously distributed. The information here presented represents the best available data in different Internet sources. The ranking is ordered according to total passenger traffic (unless the footnotes indicate otherwise). Information on aircraft movements or cargo movements is not available for all the airports.

Ranking of airports, 2018
CountryAirport nameIATA/ICAO CodeCity servedPassengers
1. PanamaTocumen International AirportPTY/MPTOPanamá City16,242,679[1]
2. Costa RicaJuan Santamaría International AirportSJO/MROCSan José4,971,024[2]
3. El SalvadorEl Salvador International AirportSAL/MSLPSan Salvador3,392,236[3]
4. GuatemalaLa Aurora International AirportGUA/MGGTGuatemala City2,762,582[4]
5. BelizePhilip S. W. Goldson International AirportBZE/MZBZBelize City1,130,000[7]
6. Costa RicaDaniel Oduber International AirportLIR/MRLBLiberia1,084,701[5]

Ranking of airports, 2016
CountryAirport nameIATA/ICAO CodeCity servedPassengers
1. PanamaTocumen International AirportPTY/MPTOPanamá City14,741,937[1]
2. Costa RicaJuan Santamaría International AirportSJO/MROCSan José6,456,750[2]
3. El SalvadorComalapa International AirportSAL/MSLPSan Salvador2,984,764[3]
4. GuatemalaLa Aurora International AirportGUA/MGGTGuatemala City2,579,123[4]
5. NicaraguaAugusto C. Sandino International AirportMGA/MNMGManagua1,533,034[5]
6. Costa RicaDaniel Oduber International AirportLIR/MRLBLiberia1,182,123[6]
7. BelizePhilip S. W. Goldson International AirportBZE/MZBZBelize City867,976[7]
8. HondurasRamón Villeda Morales International AirportSAP/MHLMSan Pedro Sula867,747[8]
9. HondurasToncontín International AirportTGU/MHTGTegucigalpa697,925[8]
10. HondurasJuan Manuel Gálvez International AirportRTB/MHRORoatán371,657[8]
11. PanamaEnrique Malek International AirportDAV/MPDADavid323,465[1]
12. PanamaAlbrook International AirportPAC/MPMGPanamá City230,000[10]
13. HondurasGolosón International AirportLCE/MHLCLa Ceiba165,802[7]
14. PanamaPanamá Pacífico International AirportBLB/MPHOPanamá City131,930[1]
15. GuatemalaMundo Maya International AirportFRS/MGTKFlores/Tikal113,444[4]
16. PanamaScarlett Martínez International AirportRIH/MPSMRío Hato63,728[1]

Ranking of airports, 2015
CountryAirport nameIATA/ICAO CodeCity servedPassengers
1.PanamaTocumen International AirportPTY/MPTOPanamá City13,434,673[1]
2.Costa RicaJuan Santamaría International AirportSJO/MROCSan José4,494,875[2]
3.El SalvadorComalapa International AirportSAL/MSLPSan Salvador2,725,458[3]
4.GuatemalaLa Aurora International AirportGUA/MGGTGuatemala City2,323,360[4]
5.NicaraguaAugusto C. Sandino International AirportMGA/MNMGManagua1,499,756[5]
6.HondurasRamón Villeda Morales International AirportSAP/MHLMSan Pedro Sula881,199[7]
7.Costa RicaDaniel Oduber International AirportLIR/MRLBLiberia878,365[2]
8.BelizePhilip S. W. Goldson International AirportBZE/MZBZBelize City613,399[8]
9.HondurasToncontín International AirportTGU/MHTGTegucigalpa603,486[7]
10.HondurasJuan Manuel Gálvez International AirportRTB/MHRORoatán286,738[7]
11.PanamaEnrique Malek International AirportDAV/MPDADavid260,603[9]
12.PanamaAlbrook International AirportPAC/MPMGPanamá City228,722[10]
13.HondurasGolosón International AirportLCE/MHLCLa Ceiba133,768[7]
14.PanamaPanamá Pacífico International AirportBLB/MPHOPanamá City132,205[9]
15.GuatemalaMundo Maya International AirportFRS/MGTKFlores/Tikal109,490[4]
16.PanamaBocas del Toro International AirportBOC/MPBOBocas/Isla Colón80,378[12]
17.NicaraguaBluefields AirportBEF/MNBLBluefields63,200[13]
18.NicaraguaCorn Island AirportRNI/MNCICorn Islands62,200[13]
19.NicaraguaPuerto Cabezas AirportPUZ/MNPCPuerto Cabezas40,100[13]
20.Costa RicaTambor AirportTMU/MRTRTambor38,699[2]
21.Costa RicaPuerto Jiménez AirportPJM/MRPJPuerto Jiménez38,165[2]
22.PanamaScarlett Martínez International AirportRIH/MPSMRío Hato37,759[9]
23.Costa RicaQuepos La Managua AirportXQP/MRQPQuepos29,872[2]
24.GuatemalaSan José AirportGSJ/MGSJPuerto San José28,598[4]
25.PanamaCapitán Manuel Niño International AirportCHX/MPCHChanguinola18,664[12]
26.Costa RicaTamarindo AirportTNO/MRTMTamarindo18,209[2]
27.Costa RicaGolfito AirportGLF/MRGFGolfito18,024[2]
28.Costa RicaTobías Bolaños International AirportSYQ/MRPVSan José14,723[2]
29.Costa RicaBahía Drake AirportDRK/MRDKBahía Drake13,105[2]
30.El SalvadorIlopango International Airport-/MSSSSan Salvador12,385[14]

Ranking of airports, 2014
CountryAirport nameIATA/ICAO CodeCity servedPassengers
1.PanamaTocumen International AirportPTY/MPTOPanamá City12,782,167[1]
2.Costa RicaJuan Santamaría International AirportSJO/MROCSan José3,917,573[2]
3.El SalvadorComalapa International AirportSAL/MSLPSan Salvador2,453,217[3]
4.GuatemalaLa Aurora International AirportGUA/MGGTGuatemala City2,216,915[4]
5.NicaraguaAugusto C. Sandino International AirportMGA/MNMGManagua1,311.965[5]
6.Costa RicaDaniel Oduber International AirportLIR/MRLBLiberia779,757[2]
7.HondurasRamón Villeda Morales International AirportSAP/MHLMSan Pedro Sula772,504[6]
8.HondurasToncontín International AirportTGU/MHTGTegucigalpa617,526[6]
9.BelizePhilip S. W. Goldson International AirportBZE/MZBZBelize City577,970[7]
10.HondurasJuan Manuel Gálvez International AirportRTB/MHRORoatán286,738[6]
11.PanamaEnrique Malek International AirportDAV/MPDADavid260,603[8]
12.PanamaAlbrook International AirportPAC/MPMGPanamá City239,315[9]
13.HondurasGolosón International AirportLCE/MHLCLa Ceiba133,768[6]
14.PanamaPanamá Pacífico International AirportBLB/MPHOPanamá City132,205[8]
15.GuatemalaMundo Maya International AirportFRS/MGTKFlores/Tikal111,075[4]
16.Costa RicaTobías Bolaños International AirportSYQ/MRPVSan José88,363[2]
17.PanamaBocas del Toro International AirportBOC/MPBOBocas/Isla Colón80,378[10]
18.NicaraguaCorn Island AirportRNI/MNCICorn Islands50,700[10]
19.NicaraguaBluefields AirportBEF/MNBLBluefields45,500[10]
20.NicaraguaPuerto Cabezas AirportPUZ/MNPCPuerto Cabezas41,000[10]
21.PanamaScarlett Martínez International AirportRIH/MPSMRío Hato37,759[8]
22.Costa RicaPuerto Jiménez AirportPJM/MRPJPuerto Jiménez35,745[2]
23.Costa RicaQuepos La Managua AirportXQP/MRQPQuepos32,717[2]
24.Costa RicaTamarindo AirportTNO/MRTMTamarindo30,108[2]
25.GuatemalaSan José AirportGSJ/MGSJPuerto San José28,456[4]
26.Costa RicaTambor AirportTMU/MRTRTambor19,382[2]
27.PanamaCapitán Manuel Niño International AirportCHX/MPCHChanguinola18,664[10]
28.Costa RicaGolfito AirportGLF/MRGFGolfito15,771[2]
29.Costa RicaBahía Drake AirportDRK/MRDKBahía Drake13,438[2]
30.GuatemalaRetalhuleu AirportRER/MGRTRetalhuleu12,530[4]

Ranking of airports, 2013
CountryAirport nameIATA/ICAO CodeCity servedPassengers
1.PanamaTocumen International AirportPTY/MPTOPanamá City11,586,681[1]
2.Costa RicaJuan Santamaría International AirportSJO/MROCSan José3,820,688[2]
3.El SalvadorComalapa International AirportSAL/MSLPSan Salvador2,355,001[3]
4.GuatemalaLa Aurora International AirportGUA/MGGTGuatemala City1,917,362[5]
5.NicaraguaAugusto C. Sandino International AirportMGA/MNMGManagua1,206.172[4]
6.HondurasRamón Villeda Morales International AirportSAP/MHLMSan Pedro Sula763,000[6]
7.Costa RicaDaniel Oduber International AirportLIR/MRLBLiberia663,246[2]
8.HondurasToncontín International AirportTGU/MHTGTegucigalpa587,000[6]
9.BelizePhilip S. W. Goldson International AirportBZE/MZBZBelize City518,000[11]
10.PanamaAlbrook International AirportPAC/MPMGPanamá City315,000[7]
11.HondurasJuan Manuel Gálvez International AirportRTB/MHRORoatán263,000[6]
12.PanamaEnrique Malek International AirportDAV/MPDADavid165,000[7]
13.HondurasGolosón International AirportLCE/MHLCLa Ceiba148,000[6]
14.GuatemalaMundo Maya International AirportFRS/MGTKFlores/Tikal102,000[9]
15.Costa RicaTobías Bolaños International AirportSYQ/MRPVSan José18,534[02]
16.PanamaBocas del Toro International AirportBOC/MPBOBocas/Isla Colón60,292[7]
17.Costa RicaLa Managua AirportXQP/MRQPQuepos31,000[10]
18.Costa RicaTambor AirportTMU/MRTRTambor28,000[10]
19.PanamaCapitán Manuel Niño International AirportCHX/MPCHChanguinola15,842[7]
20.NicaraguaBluefields AirportBEF/MNBLBluefields23,000[5]

Ranking of airports, 2012
CountryAirport nameIATA/ICAO CodeCity servedPassengers
1.PanamaTocumen International AirportPTY/MPTOPanamá City10,174,870[1]
2.Costa RicaJuan Santamaría International AirportSJO/MROCSan José3,872,467[2]
3.El SalvadorComalapa International AirportSAL/MSLPSan Salvador2,100,794[3]
4.GuatemalaLa Aurora International AirportGUA/MDGTGuatemala City2,090,374[5]
5.NicaraguaAugusto C. Sandino International AirportMGA/MNMGManagua1,201.644[4]
6.HondurasRamón Villeda Morales International AirportSAP/MHLMSan Pedro Sula769,000[6]
7.Costa RicaDaniel Oduber International AirportLIR/MRLBLiberia668,762[2]
8.HondurasToncontín International AirportTGU/MHTGTegucigalpa581,000[6]
9.BelizePhilip S. W. Goldson International AirportBZE/MZBZBelize City502,000[11]
10.PanamaAlbrook International AirportPAC/MPMGPanamá City276,378[7]
11.HondurasJuan Manuel Gálvez International AirportRTB/MHRORoatán248,000[6]
12.HondurasGolosón International AirportLCE/MHLCLa Ceiba175,000[6]
13.PanamaEnrique Malek International AirportDAV/MPDADavid145,671[7]
14.GuatemalaMundo Maya International AirportFRS/MGTKFlores/Tikal99,000[9]
15.Costa RicaTobías Bolaños International AirportSYQ/MRPVSan José84,194[02]
16.PanamaBocas del Toro International AirportBOC/MPBOBocas/Isla Colón72,340[7]
17.NicaraguaPuerto Cabezas AirportPUZ/MNPCPuerto Cabezas42,346[5]
18.NicaraguaCorn Island AirportRNI/MNCICorn Island37,241[5]
19.NicaraguaBluefields AirportBEF/MNBLBluefields36,659[5]
20.Costa RicaTambor AirportTMU/MRTRTambor29,014[10]
21.Costa RicaLa Managua AirportXQP/MRQPQuepos27,550[10]
22.Costa RicaPuerto Jiménez AirportPJM/MRPJPuerto Jiménez27,488[10]
23.PanamaCapitán Manuel Niño International AirportCHX/MPCHChanguinola19,010[7]
24.Costa RicaTamarindo AirportTNO/MRTNTamarindo16,548[10]
25.Costa RicaGolfito AirportGLF/MRGFGolfito16,546[10]

Ranking of airports, 2011
CountryAirport nameIATA/ICAO CodeCity servedPassengers
1.PanamaTocumen International AirportPTY/MPTOPanamá City8,271,459[1]
2.El SalvadorComalapa International AirportSAL/MSLPSan Salvador2,800,354[3]

Ranking of airports, 2010
CountryAirport nameIATA/ICAO CodeCity servedPassengers
1.PanamaTocumen International AirportPTY/MPTOPanamá City7,005,031[1]
2.Costa RicaJuan Santamaría International AirportSJO/MROCSan José3,858,401[2]
3.El SalvadorComalapa International AirportSAL/MSLPSan Salvador1,976,326[3]
4.GuatemalaLa Aurora International AirportGUA/MGGTGuatemala City1,970,618[4]
5.NicaraguaAugusto C. Sandino International AirportMGA/MNMGManagua1,102,200[5]
6.HondurasRamón Villeda Morales International AirportSAP/MHLMSan Pedro Sula742,000[6]
7.HondurasToncontín International AirportTGU/MHTGTegucigalpa493,000[6]
8.Costa RicaDaniel Oduber International AirportLIR/MRLBLiberia443,585[7]
9.PanamaAlbrook International AirportPAC/MPMGPanamá City269,443[8]
10.HondurasJuan Manuel Gálvez International AirportRTB/MHRORoatán214,000[6]
11.HondurasGolosón International AirportLCE/MHLCLa Ceiba181,000[6]
12.BelizePhilip S. W. Goldson International AirportBZE/MZBZBelize City172,402[9]
13.PanamaEnrique Malek International AirportDAV/MPDADavid117,260[8]
14.Costa RicaTobías Bolaños International AirportSYQ/MRPVSan José101,573[10]
15.GuatemalaMundo Maya International AirportFRS/MGTKFlores/Tikal100,525[11]
16.PanamaBocas del Toro International AirportBOC/MPBOBocas/Isla Colón59,091[8]
17.NicaraguaBluefields AirportBEF/MNBLBluefields21,894[5]

Ranking of airports, 2009

Ordered by total passenger traffic, international and domestic, with final data for 2009.

CountryAirport nameIATA/ICAO CodeCity servedPassengers
1.PanamaTocumen International AirportPTY/MPTOPanamá City6,531,927[1]
2.Costa RicaJuan Santamaría International AirportSJO/MROCSan José3,730,187[2]
3.El SalvadorComalapa International AirportSAL/MSLPSan Salvador2,076,258[3]
4.GuatemalaLa Aurora International AirportGUA/MGGTGuatemala City1,948,662[4]
5.NicaraguaAugusto C. Sandino International AirportMGA/MNMGManagua1,089,992[5]
6.HondurasRamón Villeda Morales International AirportSAP/MHLMSan Pedro Sula742,000[6]
7.HondurasToncontín International AirportTGU/MHTGTegucigalpa565,000[6]
8.BelizePhilip S. W. Goldson International AirportBZE/MZBZBelize City450,000[7]
9.Costa RicaDaniel Oduber International AirportLIR/MRLBLiberia376,858[2]
10.PanamaAlbrook International AirportPAC/MPMGPanamá City269,002[8]
11.PanamaEnrique Malek International AirportDAV/MPDADavid122,940[10]
12.GuatemalaMundo Maya International AirportFRS/MGTKFlores/Tikal111,893[9]
13.Costa RicaTobías Bolaños International AirportSYQ/MRPVSan José104,343[11]
14.PanamaBocas del Toro International AirportBOC/MPBOBocas/Isla Colón63,325[10]
15.HondurasJuan Manuel Galvez International AirportRTB/MHRORoatan60,150[11]

Ranking of airports, 2008

According to Airports Council International's World Airport Traffic Report 2009, and ordered by total passenger traffic (international and domestic), total aircraft movements and total cargo (freight and mail, in metric tonnes)[12]. Information for Guatemala and Belize airports are excluded in this report, as well as some other airports in Costa Rica Rica and Panama.

CountryAirport nameIATA/ICAOPassengersMovementsCargo
1.PanamaTocumen International AirportPTY/MPTO4,549,17080,69486,588
2.Costa RicaJuan Santamaría International AirportSJO/MROC3,238,60277,11478,850
3.El SalvadorComalapa International AirportSAL/MSLP1,570,01233,92228,162
4.NicaraguaAugusto C. Sandino International AirportMGA/MNMG1,192,48918,22242,621
5.HondurasRamón Villeda Morales International AirportSAP/MHLM840,59229,2787,498
6.HondurasToncontín International AirportTGU/MHTG452,14420,3244,668
7.HondurasJuan Manuel Gálvez International AirportRTB/MHRO209,31011,8220
8.HondurasGolosón International AirportLCE/MHLC202,86421,7390

Ranking of airports, 2006

According to Airports Council International's World Airport Traffic Report 2006, and ordered by total passenger traffic (international and domestic), total aircraft movements and total cargo (freight and mail, in metric tonnes)[12]. Information for Guatemala and Belize airports are excluded in this report, as well as some other airports in Costa Rica Rica and Panama.

CountryAirport nameIATA/ICAOPassengersMovementsCargo
1.PanamaTocumen International AirportPTY/MPTO3,215,42361,16182,186
2.Costa RicaJuan Santamaría International AirportSJO/MROC2,623,46462,15881,179
3.El SalvadorComalapa International AirportSAL/MSLP1,624,81438,26429,805
4.NicaraguaAugusto C. Sandino International AirportMGA/MNMG1,089,99230,99121,700
5.HondurasRamón Villeda Morales International AirportSAP/MHLM593,37424,6806,695
6.HondurasToncontín International AirportTGU/MHTG545,58617,9045,081
7.HondurasGolosón International AirportLCE/MHLC230,64022,7440
8.HondurasJuan Manuel Gálvez International AirportRTB/MHRO208,15211,4060

Ranking of airports, 2005

According to Airports Council International's World Airport Traffic Report 2006, and ordered by total passenger traffic (international and domestic), total aircraft movements and total cargo (freight and mail, in metric tonnes)[12]. Information for Guatemala and Belize airports are excluded in this report, as well as some other airports in Costa Rica Rica and Panama.

CountryAirport nameIATA/ICAOPassengersMovementsCargo
1.Costa RicaJuan Santamaría International AirportSJO/MROC2,836,86769,06082,959
2.PanamaTocumen International AirportPTY/MPTO2,756,94856,837103,164
3.El SalvadorComalapa International AirportSAL/MSLP1,640,72140,57025,969
4.NicaraguaAugusto C. Sandino International AirportMGA/MNMG1,062,70430,90219,214
5.HondurasRamón Villeda Morales International AirportSAP/MHLM586,12024,9847,300
6.HondurasToncontín International AirportTGU/MHTG516,84017,8865,083
7.HondurasGolosón International AirportLCE/MHLC254,55425,8940
8.HondurasJuan Manuel Gálvez International AirportRTB/MHRO215,99412,9420

See also

Notes
1. ^ Total passenger Traffic (ICAO standard and ACI Standard):Reporte Estadistico 2016.
2. ^ Total passenger Traffic for 2016, as presented by Costa Rica's Civil Aviation Authority website, Resumen Estadístico 2016. Data for Juan Santamaría International Airport is estimated for both international and domestic passengers.
3. ^ Data according to the Autonomous Port Executive Commission Statistics Department.
4. ^ Total Passenger Traffic according to the Air Transport Statistics Unit, Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Sum up of Total Arrivals and Total Departures.
5. ^ Information available on the airport website. See "Traffic Data" section. The number represents the sum of total International Incoming, International Departure, Domestic Incoming and Domestic Departure passengers, for the year in question.
6. ^ La Nación (San José, Costa Rica). Aeropuerto internacional Daniel Oduber supera los 4 millones de pasajeros en los últimos cinco años, January 12, 2017.
7. ^ Total Passenger Traffic for 2016, according to the Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport Authority About us.
8. ^ El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa, Honduras). Honduras:En 14% aumenta el flujo de viajeros por aeropuertos.
9. ^ Important: 2015 Total Passenger Traffic only, as presented on the airport website. 2015 Annual Statistics Report.
10. ^ Important: 2015 Traffic Data for January–October only. Total Traffic according to the Institutional Yearbook, 2015 of Panama's Civil Aviation Authority.
11. ^ Important: 2014 Domestic Passenger Traffic only, according to Panama's Civil Aviation Authority website, Domestic statistics 2014 for Marcos A. Gelabert Airport.
12. ^ Total traffic, according to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. 2015 Nicaragua's Transport Statistical Yearbook.
13. ^ Total traffic, according to the Civil Aviation authority of Guatemala, Regional Airport Statistics, 2015.
14. ^ Data according to the Autonomous Port Executive Commission Statistics Department. Ilopango International Airport Statistics, 2015.
15. ^ Total passenger Traffic (ICAO standard and ACI Standard):Annual Report 2017.

References
  1. "Reporte Estadístico 2018" (PDF) (in Spanish). Tocumen Airport. Retrieved Feb 25, 2020.
  2. "Statistics" (Web). AERIS. Retrieved Feb 25, 2020.
  3. "Estadísticas" (Web) (in Spanish). CEPA. Retrieved Feb 25, 2020.
  4. "Estadística" (Web) (in Spanish). DGAC. Retrieved Feb 25, 2020.
  5. "Resumen Estadístico 2018" (PDF) (in Spanish). DGAC. Retrieved Feb 25, 2020.
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