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.
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. Information on aircraft movements or cargo movements is not available for all the airports.

Ranking of airports, 2018

Ranking of airports, 2016

Ranking of airports, 2015

Ranking of airports, 2014

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Ranking of airports, 2011

CountryAirport nameIATA/ICAO CodeCity servedPassengers
1.PanamaTocumen International AirportPTY/MPTOPanamá City8,271,459
2.El SalvadorComalapa International AirportSAL/MSLPSan Salvador2,800,354

Ranking of airports, 2010

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

Ranking of airports, 2008

According to Airports Council International's World Airport Traffic Report 2009, and ordered by total passenger traffic, total aircraft movements and total cargo. 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, total aircraft movements and total cargo. 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, total aircraft movements and total cargo. 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