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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 (unless the footnotes indicate otherwise). Information on aircraft movements or cargo movements is not available for all the airports.
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Country | Airport name | IATA/ICAO Code | City served | Passengers | |
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1. | Panama | Tocumen International Airport | PTY/MPTO | Panamá City | 16,242,679 [1] |
2. | Costa Rica | Juan Santamaría International Airport | SJO/MROC | San José | 4,971,024 [2] |
3. | El Salvador | El Salvador International Airport | SAL/MSLP | San Salvador | 3,392,236 [3] |
4. | Guatemala | La Aurora International Airport | GUA/MGGT | Guatemala City | 2,762,582 [4] |
5. | Belize | Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport | BZE/MZBZ | Belize City | 1,130,000 [7] |
6. | Costa Rica | Guanacaste Airport | LIR/MRLB | Liberia | 1,084,701 [5] |
Country | Airport name | IATA/ICAO Code | City served | Passengers | |
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1. | Panama | Tocumen International Airport | PTY/MPTO | Panamá City | 8,271,459 [1] |
2. | El Salvador | Comalapa International Airport | SAL/MSLP | San Salvador | 2,800,354 [3] |
Ordered by total passenger traffic, international and domestic, with final data for 2009.
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.
Country | Airport name | IATA/ICAO | Passengers | Movements | Cargo | |
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1. | Panama | Tocumen International Airport | PTY/MPTO | 4,549,170 | 80,694 | 86,588 |
2. | Costa Rica | Juan Santamaría International Airport | SJO/MROC | 3,238,602 | 77,114 | 78,850 |
3. | El Salvador | Comalapa International Airport | SAL/MSLP | 1,570,012 | 33,922 | 28,162 |
4. | Nicaragua | Augusto C. Sandino International Airport | MGA/MNMG | 1,192,489 | 18,222 | 42,621 |
5. | Honduras | Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport | SAP/MHLM | 840,592 | 29,278 | 7,498 |
6. | Honduras | Toncontín International Airport | TGU/MHTG | 452,144 | 20,324 | 4,668 |
7. | Honduras | Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport | RTB/MHRO | 209,310 | 11,822 | 0 |
8. | Honduras | Golosón International Airport | LCE/MHLC | 202,864 | 21,739 | 0 |
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.
Country | Airport name | IATA/ICAO | Passengers | Movements | Cargo | |
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1. | Panama | Tocumen International Airport | PTY/MPTO | 3,215,423 | 61,161 | 82,186 |
2. | Costa Rica | Juan Santamaría International Airport | SJO/MROC | 2,623,464 | 62,158 | 81,179 |
3. | El Salvador | Comalapa International Airport | SAL/MSLP | 1,624,814 | 38,264 | 29,805 |
4. | Nicaragua | Augusto C. Sandino International Airport | MGA/MNMG | 1,089,992 | 30,991 | 21,700 |
5. | Honduras | Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport | SAP/MHLM | 593,374 | 24,680 | 6,695 |
6. | Honduras | Toncontín International Airport | TGU/MHTG | 545,586 | 17,904 | 5,081 |
7. | Honduras | Golosón International Airport | LCE/MHLC | 230,640 | 22,744 | 0 |
8. | Honduras | Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport | RTB/MHRO | 208,152 | 11,406 | 0 |
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.
Country | Airport name | IATA/ICAO | Passengers | Movements | Cargo | |
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1. | Costa Rica | Juan Santamaría International Airport | SJO/MROC | 2,836,867 | 69,060 | 82,959 |
2. | Panama | Tocumen International Airport | PTY/MPTO | 2,756,948 | 56,837 | 103,164 |
3. | El Salvador | Comalapa International Airport | SAL/MSLP | 1,640,721 | 40,570 | 25,969 |
4. | Nicaragua | Augusto C. Sandino International Airport | MGA/MNMG | 1,062,704 | 30,902 | 19,214 |
5. | Honduras | Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport | SAP/MHLM | 586,120 | 24,984 | 7,300 |
6. | Honduras | Toncontín International Airport | TGU/MHTG | 516,840 | 17,886 | 5,083 |
7. | Honduras | Golosón International Airport | LCE/MHLC | 254,554 | 25,894 | 0 |
8. | Honduras | Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport | RTB/MHRO | 215,994 | 12,942 | 0 |
Servicio Aéreo de Honduras S.A. otherwise known as SAHSA Airlines was the national flag carrier airline of Honduras from October 22, 1945, to January 14, 1994. The airline was a subsidiary of Pan American Airways and merged with Transportes Aéreos Nacionales (TAN) to form TAN-SAHSA in November 1991.
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Puerto Jiménez Airport is an airport serving Puerto Jiménez, a Gulf of Dulce coastal town in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. The airport is just east of the town. It is owned and managed by the country's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC).
Tambor Airport is an airport serving Tambor, Costa Rica. The airport also serves tourist destinations like Mal Pais, Santa Teresa, Montezuma, and the Cabo Blanco Absolute Natural Reserve.
Tamarindo Airport is a private airport that serves Tamarindo, a coastal resort in Guanacaste province, Costa Rica. It receives daily scheduled flights from San José and Liberia, and private charter services are available. During the rainy season, the airport is frequently closed due to the weather.
Arenal Airport is an airport serving La Fortuna, a district in San Carlos Canton, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica. The airport is named after the Arenal Volcano, one of the major tourist attractions in the country.
Carate Airport is a concrete airstrip serving the coastal destination of Sirena, in Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. The airport in mainly used by charter services with tourists visiting the beaches near Sirena town and the Corcovado National Park. The airport currently does not have scheduled services from any other airport.
Parismina Airport is an airport that serves Parismina, a coastal town in Siquirres Canton, Limón Province, Costa Rica. In some cases the airport is also referred as Barra de Parismina Airport.
Hacienda Jacó Airport is a grass airstrip in Playa Hermosa, Garabito Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.
Nicoya Airport is an airport serving the city of Nicoya in the Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica. The airport is owned and managed by the country's Directorate General of Civil Aviation.