This is a list of the busiest airports in

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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.

At a glance

Ranking of airports, 2018

Ranking of airports, 2016

Ranking of airports, 2015

Ranking of airports, 2014

Ranking of airports, 2013

Ranking of airports, 2012

Ranking of airports, 2011

Ranking of airports, 2010

Ranking of airports, 2009

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

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). Information for Guatemala and Belize airports are excluded in this report, as well as some other airports in Costa Rica Rica and Panama.

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). Information for Guatemala and Belize airports are excluded in this report, as well as some other airports in Costa Rica Rica and Panama.

Ranking of airports, 2005

Notes

:1. Total passenger Traffic (ICAO standard and ACI Standard
Reporte Estadistico 2016
:2. Total passenger Traffic for 2016, as presented b
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 th
Autonomous Port Executive Commission
Statistics Department. :4. Total Passenger Traffic according to th
Air Transport Statistics Unit
Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Sum up of Total Arrivals and Total Departures. :5. Information available on th
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)

January 12, 2017. :7. Total Passenger Traffic for 2016, according to the Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport Authorit
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: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 th
airport website2015 Annual Statistics Report
:10. Important: 2015 Traffic Data for January–October only. Total Traffic according to th
Institutional Yearbook, 2015
of Panama's Civil Aviation Authority. :11. Important: 2014 Domestic Passenger Traffic only, according t
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 th
Autonomous Port Executive Commission
Statistics Department
Ilopango International Airport Statistics, 2015
:15. Total passenger Traffic (ICAO standard and ACI Standard
Annual Report 2017

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