List of airports in Central America
This is a list of the busiest airports in Central America by passenger traffic, an 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, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panamá.
List of airports
Ordered by total passenger traffic, international and domestic, with final data for 2007.
| Country | Airport Name | IATA/ICAO Code | City Served | Passengers (2007) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |
Tocumen International Airport | PTY/MPTO | Panamá City | 3,805,312[1] |
| 2. |  |
Juan Santamaría International Airport | SJO/MROC | San José | 3,759,583[2] |
| 3. |  |
La Aurora International Airport | GUA/MGGT | Guatemala City | 2,209,086[3] |
| 4. |  |
El Salvador International Airport | SAL/MSLP | San Salvador | 1,993,219[4] |
| 5. |  |
Augusto C. Sandino International Airport | MGA/MNMG | Managua | 1,051,830[5] |
| 6. |  |
Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport | BZE/MZBZ | Belize City | 450,000[6] |
| 7. | |
Daniel Oduber International Airport | LIR/MRLB | Liberia | 391,126[2] |
| 8. | |
Albrook International Airport | PAC/MPMG | Panamá City | 319,048[7] |
| 9. | |
Mundo Maya International Airport | FRS/MGTK | Flores/Tikal | 156,972 |
| 10. | |
Enrique Malek International Airport | DAV/MPDA | David | 122,940 |
| 11. | |
Tobías Bolaños International Airport | SYQ/MRPV | San José | 120,617 |
| 12. | |
Bocas del Toro International Airport | BOC/MPBO | Bocas/Isla Colón | 63,325 |
Notes
- 1. ^ Total Passenger Traffic for 2007, as presented on the airport website. Statistical Report 2007.
- 2. ^ Summing Regular/Non Regular International (Total: 3,586,476) and Regular/Non Regular Domestic (Total: 173,110) Passenger Traffic, according to Directorate-General of Civil Aviation of Costa Rica. Aerial Transport Statistics, 2007.
- 3. ^ Summing Total Arrivals (Total: 1,123,200) and Departures (Total: 1,085,886) for 2007, reported by Directorate-General of Civil Aeronautics of Guatemala. Total Arrivals, 2007 and Total Departures, 2007. Notice that the airport is classified in third place, above El Salvador International Airport, because in 2006 the total arrival and departures traffic registered 1,996,214 passengers, more than the registered by Salvadoran counterpart. See Note 4 for more information.
- 4. ^ IMPORTANT: Data available for 2006 only. At the time of writing, the information for 2007 was incomplete, only available for the first three months, due to an airport website problem. See El Salvador International Airport Statistics, "Passenger Traffic" option.
- 5. ^ Information available on the airport website. See "Traffic Data" section. The number represents the sum of total International Incoming (458,040), International Departure (448,656), Domestic Incoming (67,394) and Domestic Departure (77,740) passengers, for 2007.
- 6. ^ IMPORTANT: Data available for 2005 only, based on estimates presented on a graphic. Taken from the airport website, "Passenger and Aircraft Movement Statistics".
- 7. ^ Total Passenger Traffic for 2007, as presented by the Civil Aeronautics Authority of Panamá. Passenger Traffic Statistics for Regional Airports 2002-2007.