In this article we will highlight the ten busiest airports in Brazil in the year 2020. With the COVID-19 pandemic, the airline sector was one of the most affected, transporting 81 million fewer engers than in other normal years.
The data presented here were taken from the ANAC and Infraero and we can observe that some positions changed in the last year, in view of the other previous years.
10 – Salgado Filho International Airport (Porto Alegre)
- : FRAPORT (Porto Alegre Airport)
- Terminal Area: 85.000 m²
- Market share: 3,48%
- enger movement in the year: 3.377.192,00
9 – International Airport Dep. Luis Eduardo Magalhães (Salvador)
- Manager: Vinci Airports (Salvador Bahia Airport)
- Terminal Area: 90.000 m²
- Market share: 3,76%
- enger movement in the year: 3.650.994,00
8 – Tom Jobim International Airport (Rio de Janeiro – Galeão)
- Manager: RIOGaleão
- Terminal Area:
- Market share: 4,64%
- enger movement in the year: 4.499.630,00
7 – Tancredo Neves International Airport (Belo Horizonte – Confins)
- : Flughafen Zurich / CCR (BH Airport)
- Terminal Area: 132.000 m²
- Market share: 4,78%
- enger movement in the year: 4.639.568,00
6 – Guararapes International Airport (Recife)
- : Aena International
- Terminal Area: 52.000 m²
- Market share: 4,83%
- enger movement in the year: 4.688.321,00
5 – Santos Dumont Airport (Rio de Janeiro)
- Manager: Infraero
- Terminal Area: 61.000 m²
- Market share: 5,04%
- enger movement in the year: 4.957.973,00
4 – Viracopos International Airport (Campinas)
- Manager: Aeroportos Brasil Viracopos
- Terminal Area: 178.000 m²
- Market share: 6,64%
- enger movement in the year: 6.709.061,00
3 – Congonhas Airport (Sao Paulo)
- Manager: Infraero
- Terminal Area: 64.579 m²
- Market share: 7,03%
- enger movement in the year: 6.728.438,00
2 – Pres. Juscelino Kubitscheck (Brasília DF)
- : Infrarica
- Terminal Area: 40.900 m²
- Market share: 7,99%
- enger movement in the year: 7.848.297,00
1 – International Airport Dep. André Franco Montoro (Guarulhos SP)
- Manager: GRU Airport
- Terminal Area: 192.000 m²
- Market share: 20,44%
- enger movement in the year: 20.322.520,00
Throughout the year, changes took place in this ranking in which Brasília sured Congonhas Airport, which, despite not having international operations, is one of the busiest in the country with only domestic operations connecting the main airports in Brazil and operating the valuable São Paulo – Rio shuttle.
