Airport codes South America

Continent code

SA

Countries

14

Large airports

21

Medium airports

399

Small airports

4205

Heliports

1065

Total airports

5690

20 large airports in South America

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ICAO IATA Name Municipality Country
SBCT CWB Afonso Pena Airport Curitiba Brazil
SPZO CUZ Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport Cusco Peru
SUMU MVD Carrasco International /General C L Berisso Airport Montevideo Uruguay
SCEL SCL Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago Chile
SBSP CGH São Paulo–Congonhas Airport São Paulo Brazil
SELT LTX Cotopaxi International Airport Latacunga Ecuador
SBSV SSA Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport Salvador Brazil
SKBO BOG El Dorado International Airport Bogota Colombia
SVBC BLA General José Antonio Anzoategui International Airport Barcelona Venezuela
SBSG NAT Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport Natal Brazil
SBFL FLN Hercílio Luz International Airport Florianópolis Brazil
SPJC LIM Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima Peru
SEQM UIO Mariscal Sucre International Airport Quito Ecuador
SAEZ EZE Ministro Pistarini International Airport Buenos Aires Argentina
SBBR BSB Brasília International Airport Brasília Brazil
SBGL GIG Galeão International Airport Rio De Janeiro Brazil
SVMI CCS Simón Bolívar International Airport Caracas Venezuela
SBCF CNF Tancredo Neves International Airport Belo Horizonte Brazil
SBBE BEL Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport Belém Brazil
SLVR VVI Viru Viru International Airport Santa Cruz Bolivia

About South America

Airport codes South America

Find your airport code in this complete list of airport codes in South America. Search for major codes of South American airports alphabetically, by country or by region. Get IATA codes, ICAO codes and South American country codes from the largest international airports in ArgentinaBrasil and Colombia to the smaller national and local airports in South America.

South American airports

We also provide flight and travel information from the largest airports in South America. Services like public transportation, the best prices for airport taxi services, airport parking, car rentals and airport hotels of almost every South American airport, country and region.

About South America

South America is a continent in the southern hemisphere, south of North America and north of Antartica. The continent is bordered by the Pacific Ocean (west), North America and the Caribbean Sea (northwest) and the Atlantic Ocean (east). The continent is the fourth largest continent in the world after Asia, Africa and North America regarding land area (17.840.000km²) and the fifth-largest continent regarding population (more than 420 million in 2016).

There are 13 countries in South America and the most popular country is Brazil. Brazil is also the biggest country of the continent with 207.353.391 inhabitants in 2017 and a land area of 8.500.000km². The biggest airport in South Africa is Mexico City International Airport with over 47.7 million passengers in 2018.

How many large and medium airports are there in South America?

South America has a total of 420 airports with scheduled flight connections. In South America there are 21 large airports and 399 medium airports. View the detailled map and complete list of airports in South America and find out more information about services and airport facilities in South America.

Countries in South America

Code Name Native name Currency
ARG Argentina Argentina Argentine peso
BOL Bolivia Bolivia Bolivian boliviano
BRA Brazil Brasil Brazilian real
CHL Chile Chile Chilean peso
COL Colombia Colombia Colombian peso
ECU Ecuador Ecuador United States dollar
FLK Falkland Islands Falkland Islands Falkland Islands pound
GUF French Guiana Guyane française Euro
GUY Guyana Guyana Guyanese dollar
PRY Paraguay Paraguay Paraguayan guaraní
PER Peru Perú Peruvian sol
SUR Suriname Suriname Surinamese dollar
URY Uruguay Uruguay Uruguayan peso
VEN Venezuela Venezuela Venezuelan bolívar