title: List of the busiest airports in Ecuador
text: # List of the busiest airports in Ecuador
  
  This is a list of the busiest airports in Ecuador by passenger traffic and by aircraft movements.
  
  ## 2018
  
  ### Busiest airports by passenger traffic
  
  | Rank | Change | Airport | Location | Passengers | % Change |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | | Mariscal Sucre International Airport | Quito | 5.158.103 | 6,77% |
  | 2 | | José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport | Guayaquil | 3.731.232 | 4,84% |
  | 3 | | Seymour Airport | Baltra | 520.799 | 7,99% |
  | 4 | | Mariscal Lamar International Airport | Cuenca | 361.138 | 20,79% |
  | 5 | 1 | San Cristóbal Airport | San Cristóbal | 179.361 | 14,09% |
  | 6 | 1 | Eloy Alfaro International Airport | Manta | 165.951 | -5,55% |
  | 7 | | Francisco de Orellana Airport | Coca | 112.195 | -8,80% |
  | 8 | | Ciudad de Catamayo Airport | Loja | 112.062 | -5,32% |
  | 9 | 2 | Lago Agrio Airport | Nueva Loja | 47.780 | 7,97% |
  | 10 | 1 | Colonel Carlos Concha Torres Airport | Esmeraldas | 45.036 | -12,00% |
  | 11 | 1 | Santa Rosa International Airport | Machala | 38.682 | -20,95% |
  | 12 | | General Ulpiano Paez Airport | Salinas | 2.082 | -58,98% |
  
  ## 2017
  
  ### Busiest airports by passenger traffic
  
  | Rank | Airport | Location | Passengers |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Mariscal Sucre International Airport | Quito | 4.831.256 |
  | 2 | José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport | Guayaquil | 3.559.106 |
  | 3 | Seymour Airport | Baltra | 482.261 |
  | 4 | Mariscal Lamar International Airport | Cuenca | 298.979 |
  | 5 | Eloy Alfaro International Airport | Manta | 175.709 |
  | 6 | San Cristóbal Airport | San Cristóbal | 157.210 |
  | 7 | Francisco de Orellana Airport | Coca | 123.018 |
  | 8 | Ciudad de Catamayo Airport | Catamayo | 118.358 |
  | 9 | Colonel Carlos Concha Torres Airport | Esmeraldas | 51.175 |
  | 10 | Santa Rosa International Airport | Machala | 48.932 |
  | 11 | Lago Agrio Airport | Nueva Loja | 44.255 |
  | 12 | General Ulpiano Paez Airport | Salinas | 5.002 |
  | 13 | Cotopaxi International Airport | Latacunga | 539 |
  