The airport was initially called Sesquicentenario International Airport. Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport is the 6th busiest airport in Colombia, handling 836,234 passengers in 2006. Most of these passengers come from the continental part of the country, due to poor international direct service to the island. Many international tourists have to fly to one of Colombia's or Panama's largest airports (Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Cartagena, Panama City) to be able to reach the islands. In recent years San Andrés has started to receive seasonal charter flights, mainly from Canada and a few Central American countries.