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El Dorado International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional El Dorado | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | OPAIN S.A. | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Bogotá | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Fontibón | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 10 December 1959 | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 2,548 m / 8,360 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 04°42′05″N 74°08′49″W / 4.70139°N 74.14694°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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  BOG/SKBO Location of airport in Colombia | |||||||||||||||
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El Dorado International Airport (IATA: BOG, ICAO: SKBO) is an international airport serving Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, and its surrounding areas. The airport is located mostly in the Fontibón district of Bogotá, although it partially extends into the Engativá district and through the municipality of Funza in the Western Savanna Province of the Cundinamarca Department. It served over 39 million passengers in 2023 making it the second busiest airport in South America and 3rd overall in Latin America in terms of passenger traffic, as well as being the 32nd busiest airport in the world in 2022. With 760,000 metric tons of cargo passing through the same year, it is also Iberoamerica's most important cargo hub.[3] El Dorado is also by far the busiest and most important airport in Colombia, accounting for just under half (49%) of the country's air traffic.[4] The facility covers 1,700 acres (6.9 sq. km) and contains two 3,800m long runways.[5] El Dorado has non-stop international flights to North America, South America, Central America, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Middle East.
Strategically located between the Americas, it is the most well connected Airport in Latin America, and is the 20th most connected in the world as of 2024.[6][7] Its location helps to facilitate both cargo and passengers connections between both continents and beyond. It is the most important hub for the Colombian flag-carrier Avianca and its subsidiaries Avianca Express and Avianca Cargo. It is also a base for LATAM Colombia, Satena, and a number of other airlines. It is owned by the Government of Colombia and operated by Operadora Aeroportuaria Internacional (OPAIN), a consortium composed of Colombian construction and engineering firms, and the Swiss company Flughafen Zürich AG, the company that operates Zurich Airport.
El Dorado has consistently been ranked since 2016 by World Airport Awards and Skytrax as among the best airports in the world. It was ranked as the best airport in South America by World Airport Awards and the best airport in Latin America overall by Skytrax with a four-star certification by Skytrax in 2022.[8] [9] It was also ranked as having the best staff in South America and placed 35th in Skytrax's World's Top 100 Airports. As well as ranking as the 2nd cleanest airport in Latin America by Skytrax in 2023.[10][11]
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