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Airport name Airport type Coordinates Refs Controlled airports [1] Apartadó / Carepa: Antioquia: SKLC APO Antonio Roldán Betancourt Airport: Domestic 2] [3] Arauca: Arauca: SKUC AUC Santiago Pérez Quiroz Airport: Domestic
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 is the second busiest airport in Latin America after Mexico City International Airport and it is the busiest airport in Colombia. Construction of the airport was ordered by Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (19th President of Colombia) in 1955 to replace the Aeropuerto de Techo. Due to its central location in Colombia and in Latin America, it is a hub ...
2.1 Colombia's 16 busiest airports by passenger traffic (JAN-AUG) [1] 3 2023. Toggle 2023 subsection. 3.1 Colombia's 16 busiest airports by passenger traffic [1] 4 2022.
Matecaña International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Matecaña, IATA: PEI, ICAO: SKPE) is an international airport serving the city of Pereira, Colombia. It also serves as an alternate airport for the cities of Armenia , Cartago , Manizales , Medellín , Cali , and Bogotá .
The airport primarily handles general aviation, flight school and executive flights traffic. It is the base for private and commercial pilot training schools Aeroandes and Aeroclub de Colombia. [3] [4] There are hills east and west of the airport. The parallel grass Runway 11R/29L is the longer, but is unmarked.
Before Leticia had an established airport, the Colombian Air Force flew PBY Catalina aircraft from the interior of Colombia to the river banks of the city. Gustavo Rojas Pinilla seeing the need to better connect the Amazon region of Colombia to Bogota ordered for an airport to be built.
Techo International Airport (IATA: BOG, ICAO: SKBO) was the first airport in Bogotá, Colombia, which was in operation from 1930 to 1959, when it was replaced by El Dorado International Airport. It was adjacent to the current Monumento a las Banderas, on Avenida de Las Américas.