El Dorado International Airport
Bogota, Colombia

El Dorado International Airport
Colombia's busiest gateway, connecting Latin America and beyond.
- ›El Dorado is one of the highest-altitude major international airports in the world at approximately 2,548 m (8,360 ft) above sea level.
- ›It is consistently ranked among the top airports in Latin America by total cargo volume.
- ›The airport is named after the legendary El Dorado, the mythical city of gold sought by Spanish conquistadors.
- ›A major infrastructure overhaul modernized the airport between roughly 2006 and 2015, adding a new international terminal and expanding capacity.
- ›El Dorado handles over 30 million passengers in peak years, making it Colombia's busiest aviation hub.
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El Dorado International Airport 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 São Paulo - Guarulhos International Airport. With 760,000 metric tons of cargo passing through the same year, it is also Iberoamerica's most important cargo hub. 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. The facility covers 1,700 acres and contains two 3,800-metre (12,500 ft) long runways. El Dorado has direct international flights to North America, South America, Central America, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Middle East.
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