El Dorado International Airport SKBO / BOG
Bogotá's hub, 30 minutes from the northern business district, with FBO terminals on the general-aviation side and 24-hour CIQ. High elevation cuts payload significantly; permits and slots take several days. Guaymaral relieves turboprop and light-jet traffic.
12,467 ft
Longest runway
30 min
Drive to Bogotá
2
FBOs / handlers
8,361 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- Yes
- Noise curfew
- No
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 12 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Any size including widebody VIP; hot-and-high (8,361 ft) performance planning essential.
- Website
- eldorado.aero
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Central Charter de Colombia FBO
- Universal Aviation Bogotá
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Compare published takeoff distances
Initial comparison of published takeoff distances and runway length (12,467 ft). Confirm aircraft suitability and current restrictions with the operator.
Within the screening threshold
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ350 XWB 7,220 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 9,800 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-9 (MAX 9) 8,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ3 (737-900ER) 8,040 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
Above the screening threshold
- None exceed the screening threshold.
Other airports for Bogotá
- Guaymaral Airport SKGY 5,643 ft · 40 min
What it costs to fly here privately
Sources and credits
- El Dorado International Airport · SajoR · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons