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On 2025, The Golden from Bogota achievement, for the seventh time and fourth consecutive year, be the Best Airport in South America and obtained the Blue Dot Seal, awarded by the OECD, for its sustainable infrastructure.
When fulfilling 65 years, The Golden consolidates itself as a benchmark for operational efficiency, innovation and fight against climate change, and is positioned as one of the most important airports in the region, distinction that reflects the strategic role it plays in the connectivity of Colombia, as well as its contribution to economic development and the promotion of tourism, both national and international.
Gran 2025 for El Dorado in Bogotá
So far this year, El Dorado achieved important achievements, as they are:
- Completed and put into operation seven new aircraft parking positions, which have optimized the air operation, decongested critical areas and improved overnight stays, departure and transfer of aircraft.
- This year brought a record number: El Dorado became the airport with the highest passenger traffic in South America in 2024: 45,8 millions of travelers connected to the world; what's more, mobilized more than 800 thousand tons of cargo last year, the highest record in history.
- Platinum Award, awarded by Cirium, which highlighted the exceptional performance in terms of impact on passengers, operational excellence and growth.
- Implemented the second phase of A-CDM, a collaborative operating model designed to optimize both airport and airspace capacity and operations by increasing predictability. Its implementation seeks to mitigate delays and operational problems due to operating near the capacity limit., being the pioneer airport in Colombia to launch it.
- Number one air terminal in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the report 2024 of the Airport Council International (ACI-LAC). This milestone places it at the top of the continent in three key categories: passenger traffic, loading and movement of aircraft.
- Aerocivil granted El Dorado aerodrome certification, recognizing that the main airport in the country and one of the most relevant in Latin America, meets infrastructure requirements, services, operational safety management and aeronautical procedures necessary to operate under the highest safety and efficiency criteria.
Sustainability milestones
- Blue Dot Stamp, awarded by the OECD, for its sustainable infrastructure and social work with neighbors.
- El Dorado became godfather to 'Rafiki', the condor born in the custody of the Jaime Duque Foundation thanks to a process of scientific research and artificial incubation
- What's more, The air terminal breathes like a forest of a thousand trees, improving the air quality around you, thanks to the Murarte initiative, a photocatalytic nanotechnological paint that absorbs CO₂.
- El Dorado installed 60 Ekomuros for water recycling in neighboring houses in the towns of Engativá and Fontibón.
Connectivity milestones
- were opened 8 new national routes that strengthen the offer from cities like Cartagena, Medellin, Pereira, Paipa and Ibagué.
- 12 new internationals that connect Bogotá with Brasilia, Tampa, Manaos, Dallas, City of Cordoba, Monterrey, Belén, Guatemala city, Guadalajara, Aruba, Curacao and Montego Bay, through airlines like Gol, Avianca, Volaris, Latam, Wingo and JetSmart.
Experience milestones
- For the seventh time and fourth consecutive year it was the Best Airport in South America, according to skytrax.
- It was chosen as the leading airport in South America according to the World Travel Awards in support of its excellence, modernity and world-class services. These awards, Known as the “Oscars of Tourism”, from 1993 celebrate quality in the global tourism industry.
- Additional, the airport advanced social strategies, cultural, preventive and accessibility measures to provide safe and comfortable spaces for users, How were 'El Dorado at your pace'; campaigns against human trafficking and gender-based violence, and made visible artistic exhibitions such as Jaguart and ‘Colombia Dorada: a visual tour of the Colombia that you still don't know'.
At the closing of 2025, El Dorado maintains its commitment to all travelers by increasing its efficiency actions, airport sustainability and innovation, promoting Colombia's competitiveness to attract investments and strengthen logistics chains; this is a decided commitment to technology, human talent and responsible operation.
On 2026, El Dorado will continue to be a strategic ally, focusing its efforts on digitalization and automation through the adoption of emerging technologies to anticipate the operation, reduce bottlenecks and make decisions in real time; comprehensive operational efficiency, understood as the optimization of processes and data, greater coordination with the airport ecosystem and improvements in punctuality and connection times, and passenger-oriented spaces and services, such as specific expansions and redesigns that consolidate El Dorado as a comprehensive hub of experiences, where service, culture, innovation and sustainability are integrated into every detail.
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