This video shows an airplane taking off from El Dorado Airport in Bogota.
Bogotá (/ˌboʊɡəˈtɑː/,[13][14] also UK: /ˌbɒɡ-/, US: /ˈboʊɡətɑː/,[15] Spanish pronunciation: [boɣoˈta] ⓘ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (Spanish: [ˌsanta ˈfe ðe βoɣoˈta]; lit. 'Holy Faith of Bogotá') during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not politically part of, the surrounding department of Cundinamarca.[16] Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the main political, economic, administrative, industrial, cultural, aeronautical, technological, scientific, medical and educational center of the country and northern South America.
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 45,816,050 passengers in 2024 making it the busiest airport 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 (690 hectares) and contains two 3,800-metre (12,500 ft) long runways.[5] El Dorado has non-stop international flights to North America, South America, Central America, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Middle East.
