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Published Sep 9, 2026
El Dorado Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento International Airport (BOG), also known as Bogotá Airport, is Colombia’s primary aviation gateway and Avianca’s main Bogotá hub. Sitting at 2,548 m (8,360 ft) above sea level in Bogotá, this high-altitude hub handles significant regional air traffic and ranked in 2024 as Latin America’s busiest airport by passenger volume.
How many passengers fly through El Dorado International Airport each year?
El Dorado International Airport handled 45.80 million total passengers in 2024, the latest exact official full-year passenger total verified for this update.
- Pre-pandemic traffic reached 35.06 million passengers in 2019.
- Pandemic restrictions cut passenger traffic to 10.81 million in 2020, a 69.2% drop from 2019.
- In 2021, OPAIN (Operadora Aeroportuaria Internacional) published an official year-end estimate of 22.6 million travelers, equal to 64% of 2019 traffic.
- Recovery pushed traffic back above the 2019 level by 2022, when OPAIN reported 35.5 million mobilized passengers.
- Traffic rose again in 2023, when Aerocivil reported 39.48 million passengers at El Dorado.
- The airport set a new official record in 2024 with 45,802,360 passengers, about 16% above 2023.
Note: This section uses total passenger traffic, not enplanements, boardings or departing passengers. The 2021 value is included as an official OPAIN-published year-end estimate, not a final annual total.
What is the total number of aircraft operations at El Dorado International Airport each year?
El Dorado recorded 360,044 aircraft movements in 2024.
- Aircraft movements increased by 13.4% compared with 2023.
- El Dorado ranked first in Latin America and the Caribbean for aircraft movements in the 2024 ACI-LAC (Airports Council International – Latin America and the Caribbean) regional ranking.
- The official metric is aircraft movements, so this section does not relabel the figure as passenger flights.
Note: This section uses total aircraft movements / operations.
How much revenue does El Dorado International Airport generate each year?
OPAIN reported COP 414.5 billion in operating revenue in 2020, down from COP 1.17 trillion in 2019.
- Pre-pandemic operating revenue reached COP 1.17 trillion in 2019.
- Pandemic-year operating revenue fell to COP 414.5 billion in 2020, a 65% decline.
- EBITDA declined from COP 344.5 billion in 2019 to COP 12.8 billion in 2020.
- Net profit moved from COP 46.3 billion in 2019 to a net loss of COP 134.0 billion in 2020.
Note: This section uses operator/company financial reporting in Colombian pesos. EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization) is a financial metric used to evaluate a company's core operating performance by excluding financing decisions, accounting treatments, and tax environments.
How much cargo moves through El Dorado International Airport each year?
El Dorado handled 809,029 tonnes of cargo in 2024, the highest cargo total in the operator’s dedicated cargo-release series.
- Cargo stood at 779,897 tonnes in 2022.
- Volume softened to 769,607 tonnes in 2023 before rebounding in 2024.
- The 2024 total was 5.12% above 2023 and 3.74% above 2022.
- El Dorado remained the leading air-cargo airport in Latin America and the Caribbean, and ranked #34 worldwide for cargo volume.
Note: This section follows the operator’s dedicated cargo release series and uses cargo tonnes moved, not landed weight.
How does El Dorado International Airport rank globally?
El Dorado ranked #1 in Latin America and the Caribbean for passenger traffic, cargo volume and aircraft movements in 2024.
- Passenger traffic exceeded 45 million passengers in 2024.
- Cargo volume exceeded 809,000 tonnes in 2024.
- Aircraft movements reached 360,044 in 2024.
- The cargo ranking placed El Dorado #1 in Latin America and the Caribbean and #34 worldwide.
Note: This section uses the operator-published 2024 ACI-LAC regional recognition and cargo-ranking language.
Major Expansion Projects at El Dorado International Airport
The EDMAX expansion is planned to raise El Dorado’s capacity to up to 73 million passengers per year.
- The EDMAX private-initiative project is designed to expand El Dorado within the current airport perimeter.
- A 47,261 m² concrete platform project was completed in 2025, adding 7 aircraft parking positions and ground-assistance areas.
- Terminal 2 works added 566 m² of waiting areas, 168 m² for security screening and 3 boarding gates with capacity for 180 passengers.
- As of February 2026, immigration-area works were 76% complete and were expected to expand the area from 1,624 m² to 2,162 m².
Note: EDMAX is presented as a planned expansion initiative, while the platform and Terminal 2 works are reported as completed infrastructure interventions.
El Dorado International Airport Sustainability Initiatives
El Dorado reached Airport Carbon Accreditation Level 4 in 2023 after reducing direct emissions by 77%.
- The airport’s terminals use 100% renewable electrical energy.
- Published climate targets include carbon neutrality for terminal emissions by 2025 and a 57% reduction in scope 1 and scope 2 emissions by 2028, compared with 2018.
- El Dorado became the first airport in the world to receive LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Zero Energy certification in 2024.
- In 2025, El Dorado became the first airport in the world and the first infrastructure project in Colombia to receive OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Blue Dot certification.
- The airport reports recycling 100% of rainwater from its roofs and giving a second use to 80% of terminal waste.
Note: The 2025 carbon-neutrality item is retained as a published target, not as an achieved status.
References
- Aerocivil — Aerodrome and Passenger Statistics (2023–2026) · aerocivil.gov.co
- Avianca — Airline Hub Data (2024) · avianca.com
- Bogotá city government — Passenger Traffic and Regional Ranking (2024) · bogota.gov.co
- Odinsa — Passenger Traffic and Financials (2019–2020) · odinsa.com
- OPAIN — Passenger Recovery, Aircraft Movements, Cargo and Sustainability Data (2022–2025) · opain.co
- ANI — Expansion and Infrastructure Data (2025–2026) · ani.gov.co
