<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History El Dorado International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The El Dorado Passenger Terminal was designed during the government of General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. Its construction began in 1955 and entered in service by December 1959, replacing Techo International Airport, which had been the city's main airport since 1930.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Before its inauguration, Soledad International Airport in Barranquilla was the nation's air hub, and was relegated to secondary importance in the country when El Dorado Airport opened.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The new terminal consisted of several taxiways, maintenance platforms, parking areas, a cellar, passenger halls, Mezzanine areas and other amenities. Its second floor consisted of the departures area with executive waiting rooms and restaurants. The third floor consisted mainly of offices for the airlines and of other airport related services.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The fourth floor held the administrative offices and its dependencies which accounted through to the fifth floor. The sixth floor contained mainly the dependencies of meteorology and power station of air navigation aids of the ECA. The seventh floor held the route control facilities for the runways and taxiways and the eighth floor contained air traffic radar controllers. The ninth floor contained the airport's electrical maintenance and offices, and the tenth floor held the control tower and air traffic controllers.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In 1973, the airport accomplished a milestone by serving nearly three million passengers and processing nearly 5 million units of luggage. That year turned out to be one of the most prosperous for the industry of aviation, registering high passenger growth in both domestic and international traffic. Then it became necessary for a second runway at El Dorado with concerns that the explosive growth would lead to over congestion in the future. In 1981, Avianca undertook the construction of the Puente A&eacute;reo Terminal inaugurated by President Julio C&eacute;sar Turbay Ayala, to serve its high density flights from Bogot&aacute; to Cali, Medell&iacute;n, Miami and New York City. In 1990, the Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics (Aerocivil) moved to the third floor in the main building. During this same year, the Centro de Estudios Aeron&aacute;uticos and at the east part of the airport the building for the National Center for Aeronavigation were constructed. In 1998, the second runway was officially opened.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3">El Dorado International Airport Transportation</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The following means of transport are available at Bogota Airport to the city centre:</p>
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<li class="blog-li"><strong>Bus:</strong> By Transmilenio and several urban and public transportation bus lines.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Taxi:</strong> Get to downtown Bogota within 40 minutes by taxi.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Car rental:</strong> Rent a car in Bogota Airport or through our search engine.</li>
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