<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Bogota International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">During the time that General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla was in charge, the El Dorado Passenger Terminal was built.Its construction began in 1955 and it entered service in December 1959, replacing Techo International Airport, which had been the city's main airport since 1930. 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. 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, executive waiting rooms, and restaurants. The third floor consisted mainly of offices for the airlines and other airport-related services.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The fourth floor held the administrative offices and their dependencies, which extended to the fifth floor. The sixth floor contained mainly the dependencies of meteorology and the power station for air navigation aids at 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 five million units of luggage. That year turned out to be one of the most prosperous for the aviation industry, 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 overcrowding 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, Medelln, Miami, and New York City.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In 1990, the Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics (Aerocivil) moved to the third floor of 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 Centre for Aeronavigation were constructed. In 1998, the second runway was officially opened.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Bogota El Dorado Airport is the biggest and busiest airport in Colombia. About 45% of all passengers who use airports in Colombia go through this airport.The airport consists of two runways and two terminals. T1 is one of the most modern terminals in South America. Bogota El Dorado Airport is home to Avianca, the second oldest airline in the world (after KLM). Viva Air, Satena, Wingo, and LATAM Airlines offer many flights to and from the airport as well.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The airport was recently fixed up so that it can handle up to 40 million people per year.There are also plans to build a second airport called El Dorado II. This future airport in Facatativ&aacute;, west of Bogota, will be connected to the current airport by train or light rail.</p>
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