Bogota Airport
Lasting Impressions....
"South America seems to have a thing about having aircon on full blast. " (Mark Roworth)
"One of the good things about the airport is that there is wifi available. It is not advertised anywhere and I think I am hijacking a local office network, but hey ho, ding dong, never mind. " (Mark Roworth)
"The choicest spot in the airport is the little nook right in front of the Colombian Police. " (?)
Good times
by ?
"I had about 8 hours between my flights (night time), so I decided to sleep at the airport. Actually it was much more comfortable than I had imagined and nobody was bothering me. There were few more people trying to sleep although it looked that it's not really common. Not much noise and the seats were quite comfortable. Nice choice ;-)"
Not a bad place, but not great either
by drvannostren
There are a few downsides in Bogota, there is free Wifi, but it's a small area near the Juan Valdez cafe. In that area and throughout, there's very few places to plug in and power up. Open 24/7 I think only was Juan Valdez and Dunkin Donuts, so u can get a tiny bit of food, and coffee if u wanna stay awake. A good area to sleep in above the check in area as there is nowhere down there, in front of Juan Valdez there's lots of tables and chairs to eat at or play cards, or use a laptop. The nice part is the wood benches in that area, as there are more than a few and their hard, but i had no trouble sleeping, but it seems there were a bunch of people there, so you might wanna scout out early. Seemed like lots of pax in transit overnight.
Um, you may want to rethink sleeping in this place
by Neil
El Dorado has two terminals. One for International flights and one for domestic flights. Counter-intuitively, it's the international terminal that is antiquated and disgusting.
We were stuck in the international connection zone for 12 hours, connecting from Quito to Toronto. Might as well try to rest, right?
Wrong. There is limited seating in the very noisy main hallway, and each gate has a closed off boarding area that you will be periodically shepherded out of when there's a flight departing from that gate. Worse, there is no ventilation whatsoever at this airport. The windows have vents on them, but there is no circulation mechanism. During busy times, you can feel that there is not enough oxygen in the building, and if a plane is parked at the closest gate, you can smell jet exhaust.
The gates, where there is seating, is separated from the restaurant area - where the only seating is for patrons - by a military checkpoint where they pat you down, so it is not a simple affair to get up and grab a snack. On a side note, this is the second out of three security lineups you have to go through to board any flight bound for Europe or North America. South American flights get by with only two security checks.
Overall, not recommended...try to keep your stays at this airport brief.
Airport Guide
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- long wooden benches
- chairs without armrests
- cold
- WiFi
- comfortable
- pick-up some Juan Valdez coffee
- heavy security
