Airport Overview

El Dorado International Airport is the main airport in Colombia. It is located 13.35 kilometers to the west of El Centro (Plaza de Bolívar) Bogota, between the towns of Fontibón and Engativá. At the El Dorado Airport there are 30 international airlines, 6 domestic airlines and 18 cargo airlines. Currently the airport handles an average of 36 million passengers and 820 thousand tons per year.

In rainy seasons, there are phenomena such as fog and incidents with some aircraft, which generates temporary closures in operations, for this reason, authorization was requested from the National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA) for the expansion of the operation of the El Dorado airport after eleven o'clock at night in the west - east direction, to allow a greater number of takeoffs.

El Dorado Airport is the one that transports the most cargo in the country with 820 thousand tons per year and is currently the airport with the highest cargo movement in Latin America.

Airport Picture

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

The main Colombian entities and authorities operating at the El Dorado Airport are:

• Civil Aviation. Civil Aeronautics works to guarantee the orderly development of civil aviation, the airline industry and the safe use of Colombian airspace, facilitating intermodal transportation and contributing to the improvement of the country's competitiveness.
• Aero health. Airport Health, the place where medical emergencies at El Dorado Airport are treated.
• ITRC. The ITRC agency oversees the integrity of the collection process and the administration of assets, income, taxes and parafiscal contributions made by DIAN, UGPP and COLJUEGOS. In turn, this agency is in charge of protecting the money and resources of Colombians, strengthening the three monitored entities, in order to generate greater income for the Nation.
• DIAN. The Special Administrative Unit Directorate of National Taxes and Customs,
• Anti-narcotics Directorate.
• Fontibón Hospital. The new and modern facilities of approximately 56m², has two basic areas: the first, vaccination for travelers, and the second, offices for the personnel in charge of carrying out the inspection, surveillance and control work at the Airport.
• Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA). The procedures with the Institution will be carried out in the Cargo Administrative Center (CAC), pets in crates in office 23 and the Phyto and zoosanitary inspections in the cargo holds.
• Migration Colombia.
• OPAIN S.A. is a company incorporated with the sole objective of managing, modernizing, commercially developing, expanding, operating and maintaining the El Dorado International Airport.

Some of the private companies that provide services at El Dorado Airport are:

• Avianca It is the commercial brand that represents the Latin American airlines integrated in Avianca Holdings S.A., which has been highlighted for its excellence in service. With airlines specialized in passenger and cargo transport, it directly serves more than 100 destinations in 28 countries in America and Europe aboard a modern fleet of 180 short, medium and long-range aircraft. Additionally, it flies to 1,300 destinations in 192 countries on five continents.
• Avianca Cargo, formerly Tampa Cargo, is a Colombian cargo airline with operations in the American continent, which it operates mainly from Bogotá and Miami. Currently Avianca Cargo operates as a subsidiary of Avianca previously called Tampa Cargo and has a codeshare agreement on all routes where it operates for the use of its aircraft holds.
• Copa Airlines. Panama international airline, flies to 74 destinations in 31 countries in North, Central, South America and the Caribbean. In addition, the airline maintains a strategic alliance with the American company United Airlines. Copa Airlines has a strategic business unit in Colombia that will provide logistics solutions in cargo transportation, safely, efficiently and with high quality standards in processes.
• LATAM It is a Colombian commercial passenger airline and a subsidiary of LATAM Airlines that covers national and international destinations from its headquarters at the El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá and from the main cities of that country. It is the second largest airline in Colombia by total passenger traffic with about 23% of the domestic market as of December 2015.3 It has a large presence in Latin America, one of its most desired attributes being the capillarity of its network. This allows the company to offer a great connection to, from and within the region. The portfolio includes highly specialized treatments, such as PHARMA, for the transport of pharmaceutical products; ALIVE, for the transport of live animals; o PROTECT, for vulnerable shipments ”.

Passenger and Cargo Performance Indicator

El Dorado is the largest airport in the country, there are mobilized 50 thousand passengers daily, with an average of 800 flights. In addition, 48% of the total passenger mobilization in Colombia is concentrated in this air terminal. El Dorado is the most critical hub in Colombia because it handles 33% of air operations, which means that 40% of Colombia's domestic passengers pass through Bogotá daily and approximately 78% of internationals also pass through the capital city.

El Dorado International Airport has a huge infrastructure divided into several sectors: cargo terminals TC1 (24,797 square meters), TC2 (23,624 square meters), and TC3 (18,129 square meters) are the main buildings, to which it is added the Administrative Center of Cargo (6,328 square meters). In total, there are 72,880 square meters of construction.

Inside are the space holders, companies that lease the area offered by OPAIN. Today they number 69 and make use of 10 cold rooms that total 9,350 square meters, 16 warehouses and 214 vehicle docks. The Bogotá cargo terminal has occupied 100% of its warehouse space and 80% of its office space, which is a reflection of how this enormous building has a high strategic value for the national economy.

Runways

The runway is fully paved and with excellent signaling and lighting conditions.

The runway is fully paved and with excellent signaling and lighting conditions. Takeoffs and landings are restricted between 03:01 am and 10:59 am because this runway is very close to a residential neighborhood.

Helicopter Pad(s)

There are currently no heliports at El Dorado Airport. Therefore, for the takeoff maneuver or for the culmination of the approach maneuver, helipoints (called: Alpha, Beta, Charlie, Delta and Echo) are established within the movement area. from the airfield. The airspace of the city of Bogotá maintains visual corridors for the routing of traffic and on helicopter flights called KOPTER. (KOPTER 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Due to Civil Aeronautics regulations, helicopters may only fly during the day, that is, from 6:30 in the morning to 5:00 in the afternoon.

At El Dorado International Airport, the taxiways and / or security zones are used for landing helicopters on VFR flights, likewise the taxiways are planned for both airplanes and helicopters in order to allow the taxiing on the surface of helicopters by their own motive power, therefore the specifications regarding taxiways, taxiway margins and taxiway strips that appear in the Colombian Aeronautical Regulations also apply to helicopters, in addition to the operating restrictions of the same.

Take-off and landing procedures

Helicopters departing:

1. The pilot will call on the corresponding Surface Control frequency to request towing instructions from the respective hangar or parking position to the nearest SPOT.
2. Established in the SPOT, it will request taxi instructions or air taxi to the nearest helipoint in order to carry out the takeoff maneuver.
3. The taxiing will be carried out following taxiways and without overflying other aircraft, vehicles or infrastructure.

Note: Each helicopter operator / operator is responsible for establishing the procedures for air displacements when applicable, according to the existing dimensions of the taxiways and access roads to parking positions, as well as determining the minimum separation margins between their helicopters. in a parking space and an object or any aircraft.

Helicopters landing:

1. Upon settling down at the helipoint, the pilot will establish contact on the corresponding Surface Control frequency to request air taxi instructions to the closest SPOT to the destination parking post or hangar.
2. It will proceed towing from the SPOT, to the respective hangar or parking place.

Likewise, it is forbidden for civil helicopters to stay overnight at the aerodrome except those authorized with MEDEVAC, SAR, HOSP, STATE, among others that have the authorization to operate based at El Dorado Airport.

Airport Infrastructure Details

Airport Operating Details

Customs Guidance

In accordance with Article 90 of Decree 2685 of 1999, all means of transport that reach the national customs territory must arrive at the places authorized by the National Tax and Customs Directorate (DIAN). The transporter or airport agent that has warehouses in the places of arrival for the transitory handling of cargo must obtain the respective authorization of the place by the DIAN in accordance with the provisions of Decree 390 of 2016. Once the merchandise arrives, the travel documents are received and registered, the merchandise is presented to the customs authority. It is understood by merchandise presented, that of foreign origin related in the cargo manifest (air waybill) that have the authorization of entry made by the Civil Aeronautics. The Information of the Cargo Manifest is presented through the Electronic Computer Services and must correspond at least to the following data:

1. Identification of the means of transport
2. Travel data, such as:
   1. Origin of the goods.
   2. Destination place.
   3. Weight and total quantity of cargo units to be transported.
   4. Transport document numbers.
   5. Number of packages, weight.
   6. The indication of consolidated cargo,

The information of the transport documents that is presented through the electronic computer services, regarding the transport documents and consolidators, must contain at least the following data:

1. NIT of the consignee (other than that of the temporary or customs warehouse)
2. Tariff subheading
3. Type of load
4. Number and date of the transport document or the consolidating document
5. Quantity of packages, weight and volume, as appropriate
6. Identification of the load unit, when applicable
7. general description of the merchandise
8. Other characteristics of the transportation contract as required by DIAN.

The carrier must deliver the information of the travel documents, through electronic computer services, with a minimum anticipation of 3 hours before the arrival of the means of transport, by air.

At the time of the arrival of the means of transport to the national customs territory, the transporter or his representative will report such fact, through electronic computer services. Upon receipt of the arrival notice, DIAN will authorize the unloading of the merchandise. For customs purposes, the date of arrival of the merchandise to the national customs territory will be that of the acknowledgment of receipt of the arrival notice through electronic computer services.

The merchandise unloaded at the airport will remain under the responsibility of the carrier or the international freight agent, as the case may be, until its delivery to the multimodal transport operator or to the consignee, either the authorized warehouse, the declarant, the customs agency, or the user operator of the free zone in which the user whose name is registered is located, or to whom the transport document is endorsed.

Finally, in the recognition procedure, the conformity between the cargo and the information contained in the travel documents and the documents that support the commercial operation will be verified, as well as compliance with the requirements set forth in special regulations, without prejudice to the power to practice the diligence of gauging on the merchandise, when the Directorate of National Taxes and Customs determines it.

Once the unloading completion report has been submitted, the goods are delivered to a temporary warehouse or a free zone where the user in whose name it is consigned is located or the transport document is endorsed within the following 2 business days .

At that time, the import declaration (DUA) is presented in the DIAN computer system and acceptance is given; Next, customs taxes are settled and paid in bank or by electronic transfer. Subsequently, with the confirmation of payment of the declaration in the system, the release of the merchandise is requested in this same medium. The lift can lead to physical or automatic inspection; if it is the first, the DIAN inspector must confirm that the physical merchandise agrees with what is stated in the documents to finally issue the release and free disposal of the merchandise. If it is automatic, the release and free disposition are obtained immediately.

Storage Facilities

The airport has 3 warehouse areas in the cargo terminals, TC1 with 24,797m², TC2 has 23,624 m², and TC 3 with 18,129 m² additionally adds the Administrative Center of Cargo with 6,328 m², in total they are 72,880 square meters of construction.

Inside are the space holders, companies that lease the area offered by OPAIN. Today they number 69 and make use of 10 cold rooms that total 9,350 square meters, 16 warehouses and 214 vehicle docks. The Bogotá cargo terminal has occupied 100% of its warehouse space and 80% of its office space

Airfield Costs

Navigation Charges

* Prices are referential, values may vary

Fuel Service Charges

Refueling at El Dorado Airport is carried out by a fuel hydrant system with a supply capacity of 100 gallons per minute, in national, international and cargo platforms. In addition, it has a supply system with tank vehicles, with capacities of 10000-9600-6000-5000-3000 and 2500 gallons. The fuel supply is carried out by private companies such as Terpel and Energizar Aviación and operates 24 hours a day.

* Prices are referential, values may vary

Cargo Terminal Charges

Air-bridge Charges

For the use of the boarding bridges of the international piers in the airports administered by AEROCIVIL, they must pay a fee of USD $ 112. The boarding bridges of the national piers in the airports will pay a rate of 6 daily legal minimum wages in force (66SMLDV).

Security 

The entire airport, including the cargo area, is monitored by a state-of-the-art closed-circuit television: from special security rooms to controlling activities related to the movement of people. State-of-the-art scanners supervised by special security personnel are found in the departure, arrival, flight connection, entry and exit areas of personnel working at the airport. El Dorado Airport reinforces its security with more than 700 cameras, The contribution of camera technology is very important in the operation of the Airport because it has reliability, security and video availability, which allows making operational and security decisions in a timely manner, complying with operating regulations.

Airport Overview

Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Ernesto Cortissoz), is an airport serving the area of Barranquilla the capital city of the Atlántico department in Colombia. The airport is located in the suburban municipality of Soledad. It owes its name to one of the pioneers of Colombian aviation, Ernesto Cortissoz. The Grupo Aeroportuario del Caribe S.A.S, is the new consortium that began operating the Barranquilla air terminal from May 16, 2015, , with the aim of modernizing its infrastructure and strengthening its service offer.

With an investment of just over 160,000,000 USD, the Barranquilla International Airport has been completely remodeled and ready for the first flights scheduled for August 2020. The remodeling includes the repaving of the runway, modernization of the passenger terminal, incorporation of technology, an intelligent and functional air conditioning system. It also plans to install information technology at the service of the airlines and a cargo terminal will be built.

At the airport there are currently three platforms for parking aircraft, one for commercial passenger aircraft, one for cargo aircraft and one for the military base. The platform for commercial passenger aircraft is in front of the Passenger Terminal Building and has 16 parking spaces. The loading platform is located north of the Passenger Terminal Building, in the vicinity of header 23. The airport now has 27 thousand square meters, 10 thousand more than the previous building; a new passenger check-in area with 49 new 'counters' and 15 self-check-in kiosks; nine boarding bridges distributed in the 13 waiting rooms, plus five luggage bands. It also has 397 cameras in five security levels. It can accept wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 747, the Boeing 767 and the Airbus A340. The airport has two terminals: domestic and international. It is the most important airport in terms of infrastructure in the northern part of the country and the first in terms of cargo movements.

The supply and consumption of energy is supplied by a gas combustion engine with 2.5 megawatts of power that, in synchronization with the central system (Electricaribe), manages to supply the airport's energy demand.

Airport Picture

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

The main Colombian entities and authorities operating at the airport are:

• Civil Aviation. Civil Aeronautics works to guarantee the orderly development of civil aviation, the airline industry and the safe use of Colombian airspace, facilitating intermodal transportation and contributing to the improvement of the country's competitiveness.
• DIAN. The purpose of the Special Administrative Unit for the National Tax and Customs Directorate, DIAN, is to help guarantee the fiscal security of the Colombian State and the protection of the national economic public order.
• Anti-narcotics Directorate. It contributes to the goals of the National Government in its policy to combat drug trafficking and other offenses, neutralizing activities related and related to this crime, which affect the national and international community.
• Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA). The procedures with the Institution will be done in the Administrative Center of Cargo (CAC), pets in crates in office 23 and the Phyto and zoosanitary inspections in the cargo holds.
• Migration Colombia. Civil security entity; Autonomous and attached to the Ministry of Foreign Relations, whose objective is to exercise the functions of surveillance and control authority of migration and immigration of the Colombian State.

Some of the private companies that provide services at the Airport are:

• AEROPUERTOS DEL CARIBE S. A. S. "ACSAS", company that currently operates the airport, its main activity is the administration and economic exploitation of the Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport. The International Cargo Agency. Provides permanent advisory services in customs, administration of special regimes (UAP, warehouses, vallejo plan and free zones). In addition, it provides logistics services such as international maritime transport, maritime consolidations, international air transport, Management of export and import operations of perishable goods, International land transport, Triangulation of goods and management of distribution and global logistics, Insurance of goods, Freight transport under special conditions: refrigerated, dangerous and oversized.
• Avianca Cargo, formerly Tampa Cargo, is a Colombian cargo airline with operations in the American continent, which it operates mainly from Bogotá and Miami. Currently Avianca Cargo operates as a subsidiary of Avianca previously called Tampa Cargo and has a codeshare agreement on all routes where it operates for the use of the holds of its passenger aircraft.
• LATAM Cargo has a large presence in Latin America. This allows the company to offer a great connection to, from and within the region. The portfolio includes highly specialized treatments, such as PHARMA, for the transport of pharmaceutical products; ALIVE, for the transport of live animals; o PROTECT, for vulnerable shipments.

For more information on airport contacts, please see the following link:  4.5 Airport Companies Contact List.

Information on some aviation service providers can be found at: http://www.azfreight.com/

Passenger and Cargo Performance Indicator

The cargo terminal is located northeast of the passenger terminal and has an area of ​​9,000 m². The loading dock can accommodate up to two aircraft simultaneously. The current use of the cargo terminal does not exceed 30%. The cargo handling equipment is limited, it has two conveyor belts.

Runways

The runway has a length of 3,001 m and a width of 45 m. The approaches to both end of the runway are classified for instrument flight operations in precision category I. The airport has a taxiway parallel to the runway to reach both ends. The three turnouts near the center of the runway connect to the taxiway and ramp, are 22.5 m wide and made of concrete.

Helicopter Pads

The Airport has two heliports. Note: There is permanent presence of birds throughout the year, and in the months of June to October the presence increases at night.

Airport Infrastructure Details

The approaches to each of the headers are categorized for operations in precision instrument flight category I by header 05 and in visual flight by header 23.The airport has a taxiway parallel to the runway that reaches both headers, two access roads to the runway head, three runway exit streets and three access roads to the platform that are a continuation of the intermediate runway exit streets. All of them have a width of 22.5 m. and they are made of concrete.

At the airport there are currently three platforms for aircraft parking, the one for commercial passenger aircraft, the one for cargo aircraft and the one for the Military Base. The platform for commercial passenger aircraft is located in front of the Passenger Terminal Building and has 16 parking spaces. The loading platform is located north of the Passenger Terminal Building, in the vicinity of header 23.

Airport Operating Details

Customs Guidance

According to Article 90 of Decree 2685 of 1999, all means of transport that reach the national customs territory must arrive at the places authorized by the National Tax and Customs Directorate (DIAN). The transporter or airport agent that has warehouses in the places of arrival for the transitory handling of cargo, must obtain the respective authorization of the place by the DIAN in accordance with the provisions of Decree 390 of 2016.

Once the merchandise arrives, the travel documents are received and registered, the merchandise is presented to the customs authority. Presented merchandise is understood to be that of foreign origin listed in the cargo manifest (air waybill) that have the entry authorization issued by Civil Aeronautics. The Information of the Cargo Manifest is presented through the Electronic Computing Services and must correspond at least to the following data:

1. Identification of the means of transport
2. Travel data, such as:
   1. Origin of the goods.
   2. Destination place.
   3. Weight and total quantity of cargo units to be transported.
   4. Transport document numbers.
   5. Number of packages, weight.
   6. The indication of consolidated cargo,

The information of the transport documents that is presented through electronic computer services, regarding the transport documents and consolidators, must contain at least the following data:

1. NIT (Número de Identificación Tributaria or tax identification number) of the consignee (other than that of the temporary or customs warehouse)
2. Tariff subheading
3. Type of load
4. Number and date of the transport document or the consolidating document
5. Quantity of packages, weight and volume, as appropriate
6. Identification of the load unit, when applicable
7. General description of the merchandise
8. Other characteristics of the transportation contract as required by DIAN.

The carrier must deliver the information of the travel documents, through electronic computer services, with a minimum anticipation of 3 hours before the arrival of the means of transport, in the air mode.

At the time of the arrival of the means of transport to the national customs territory, the transporter or his representative will report such fact, through electronic computer services. Upon receipt of the arrival notice, DIAN will authorize the unloading of the merchandise. For customs purposes, the date of arrival of the merchandise to the national customs territory will be that of the acknowledgment of receipt of the arrival notice through electronic computer services.

The merchandise unloaded at the airport will remain under the responsibility of the carrier or the international freight agent, as the case may be, until it is delivered to the multimodal transport operator or the consignee, either the authorized warehouse, the declarant, the customs agency, or

the user operator of the free zone in which the user whose name is registered is located, or to whom the transport document is endorsed.

Finally, in the recognition procedure, the conformity between the cargo and the information contained in the travel documents and the documents that support the commercial operation will be verified, as well as compliance with the requirements set forth in special regulations, without prejudice to the power to practice the diligence of gauging on the merchandise, when the Directorate of National Taxes and Customs determines it.

Once the unloading completion report is presented, the goods are delivered to a temporary warehouse or to a free zone where the user in whose name it is consigned is located or the transport document is endorsed within the following 2 business days .

At that time, the import declaration (DUA) is presented in the DIAN computer system and acceptance is given; Next, customs taxes are settled and paid in bank or by electronic transfer. Subsequently, with the confirmation of payment of the declaration in the system, the release of the merchandise is requested in this same medium. The lift can lead to physical or automatic inspection; if it is the first, the DIAN inspector must confirm that the physical merchandise agrees with what is stated in the documents to finally issue the release and free disposal of the merchandise. If it is automatic, release and free disposal are obtained immediately.

Storage Facilities

The terminal has a warehouse, isothermal areas for dangerous goods, armored; unclaimed merchandise, single merchandise inspection zone, refrigerated inspection zone, warehouse for intervened merchandise, express mail and parcels, and facilities and provisions for control entities such as the National Tax and Customs Directorate of Colombia (DIAN), the National Institute of Food and Drug Surveillance (INVIMA), Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA), Anti-narcotics Police and migration. All this taking into account that the speed in the loading and unloading operation is facilitated.

The equipment of this terminal has security systems, cold rooms, ventilation systems for the storage area of ​​non-perishable goods, fire detection and extinguishing systems, lighting levels for the different units, principles of visual ergonomics, industrial-type doors sectional for the entry of goods, overhead cranes of adequate capacity to the characteristics and typology of the load. It also has a new substation, power supply and security systems, among others.

For more information on customs in Colombia, please see the following link: 1.3 Customs Information. 

Airfield Costs

Navigation Charges

The Civil Aeronautical Authority of Colombia - Aerocivil, is the entity responsible for determining, collecting fees and charges for the provision of aeronautical and airport services, or generated by concessions, authorizations, licenses or any other type of income or capital asset. However, the public aerodrome operator can charge users the previous charges established by Aerocivil. Navigation fees: includes landing and take-off, use of facilities, service flight protection, visual aids and 3 hours of parking.

* Prices are referential, values may vary

Fuel Service Charges

The Ernesto Cortissoz Airport has a supply system with tank vehicles with capacities of 10,000, 8,000, 5,000 and 2,500 gallons for the supply of JET A1, for the AVGAS 100/130 the tank vehicle supply system has a capacity of 1,800 and 1,500 gallon, with tanker service. The fueling companies are chosen by the airlines. The most representative companies are Terpel de Colombia and Energizar Aviación, providing the service 24 hours a day.

(*) values may vary, prices subject to variation

Cargo Terminal Charges 

The single rate for import charges is USD $ 28, additional charges are charged for the weight of the parcel, for exports the rate is charged per kilo. The diplomatic bag is regulated by Decree 2148 of 1991 of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit.

Air Bridge Charges

For the use of the boarding bridges of the international piers in the airports administered by AEROCIVIL, they must pay a fee of USD $ 112. The boarding bridges of the national piers at the airports will pay a rate of 6 daily legal minimum wages in force (66SMLDV).

Security

The private security and surveillance company Securitas Colombia began operations at the air terminal, to guarantee the safety of passengers, crews, ground personnel and the general public. This company has the support of the World Aviation Division which is present with AVSEC services in more than 260 airports around the world, providing, among others, the following services of Airport Facilities Security, Airline Security, AVSEC Inspection of passengers and staff , Inspection of checked baggage with X-ray scanner, Cargo Security.

Airport Overview

Located in the town of Palmaseca in the municipality of Palmira, Valle del Cauca, it serves the city of Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, it is the third airport in passenger and cargo mobility in Colombia, after the El Dorado Airport of the city from Bogotá and from the José María Córdova International Airport in the city of Medellín.

It is an H-24 airport of ICAO 4E category in which they operate during key E aeronautical hours such as B777, B787, A-330.

Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport is located in a long valley that runs from north to south and is surrounded by mountains up to 14,000 feet (4,000 m) high. This airport strategically located in the Western Hemisphere for flights from the transcontinental zone of the Pacific coast that connects North America with South America, is approximately 5 hours flight from Santiago de Chile, 50 minutes from Quito, Ecuador, and 3 hours 18 minutes to Miami airport.

Airport Picture

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

The main Colombian entities and authorities operating at the Airport are:

Aeronáutica Civil . Civil Aeronautics works to guarantee the orderly development of civil aviation, the airline industry and the safe use of Colombian airspace, facilitating intermodal transport and contributing to the improvement of the country's competitiveness.

DIAN. The purpose of the Special Administrative Unit for the National Tax and Customs Directorate, DIAN, is to help guarantee the fiscal security of the Colombian State and the protection of the national economic public order.

Dirección Antinarcóticos. It contributes to the goals of the National Government in its policy to combat drug trafficking and other offenses, neutralizing activities related and related to this crime, which affect the national and international community.

Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA). The procedures with the Institution will be carried out in the Administrative Center of Cargo (CAC), pets in crates in office 23 and the phyto and zoosanitary inspections in the cargo holds.

Migración Colombia. Civil security entity; Autonomous and attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whose objective is to exercise the functions of surveillance and immigration control and immigration authority of the Colombian State.

Some of the private companies that provide services at the Airport are:

Avianca. It is the commercial brand that represents the Latin American airlines integrated in Avianca Holdings S.A., which has been highlighted for its excellence in service. With airlines specialized in passenger and cargo transport, it directly serves more than 100 destinations in 28 countries in America and Europe aboard a modern fleet of 180 short, medium and long-range aircraft. Additionally, it flies to 1,300 destinations in 192 countries on five continents.

Avianca Cargo, formerly Tampa Cargo, is a Colombian cargo airline with operations in the American continent, which it operates mainly from Bogotá and Miami. Currently Avianca Cargo operates as a subsidiary of Avianca previously called Tampa Cargo and has a codeshare agreement on all routes where it operates for the use of its aircraft holds.

Copa Airlines. Panama's international airline, flies to 74 destinations in 31 countries in North, Central, South America and the Caribbean. In addition, the airline maintains a strategic alliance with the American company United Airlines. Copa Airlines has a strategic business unit in Colombia that will provide logistics solutions in cargo transportation, safely, efficiently and with high quality standards in the processes.

LATAM Cargo has a large presence in Latin America, one of its most desired attributes being the capillarity of its network. This allows the company to offer a great connection to, from and within the region. The portfolio includes highly specialized treatments, such as PHARMA, for the transport of pharmaceutical products; ALIVE, for the transport of live animals; o PROTECT, for vulnerable shipments ".

Passenger and Cargo Performance Indicator

With the entry of new airlines and routes from the Alfonso Bonilla Aragón airport and the increase in passenger and cargo flows, the concessionaire has managed to survive the crisis in the sector. Currently, the airport is the third most important in the country, due to its infrastructure, and has international operations in addition to the operations of cargo airlines.

The remodeling and modernization works of the Alfonso Bonilla Aragón de Palmira Airport, delivered on March 8, 2017, expected the doubling of 5.5 million passengers that this air terminal receives annually according to data registered by the infrastructure administrator concession company and international airport services.

The cargo facilities have a dock for the freighter 747, a consolidated warehouse, a transit zone, a free port and a foreign trade zone; mechanical management, health officials, security for valuables; express and the messaging center "Courier".

Currently the air terminal occupies an area of ​​402 hectares, of which approximately 170 are used. It has a terminal building with two satellites - national and international - each with five boarding bridges. The national platform has an area of ​​43,472 square meters, the international platform an area of ​​45,509 square meters; to which are added 14,516 square meters on the regional platform and 9,574 square meters on the general aviation platform. To the north of the terminal are the decongestion platform with an area of ​​15,040 square meters and the loading platform with 22,520 square meters.

Runway 

The airport has one runway, 9,842 feet (3000 m) long. This track is paved and at a height of 3,162 feet (964 m). The runway can be used for aircraft the size of a Boeing 747, it is equipped with the following navigation aids: primary radar, secondary radar, ILS, ALS, PAPI, VOR, NDB, DME, RVR, center lights, threshold and flood lights as ramp taxi lights.

Currently there is a project for the construction of a second runway of 3000 meters, to make the airport a cargo and passenger cluster between South America, Asia and the Caribbean; With this investment, the Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport would become the second largest airport in Colombia in the future.

Location: the second runway is projected on the eastern side of the current runway, 350 meters to the south of the access to the runway and 1,200 meters to the east, with a length of 3,000 meters and a width of 50 meters

Aeronáutica Civil has already defined the site to carry out the works of this second section, which will be parallel to 1.2 km from the current one. In this way, the airport's operations will be expanded. A preliminary identification of the location of the airport runway is available. However, there are no supporting studies or designs.

Airport Infrastructure Details

The Airport has three aircraft parking platforms: the commercial platform, the cargo platform and a decongestion platform. The three platforms are connected by the taxiway that runs parallel to the runway, 310 meters long by 23 meters wide. The National Pier is 150 meters long. It is made up of a hexagonal plant structure and a 90 meter corridor that connects said structure with the passenger terminal building. It has six positions (7-12).

Airport Operating Details

It is an H-24 airport of ICAO 4E category in which key E aircraft such as B777, B787, A-330 regularly operate.

Customs Guidance

According to Article 90 of Decree 2685 of 1999, all means of transport that reach the national customs territory must arrive at the places authorized by the National Tax and Customs Directorate (DIAN).

The transporter or the airport agent that has warehouses in the places of arrival for the transitory handling of cargo, must obtain the respective authorization of the place by the DIAN in accordance with the provisions of Decree 390 of 2016.

Once the merchandise arrives, the travel documents are received and registered, the merchandise is presented to the customs authority. The merchandise presented is understood to be that of foreign origin related in the cargo manifest (air waybill) that have the entry authorization issued by Civil Aeronautics. The Information of the Cargo Manifest is presented through the Electronic Computing Services and must correspond at least to the following data:

1. Identification of the means of transport
2. Travel data, such as:
   1. Origin of the goods.
   2. Destination.
   3. Weight and total quantity of cargo units to be transported.
   4. Transport document numbers.
   5. Number of packages, weight.
   6. The indication of consolidated cargo.

The information of the transport documents that is presented through electronic computer services, with respect to the transport documents and consolidators, must contain at least the following data:

1. NIT of the consignee (other than that of the temporary or customs warehouse)
2. Tariff subheading
3. Type of load
4. Number and date of the transport document or the consolidating document
5. Quantity of packages, weight and volume, as appropriate
6. Identification of the load unit, when applicable
7. general description of the merchandise
8. Other characteristics of the transportation contract as required by DIAN.

The carrier must deliver the information of the travel documents, through electronic computer services, with a minimum anticipation of 3 hours before the arrival of the means of transport, by air.

At the time of the arrival of the means of transport to the national customs territory, the carrier or his representative will report such fact, through electronic computer services. Upon receipt of the arrival notice, the DIAN will authorize the unloading of the merchandise. For customs purposes, the date of arrival of the merchandise to the national customs territory will be that of the acknowledgment of receipt of the arrival notice through electronic computer services.

The merchandise unloaded at the airport will remain under the responsibility of the carrier or the international freight agent, as the case may be, until it is delivered to the multimodal transport operator or to the consignee, either the authorized warehouse, the declarant, the customs agency, or the user operator of the free zone in which the user whose name is consigned is located, or to whom the transport document is endorsed.

Finally, in the recognition procedure, the conformity between the cargo and the information recorded in the travel documents and the documents that support the commercial operation will be verified, as well as compliance with the requirements set forth in special regulations, without prejudice to the power to practice the diligence of gauging the merchandise, when the Directorate of National Taxes and Customs determines it.

Once the unloading completion report has been submitted, the goods are delivered to a temporary warehouse or a free zone where the user in whose name it is consigned is located or the transport document is endorsed within the following 2 business days .

At that moment, the import declaration (DUA) is presented in the DIAN's computer system and acceptance is given; Next, customs taxes are settled and paid in bank or by electronic transfer. Subsequently, with the confirmation of payment of the declaration in the system, the release of the merchandise is requested in this same medium. The lift can lead to physical or automatic inspection; if it is the first, the DIAN inspector must verify that the physical merchandise agrees with what is stated in documents to finally issue the release and free disposal of the merchandise. In case of being automatic, the release and free disposition are obtained immediately.

Storage Facilities

Next to the loading platform there are eight warehouses with access from the air side for the treatment of incoming and outgoing cargo. The cargo to be shipped awaits the corresponding flight in pallets located outside the building, stored in the loading platform.

On the land side, the warehouses are adjacent to a paved surface used for parking private vehicles and trucks. In this area, goods are loaded and unloaded from trucks to warehouses. There is also an external access road (via the free zone)

Airfield Costs

Navigation Charges

The Civil Aeronautical Authority of Colombia - Aerocivil, is the entity responsible for determining, collecting and the rates and charges for the provision of aeronautical and airport services, or generated by concessions, authorizations, licenses or any other type of income or capital asset

Navigation fee: includes landing and take-off, use of facilities, service flight protection, visual aids and 3 hours of parking.

Note: aircraft that perform search and rescue or relief in case of public calamity will be exempt from payment of Aerodrome fees.

* Prices are referential, values may vary

 Fuel Service Charges

For the refueling of JET A-1 fuel, the Alfonso Bonilla Aragon airport has a tank with a capacity of 298,274 US gallons and sister vehicles with a capacity of 52,285 US gallons. AVGAS 100/130 fuel is supplied in 10,000gallon tanks and 1,500gallon vehicles. The fuel supply is carried out by private companies such as Terpel and Energizar Aviación and operates 24 hours a day.

* values may vary, prices subject to variation

Cargo Terminal Charges

The single rate for import charges is USD $ 28, additional charges are charged for the weight of the parcel, for exports the rate is charged per kilo. Diplomatic Baggage is regulated by Decree 2148 of 1991 of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit.

Air Bridge Charges

For the use of the boarding bridges of the international piers in the airports managed by AEROCIVIL, they must pay a fee of USD $ 112. The boarding bridges of the national piers at the airports will pay a rate of 6 daily legal minimum wages in force (66SMLDV).

Security 

Airport security is managed by a private company with the support of the national police. The airport that serves Cali lacks a Customs Police to combat smuggling along with other institutions, just as there is an urgent need for reinforcement to prevent other criminal actions that may occur inside. The airport has a very good Anti-Narcotics Police presence, some assistants for internal security. The Cali airport needs its Customs Police to work hand in hand with Dian and the other institutions.

Airport Overview

The Camilo Daza International Airport is an air terminal located in the Colombian city of Cúcuta. It has two cross tracks because it is in a crosswind area. The air terminal is located 5 km from the city center, by number of passengers it is the tenth airport in Colombia. The air terminal is undergoing a modernization process by the Concesionaria Aeropuertos de Oriente S.A.S, contemplating an expansion of the building, renovation of equipment, installation of escalators, elevators and renovation of the perimeter fence. The location of the Cúcuta Airport (CUC) adjacent to the border crossing of the same name with Venezuela also indirectly serves the state of Táchira (Venezuela).

In January 2020, an international coalition was formed to provide humanitarian aid (destined for the Venezuelan people) that managed to send around 500 tons of humanitarian cargo. In February 2020, three C-17 aircraft of the United States Air Force (USAF) landed in (CUC) each carrying up to 75 tons of humanitarian aid consisting of nutritional supplements and hygiene kits, provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), from Homestead Air Base (AFB) in Florida.

In 2018, Aerocivil granted the airport aerodrome certification, which indicates that the facilities, equipment, and operational procedures comply with the standards and recommended practices specified in the international civil aviation agreement. There are five airports in the country that have this certification

Airport Pictures

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

The main Colombian entities and authorities operating at the Airport are:

• Aviación Civil: Civil Aeronautics works to guarantee the orderly development of civil aviation, the airline industry and the safe use of Colombian airspace, facilitating intermodal transportation and contributing to the improvement of the country's competitiveness.
• DIAN: The purpose of the Special Administrative Unit for the Directorate of Taxes and National Customs, DIAN, is to help guarantee the fiscal security of the Colombian State and the protection of the national economic public order.
• Migration Colombia: Civil security entity; Autonomous and attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whose objective is to exercise the functions of surveillance and immigration control and immigration authority of the Colombian State.
• Aeropuertos de Oriente S.A.S: is a company with the sole objective of managing, operating, commercially exploiting, maintaining and modernizing the concession areas of the airports of the northeast network.

Some of the private companies that provide services at the Camilo Daza Airport are:

Avianca. It is the commercial brand that represents the Latin American airlines integrated in Avianca Holdings S.A., which has been highlighted for its excellence in service. With airlines specialized in passenger and cargo transport, it directly serves more than 100 destinations in 28 countries in America and Europe aboard a modern fleet of 180 short, medium and long-range aircraft. Additionally, it flies to 1,300 destinations in 192 countries on five continents.

Passenger and Cargo Performance Indicator

Runways

Airport with two transversal runways (to "X"), Nº 16, Nº 34 and Nº 02, Nº 20, due to the topographic configuration and diversity in the direction and intensity of the wind. High presence of birds around the airport. Possible accumulations of smoke from fires are registered on the other side of the border (5km) that could complicate the planned air operations in the area.

Runway Headings Nº16 y Nº 34

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Runway Headings Nº 02 y Nº 20

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Airport Infrastructure Details

On April 26, 2019, the airport expansion works carried out by the Ministry of Transport and the National Infrastructure Agency were completed, where their main objective was the remodeling of the facade, expanding the building by 3,945 m² for national and international departures. likewise the construction of 2 buildings of the Aerocivil where there are administrative offices, technical support and telecommunications facilities; The parking lot was expanded to a total capacity of 300 units, as well as a new taxi parking area with a capacity of 90 vehicles, urban planning works and improvement of access roads were also carried out. This airport modernization project, together with the expansion of the terminal and the platform, are the stimulus of the market in: flight frequencies, new routes to Panama and Miami and the connection of new operators.

Initially the Camilo Daza had 7,841.78 square meters of extension, with the remodeling the area became 9,815.59 meters. The parking lot went from 127 units to 329 units. The air terminal had a main hall of 998.87 square meters in length. With the new works carried out, the terminal has a 1,374.35 square meter hall. Currently, the airport has the aerodrome certification granted by the Civil Aeronautics, an entity that delivered it after verifying compliance with the standards and methods recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Airport Operating Details 

Customs Guidance

According to Article 90 of Decree 2685 of 1999, all means of transport that reach the national customs territory must arrive at the places authorized by the National Tax and Customs Directorate (DIAN). The transporter or the airport agent that has warehouses in the places of arrival for the transitory handling of cargo, must obtain the respective authorization of the place by the DIAN in accordance with the provisions of Decree 390 of 2016.

Once the merchandise arrives, the travel documents are received and registered, the merchandise is presented to the customs authority. The merchandise presented is understood to be that of foreign origin related in the cargo manifest (air waybill) that have the entry authorization issued by Civil Aeronautics. The Information of the Cargo Manifest is presented through the Electronic Computing Services and must correspond at least to the following data:

1. Identification of the means of transport
2. Travel data, such as:
   1. Origin of the goods.
   2. Destination place.
   3. Weight and total quantity of cargo units to be transported.
   4. Transport document numbers.
   5. Number of packages, weight.
   6. The indication of consolidated cargo,

The information of the transport documents that is presented through electronic computer services, with respect to the transport documents and consolidators, must contain at least the following data:

1. NIT of the consignee (other than that of the temporary or customs warehouse)
2. Tariff subheading
3. Type of load
4. Number and date of the transport document or the consolidating document
5. Quantity of packages, weight and volume, as appropriate
6. Identification of the load unit, when applicable
7. general description of the merchandise
8. Other characteristics of the transportation contract as required by DIAN.

The carrier must deliver the information of the travel documents, through electronic computer services, with a minimum anticipation of 3 hours before the arrival of the means of transport, by air.

At the time of the arrival of the means of transport to the national customs territory, the carrier or his representative will report such fact, through electronic computer services. Upon receipt of the arrival notice, the DIAN will authorize the unloading of the merchandise. For customs purposes, the date of arrival of the merchandise to the national customs territory will be that of the acknowledgment of receipt of the arrival notice through electronic computer services.

The merchandise unloaded at the airport will remain under the responsibility of the carrier or the international freight agent, as the case may be, until it is delivered to the multimodal transport operator or to the consignee, either the authorized warehouse, the declarant, the customs agency, or the user operator of the free zone in which the user whose name is consigned is located, or to whom the transport document is endorsed.

Finally, in the recognition procedure, the conformity between the cargo and the information recorded in the travel documents and the documents that support the commercial operation will be verified, as well as compliance with the requirements set forth in special regulations, without prejudice to the power to practice the diligence of gauging the merchandise, when the Directorate of National Taxes and Customs determines it.

Once the unloading completion report has been submitted, the goods are delivered to a temporary warehouse or a free zone where the user in whose name it is consigned is located or the transport document is endorsed within the following 2 business days .

At that moment, the import declaration (DUA) is presented in the DIAN's computer system and acceptance is given; Next, customs taxes are settled and paid in bank or by electronic transfer. Subsequently, with the confirmation of payment of the declaration in the system, the release of the merchandise is requested in this same medium. The lift can lead to physical or automatic inspection; if it is the first, the DIAN inspector must verify that the physical merchandise agrees with what is stated in documents to finally issue the release and free disposal of the merchandise. In case of being automatic, the release and free disposition are obtained immediately.

Storage Facilities

The air terminal is undergoing a modernization process by the Concesionaria Aeropuertos de Oriente S.A.S, contemplating an expansion of the building, renovation of equipment, installation of escalators, elevators and renovation of the perimeter fence.

Airfield Costs

Navigation Charges

The Civil Aeronautical Authority of Colombia - Aerocivil, is the entity responsible for determining, collecting the rates and charges for the provision of aeronautical and airport services, or generated by concessions, authorizations, licenses or any other type of income or capital asset. However, the public aerodrome operator can charge users according to the previous regulations allowed by Aerocivil.

* Prices are referential, values may vary

Fuel Service Charges

Fueling is done with tanker trucks, for the JET A-1 with a minimum capacity of 2,200 gallons and a maximum capacity of 6,140 gallons. For AVGAS 100/130 the minimum capacity is 800 gallons and maximum 1200 gallons. The fuel supply is carried out by private companies such as Terpel and Energizar Aviación and operates 24 hours a day.

(*) values may vary, prices subject to variation

Cargo Terminal Charges

The single rate for import charges is USD $ 28, additional charges are charged for the weight of the parcel, for exports the rate is charged per kilo. The Diplomatic Team is regulated by Decree 2148 of 1991 of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit.

Air-Bridge Charges

For the use of the boarding bridges of the international piers in the airports managed by AEROCIVIL, they must pay a fee of USD $ 112. The boarding bridges of the national piers at the airports will pay a rate of 6 daily legal minimum wages in force (66SMLDV).

Security

Civil aviation security AVSEC It is the set of preventive standards, methods and procedures, with the aim of protecting passengers, crew members, ground personnel, users, and operations of national aircraft operators and international, aircraft, aeronautical facilities, air navigation services and airport and administrative facilities that compete against acts of unlawful interference; as well as additional measures necessary to counteract an escalation of a threat. Airports of Oriente has AVSEC control of equipment such as X-ray Equipment, Arches, Metal detectors; Manual Metal Detectors, Closed Circuit Television - CCTV and Airport Identification Systems (ID) Picture Photo check.

Airport Overview

The José María Córdova International Airport has ICAO 4F category, it is the second largest airport in Colombia after El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, in terms of infrastructure and passenger service. It is located in the city of Rionegro, 45 minutes from the city of Medellín. In recent years, important improvements have been made in its technology and infrastructure, making it one of the most recognized airports in Colombia, in addition to the latest service to European and new destinations in South, Central America and the Caribbean.

In accordance with the Operational Plan of the José María Córdova International Airport, in 2015 the modernization actions were carried out. They have been implemented from modern flight departure and arrival information systems (more than 10 LCD screens around the terminal to replace the old boards) to technological improvements of navigation aids and implementation of best environmental practices. The passenger terminal has the capacity to receive up to 17 aircraft with boarding bridges, 10 national and 7 international, being positions 7, 8, 9 and 10 mixed for national and international flights. It also has a cargo terminal, which can accommodate up to ten aircraft. It is an important focus for the export of flowers and other products from eastern Antioquia and the region. Near this terminal is the customs area and hangars of the Tampa airline.

Airport Picture

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

The main entities and authorities that operate at the Jose María Córdova Airport are:

• DIAN. The purpose of the Special Administrative Unit for the Directorate of Taxes and National Customs, DIAN, is to help guarantee the fiscal security of the Colombian State and the protection of the national economic public order.
• Anti-narcotics Directorate. It contributes to the goals of the National Government in its policy to combat drug trafficking and other offenses, neutralizing activities related to and related to this crime, which affect the national and international community.
• Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA). The procedures with the Institution will be carried out in the Administrative Center of Cargo (CAC), pets in crates in office 23 and the phyto and zoosanitary inspections in the cargo holds.
• Migration Colombia. Civil security entity; Autonomous and attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whose objective is to exercise the functions of surveillance and immigration control and immigration authority of the Colombian State.
• AIRPLAN, according to the concession contract managed with Aerocivil, is the company in charge of the administration, operation, commercial exploitation, adaptation, modernization and maintenance of the Airport.

Some of the private companies that provide services at Aeropuerto Internacional José María Córdova  are:

• AH Colombia S.A. It is the first company in the airport industry with Chinese capital outside the PRC in the world. It was created to venture into investment and operation opportunities in airports in Latin America in order to take advantage of experience in areas such as design, commercial development, construction, operation, maintenance, regulation and airport security.
• Avianca. It is the commercial brand that represents the Latin American airlines integrated in Avianca Holdings S.A., which has been highlighted for its excellence in service. With airlines specialized in passenger and cargo transport, it directly serves more than 100 destinations in 28 countries in America and Europe aboard a modern fleet of 180 short, medium and long-range aircraft. Additionally, it flies to 1,300 destinations in 192 countries on five continents.
• Avianca Cargo, formerly Tampa Cargo, is a Colombian cargo airline with operations in the American continent, which it operates mainly from Bogotá and Miami. Currently Avianca Cargo operates as a subsidiary of Avianca previously called Tampa Cargo and has a codeshare agreement on all routes where it operates for the use of the holds of its passenger aircraft.
• Copa Airlines. Panama's international airline, flies to 74 destinations in 31 countries in North, Central, South America and the Caribbean. In addition, the airline maintains a strategic alliance with the American company United Airlines. Copa Airlines has a strategic business unit in Colombia that will provide logistics solutions in cargo transportation, safely, efficiently and with high quality standards in the processes.
• LATAM Cargo has a large presence in Latin America, one of its most desirable attributes being the capillarity of its network. This allows the company to offer a great connection to, from and within the region. The portfolio includes highly specialized treatments, such as PHARMA, for the transport of pharmaceutical products; ALIVE, for the transport of live animals; o PROTECT, for vulnerable shipments ”.

Passenger and Cargo Performance Indicator

The airport has announced an additional modernization program. In April 2017, Civil Aeronautics declared the construction of a second runway in the international terminal of social interest and public utility, publishing a master development plan until 2040.

In the first phase, projected between 2016 and 2021, works will be carried out to widen the runway strip, creating two platforms for commercial aviation and general aviation.

For phase two, which runs from 2022 to 2026, works are planned to extend the runway to 4 thousand meters (currently it measures 3,600 meters), extension of the commercial platform and the expansion of the passenger terminal, which will allow an internal reorganization of commercial and airline service areas and improvement of the cargo terminal

Likewise, this master plan included the construction of a second runway for the airport between 2038 and 2040.

The passenger terminal has the capacity to receive up to 12 aircraft with boarding bridges, 8 national and 4 international, with positions 7, 8, 9 and 10 mixed for national and international flights thanks to the flow separator that connects the plane with two aisles , one for departures and another for arrivals, thus avoiding the crossing of passengers.

Runways

The runway is also used by the neighboring Colombian Air Force military base called Comando Aéreo de Combate N ° 5 (CACOM 5). The airport has VOR, DME, and ILS air navigation radio aids, which allow greater ease of operation for pilots and greater safety when operating in bad weather conditions. The airport has category ICAO 4F.

Helicopter Pad

The helicopter platform is for military use, located on the taxiway that connects the military platform with the runway.

Airport Infrastructure Details

In 2017, the works and facilities of the modernization program in the security systems, flight information through digital screens, communication with high technology, arrival of passengers to waiting rooms with commercial offer, improvement of the services of airport health, improvement of firefighting services and improvement of baggage handling systems. In addition, works were carried out to adapt the airport for passenger mobility, the international platform was expanded, a JetBlast deflector barrier was installed, the cargo terminal was expanded, the runway was repaved and fuel hydrants were installed in the new parking positions. The refueling capacity at the Rionegro airport has 11 boarding bridges each with a JET A-1 Pit, 1 tank vehicle with a capacity of 300 gallons, 1 of 2,800 gallons, 1 of 3,000 gallons, 1 of 3,150 gallons, 1 of 4,800 gallons, 1 of 5,000 gallons, 1 of 6,000 gallons, and 1 of 6,500 gallons. The fuel supply is carried out by private companies such as Terpel and Energizar Aviación and operates 24 hours a day.

The objectives of the modernization and expansion plan are to guarantee aviation safety and the comfort of passengers and their companions, and to comply with the requirements of ICAO, AEROCIVIL (the Colombian civil aviation authority) and IATA.

Airport Operating Details

Customs Guidance

According to Article 90 of Decree 2685 of 1999, all means of transport that reach the national customs territory must arrive at the places authorized by the National Tax and Customs Directorate (DIAN).

The transporter or the airport agent that has warehouses in the places of arrival for the transitory handling of cargo, must obtain the respective authorization of the place by the DIAN in accordance with the provisions of Decree 390 of 2016.

Once the merchandise arrives, the travel documents are received and registered, the merchandise is presented to the customs authority. The merchandise presented is understood to be that of foreign origin related in the cargo manifest (air waybill) that have the entry authorization issued by Civil Aeronautics. The Information of the Cargo Manifest is presented through the Electronic Computing Services and must correspond at least to the following data:

1. Identification of the means of transport
2. Travel data, such as:
   1. Origin of the goods.
   2. Destination place.
   3. Weight and total quantity of cargo units to be transported.
   4. Transport document numbers.
   5. Number of packages, weight.
   6. The indication of consolidated cargo

The information of the transport documents that is presented through electronic computer services, regarding the transport documents and consolidators, must contain at least the following data:

1. NIT of the consignee (other than that of the temporary or customs warehouse)
2. Tariff subheading
3. Type of load
4. Number and date of the transport document or the consolidating document
5. Quantity of packages, weight and volume, as appropriate
6. Identification of the load unit, when applicable
7. general description of the merchandise
8. Other characteristics of the transportation contract as required by DIAN.

The carrier must deliver the information of the travel documents, through electronic computer services, with a minimum anticipation of 3 hours before the arrival of the means of transport, by air.

At the time of the arrival of the means of transport to the national customs territory, the transporter or his representative will report such fact, through electronic computer services. Upon receipt of the arrival notice, the DIAN will authorize the unloading of the merchandise. For customs purposes, the date of arrival of the merchandise to the national customs territory will be that of the acknowledgment of receipt of the arrival notice through electronic computer services.

The merchandise unloaded at the airport will remain under the responsibility of the carrier or the international freight agent, as the case may be, until its delivery to the multimodal transport operator or to the consignee, either the authorized warehouse, the declarant, the customs agency, or the user operator of the free zone in which the user whose name is registered is located, or to whom the transport document is endorsed.

Finally, in the recognition procedure, the conformity between the cargo and the information recorded in the travel documents and the documents that support the commercial operation will be verified, as well as compliance with the requirements set forth in special regulations, without prejudice to the power to practice the diligence of gauging on the merchandise, when the Directorate of National Taxes and Customs determines it.

Once the unloading completion report has been submitted, the goods are delivered to a temporary warehouse or to a free zone where the user in whose name it is consigned is located or the transport document is endorsed within the following 2 business days .

At that time, the import declaration (DUA) is presented in the DIAN computer system and acceptance is given; Next, customs taxes are settled and paid in bank or by electronic transfer. Subsequently, with the confirmation of payment of the declaration in the system, the release of the merchandise is requested in this same medium. The lift can lead to physical or automatic inspection; if it is the first, the DIAN inspector must verify that the physical merchandise agrees with what is stated in the documents to finally issue the release and free disposal of the merchandise. In case of being automatic, the release and free disposition are obtained immediately.

Storage Facilities

The cargo terminal will be refurbished by reconversion of the Tampa hangar, providing an additional 4000 m2 of warehouses. In turn, the hangar is relocated to the new maintenance area at the southern end of the airport. Currently there are several cargo operators with their own warehouses:

 COPA, Avianca, Deprisa, LAS Cargo, Air Cargo Pack, Centurión Cargo, Girag Air Cargo, LAN Cargo, ACS, Colombian Air Cargo, Girag Airport Services, and Almaviva. In the base scenario, it is considered that the cargo terminal space is divided by origin / destination and by type of product.

Airfield Costs

Navigation Charges

The country's aeronautical authority - AEROCIVIL is in charge of establishing and collecting the collections for airport fees and charges: use of facilities, protection and security services for aircraft, parking on platforms, etc. Aircraft assigned to Search and Rescue (SAR)  due to a disaster will be exempt from the collection of airport taxes.

* Prices are referential, values may vary

Fuel Service Charges

(*) values may vary, prices subject to variation

Cargo Terminal Charges

Air-Bridge Charges

For the use of the boarding bridges of the international piers in the airports managed by AEROCIVIL, they must pay a fee of USD $ 112. The boarding bridges of the national piers at the airports will pay a rate of 6 daily legal minimum wages in force (66SMLDV).

Security

José María Córdova Airport has a security system called CECOA. It has a video wall equipped with the VIDOS management software, 80 surveillance cameras are distributed (dome type cameras, fixed, mini domes) It does not have a thermal camera, perimeter surveillance (out of service since the beginning of the MRO of Avianca). It receives the fire or intrusion alarm signal and it is who transmits it to whom it corresponds, the 140 screens (FIDs and BIDs) of the airport, the 7 CUSS (self check-in) and the 52 check-in counters are monitored and updated, all the collected documentation is recorded at 6 on digital recorders.

Airport Overview

Palonegro International Airport is located on a mountain ridge 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) west of Bucaramanga in the Santander department of Colombia. It is the largest and most important airport is located in the municipality of Lebrija located 30 minutes from Bucaramanga by land and is called "Palonegro". It serves the Metropolitan Area of ​​Bucaramanga and is international, category B, that is, it moves between 50,000 and 300,000 passengers. One of the best in the country, with great activity in terms of cargo and passengers. Companies such as Avianca, Copa Airlines, LatAm, VivaColombia, ADA, Easyfly, Aerotaca and Taxi Aéreo de Santander (TAS) provide their services. It has direct connections to Bogotá, Medellín, Cartagena, Santa Marta and Barranquilla, Cúcuta, Arauca, Málaga, Sabana de Torres, Yopal, as well as international connections with cities such as Panama.

The airport was built on the mountains that surround the Bucaramanga plateau. A mountain road connects the city with the airport, which is about 1,200 m above sea level (The city of Bucaramanga is 950 m above sea level). Palonegro has undergone a remodeling / expansion process, delivered in February 2018. The terminal grew by 3,377 m² and 3 levels were enabled, where areas will be located for national and international boarding rooms, a baggage reception area and an area for a new Avianca VIP lounge, soon to be adapted by this airline. In the new space, government offices will also be reorganized, 5 additional double counters will be installed for the airlines and a new last generation boarding bridge will be installed. With these works, it was necessary to rearrange the vehicular access, improve the functioning of the different operating and passenger processing subsystems to maintain the required service levels with the expected growth. These works also improve the development of the airport's operational safety, generate high rates of connectivity, efficiency, comfort and competitiveness for travelers and the region. The expansion work had a value of USD 6,596,593.- US dollars, in addition to the USD 12 million, US dollars, executed in the first phase (2016), corresponding to the Modernization works.

Source: National Infrastructure Agency (ANI)

Airport Picture

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

The main Colombian entities and authorities that operate at Palonegro Airport are:

• Civil Aviation. Civil Aeronautics works to guarantee the orderly development of civil aviation, the airline industry and the safe use of Colombian airspace, facilitating intermodal transport and contributing to the improvement of the country's competitiveness.
• DIAN. The purpose of the Special Administrative Unit for the Directorate of Taxes and National Customs, DIAN, is to help guarantee the fiscal security of the Colombian State and the protection of the national economic public order.
• Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA). The procedures with the Institution will be carried out in the Administrative Center of Cargo (CAC), pets in crates in office 23 and the phyto and zoosanitary inspections in the cargo holds.
• Migration Colombia. Civil security entity; Autonomous and attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whose objective is to exercise the functions of surveillance and immigration control and immigration authority of the Colombian State.
• Airports of Oriente S.A.S. is a company with the sole objective of managing, operating, commercially exploiting, maintaining and modernizing the concessioned areas of the airports in the northeast network.

Some of the private companies that provide services at Palonegro International Airport are:

• Avianca. It is the commercial brand that represents the Latin American airlines integrated in Avianca Holdings S.A., which has been highlighted for its excellence in service. With airlines specialized in passenger and cargo transport, it directly serves more than 100 destinations in 28 countries in America and Europe aboard a modern fleet of 180 short, medium and long-range aircraft. Additionally, it flies to 1,300 destinations in 192 countries on five continents.
• Copa Airlines. Panama international airline, flies to 74 destinations in 31 countries in North, Central, South America and the Caribbean. In addition, the airline maintains a strategic alliance with the US company United Airlines. Copa Airlines has a strategic business unit in Colombia that will provide logistics solutions in cargo transportation, safely, efficiently and with high quality standards in the processes.
• SATENA offers the community interested in cargo transportation, airport-airport transportation services on its operating routes.

Passenger and Cargo Performance Indicator

Runway

Runway meets key category 4C length and width.

Airport Infrastructure Details

Airport Operating Details 

Customs Guidance

According to Article 90 of Decree 2685 of 1999, all means of transport that reach the national customs territory must arrive at the places authorized by the National Tax and Customs Directorate (DIAN).

 The transporter or airport agent that has warehouses in the places of arrival for the transitory handling of the cargo, must obtain the respective authorization of the place by the DIAN in accordance with the provisions of Decree 390 of 2016.

 Once the merchandise arrives, the travel documents are received and registered, the merchandise is presented to the customs authority. The merchandise presented is understood to be that of foreign origin listed in the cargo manifest (air waybill) that has the entry authorization issued by the Civil Aeronautics. The Information of the Cargo Manifest is presented through the Electronic Computing Services and must correspond at least to the following data:

1. Identification of the means of transport
2. Travel data, such as:
   1. Origin of the goods.
   2. Destination place.
   3. Weight and total quantity of cargo units to be transported.
   4. Transport document numbers.
   5. Number of packages, weight.
   6. The indication of consolidated cargo,

The information of the transport documents that is presented through the electronic computer services, regarding the transport documents and consolidators, must contain at least the following data:

1. NIT of the consignee (other than that of the temporary or customs warehouse)
2. Tariff subheading
3. Type of load
4. Number and date of the transport document or the consolidating document
5. Quantity of packages, weight and volume, as appropriate
6. Identification of the load unit, when applicable
7. general description of the merchandise
8. Other characteristics of the transportation contract as required by DIAN.

The carrier must deliver the information of the travel documents, through electronic computer services, with a minimum anticipation of 3 hours before the arrival of the means of transport, by air.

At the time of the arrival of the means of transport to the national customs territory, the carrier or his representative will report such fact, through electronic computer services. Upon receipt of the arrival notice, the DIAN will authorize the unloading of the merchandise. For customs purposes, the date of arrival of the merchandise to the national customs territory will be that of the acknowledgment of receipt of the arrival notice through electronic computer services.

The merchandise unloaded at the airport will remain under the responsibility of the carrier or the international freight agent, as the case may be, until it is delivered to the multimodal transport operator or to the consignee, either the authorized warehouse, the declarant, the customs agency, or the user operator of the free zone in which the user whose name is registered is located, or to whom the transport document is endorsed.

Finally, in the recognition procedure, the conformity between the cargo and the information consigned in the travel documents and the documents that support the commercial operation will be verified, as well as compliance with the requirements established in special regulations, without prejudice to the power to practice the diligence of gauging the merchandise, when the Directorate of National Taxes and Customs determines it.

Once the unloading completion report is presented, the goods are delivered to a temporary warehouse or to a free zone where the user in whose name it is consigned is located or the transport document is endorsed within the following 2 business days .

At that time, the import declaration (DUA) is presented in the DIAN computer system and acceptance is given; Next, customs taxes are settled and paid in bank or by electronic transfer. Subsequently, with the confirmation of payment of the declaration in the system, the release of the merchandise is requested in this same medium. The lift can lead to physical or automatic inspection; if it is the first, the DIAN inspector must verify that the physical merchandise agrees with what is stated in the documents to finally issue the release and free disposal of the merchandise. In case of being automatic, the release and free disposition are obtained immediately.

Airfield Costs

Navigation Charges

* Prices are referential, values may vary

Fuel Service Charges

The fuel supply at Palogrande airport is carried out with tankers, 1 of 3000 gls, 1 of 2200 gls for JET A-1 and 1 of 1200 gallons for AVGAS 100/130. The fuel supply is carried out by private companies such as Terpel and Energizar Aviación and operates 24 hours a day.

*values may vary, prices subject to variation

Cargo Terminal Charges

The single rate in import charges is USD $ 28, additional charges are charged for the weight of the parcel, in exports the rate is charged per kilo. The Diplomatic Team is regulated by Decree 2148 of 1991 of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit

Air-Bridge Details

For the use of the boarding bridges of the international piers in the airports administered by AEROCIVIL, they must pay a fee of USD $ 112. The boarding bridges of the national piers at the airports will pay a rate of 6 daily legal minimum wages in force (66SMLDV).

Security 

Airport security has been under discussion several times, in 1998 from this airport the hijacking of an Avianca Fokker F-50 aircraft by armed personnel and then another Aerotaca B1900 aircraft in 2000. In order to improve security at the Palonegro Aerocivil airport, it carried out works to adjust and level the security strips, retaining walls and the new fire station, with resources amounting to USD $ 4'300,000.- approx. Additionally, with an investment of USD $ 6'700,000.- approx., The improvement of the security zones and the runway at head 17 and its connection through the extension of the Charlie taxiway was advanced. The control tower has a height of 34 meters (112 feet) equivalent to 10 floors, where the length of the runway in its entirety and platforms for the parking of passenger and cargo planes can be widely seen. In addition, additional works were planned, including runway drainage systems, the acquisition and operation of beacon systems, control lights, rotating beacon, for visual and non-visual network navigation; of water supply, electricity, and dedicated communications equipment. In the terminal are the offices of Civil Aviation and meteorology, telecommunications, airport security, the National Police aviation station, Customs, among others.

Airport Overview

El Edén International Airport, also called Armeria Airport or Tebaida Airport, is an air terminal that serves the city of Armenia and its surroundings, in the department of Quindío. The El Edén International Airport of Armenia is currently operating (2020) after a major modernization, remodeling and expansion process. The works of this infrastructure are part of the 2030 Aeronautical Strategic Plan, foreseen in the Development Plan, and whose works include a new control tower, international terminal, platform expansion, runway maintenance, taxiways and airport security areas. Likewise, the construction and expansion works of the new international platform were delivered by an additional 14,700 m2, with 3 additional parking positions for type “C” (Charlie) aircraft, going from 4 to 7 available spaces, on a platform that had an initial area of ​​7,000 m². The control tower is 33 meters high, equipped with electrical, communications and navigation equipment and aeronautical information necessary for operation as an international airport.

Currently, three commercial airlines operate, on average, 44 weekly frequencies from this airport on 2 national routes, to Bogotá and Medellín; and one (1) international route to Fort Lauderdale, with 3 weekly frequencies. In 2009 the airport was formally declared, by Aerocivil, International, which means that it is enabled to carry out regular and charter international flights. Spirit Airlines began operating to this terminal from Fort Lauderdale on November 13, 2009.

Airport Picture

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

Avianca Services (Handler) Avianca business unit, specialized in the provision and commercialization of airport services, engineering and maintenance and training to organizations in the aeronautical sector and related, with the support of more than 9 decades of tradition, experience, commitment and the quality seal of the Airline. (+57 1 457 8700)

LASA (Handler) Sociedad de Apoyo Aeronáutico is an organization of the aeronautical sector of Colombia with 25 years of experience in the provision of airport services, aircraft maintenance services and operation of ground equipment. (+57 4 605 1563)

Integrated Airport Services (Handler) Colombian company with more than 30 years of experience in Ground Assistance Services, Passenger Assistance and Operational Dispatch. (+57 1 415 7454)

Civil Aviation. Civil Aeronautics works to guarantee the orderly development of civil aviation, the airline industry and the safe use of Colombian airspace, facilitating intermodal transport and contributing to the improvement of the country's competitiveness.

Antinarcotics Directorate. It contributes to the goals of the National Government in its policy to combat drug trafficking and other offenses, neutralizing activities related and related to this crime, which affect the national and international community.

Migration Colombia. Civil security entity: Autonomous and attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whose objective is to exercise the functions of surveillance and immigration control and immigration authority of the Colombian State.

Passenger and Cargo Performance Indicator

Runways

Airport Infrastructure Details

Airport Operating Details

Customs Guidance

According to Article 90 of Decree 2685 of 1999, all means of transport that reach the national customs territory must arrive at the places authorized by the National Tax and Customs Directorate (DIAN).

The transporter or the airport agent that has warehouses in the places of arrival for the transitory handling of the cargo, must obtain the respective authorization of the place by the DIAN in accordance with the provisions of Decree 390 of 2016.

Once the merchandise arrives, the travel documents are received and registered, the merchandise is presented to the customs authority. The merchandise presented is understood to be that of foreign origin related in the cargo manifest (air waybill) that have the entry authorization issued by Civil Aeronautics. The Information of the Cargo Manifest is presented through the Electronic Computing Services and must correspond at least to the following data:

1. Identification of the means of transport
2. Travel data, such as:
   1. Origin of the goods
   2. Destination place
   3. Weight and total quantity of cargo units to be transported
   4. Transport document numbers
   5. Number of packages, weight.
   6. The indication of consolidated cargo.

The information of the transport documents that is presented through electronic computer services, with respect to the transport documents and consolidators, must contain at least the following data:

1. NIT of the consignee (other than that of the temporary or customs warehouse)
2. Tariff subheading
3. Type of load
4. Number and date of the transport document or the consolidating document
5. Quantity of packages, weight and volume, as appropriate
6. Identification of the load unit, when applicable
7. General description of the merchandise
8. Other characteristics of the transportation contract as required by DIAN.

The carrier must deliver the information of the travel documents, through electronic computer services, with a minimum anticipation of 3 hours before the arrival of the means of transport, by air.

At the time of the arrival of the means of transport to the national customs territory, the carrier or his representative will report such fact, through electronic computer services. Upon receipt of the arrival notice, the DIAN will authorize the unloading of the merchandise. For customs purposes, the date of arrival of the merchandise to the national customs territory will be that of the acknowledgment of receipt of the arrival notice through electronic computer services.

The merchandise unloaded at the airport will remain under the responsibility of the carrier or the international freight agent, as the case may be, until it is delivered to the multimodal transport operator or to the consignee, either the authorized warehouse, the declarant, the customs agency, or the user operator of the free zone in which the user whose name is consigned is located, or to whom the transport document is endorsed.

Finally, in the recognition procedure, the conformity between the cargo and the information recorded in the travel documents and the documents that support the commercial operation will be verified, as well as compliance with the requirements set forth in special regulations, without prejudice to the power to practice the diligence of gauging the merchandise, when the Directorate of National Taxes and Customs determines it.

Once the unloading completion report has been submitted, the goods are delivered to a temporary warehouse or a free zone where the user in whose name it is consigned is located or the transport document is endorsed within the following 2 business days .

At that moment, the import declaration (DUA) is presented in the DIAN's computer system and acceptance is given; Next, customs taxes are settled and paid in bank or by electronic transfer. Subsequently, with the confirmation of payment of the declaration in the system, the release of the merchandise is requested in this same medium. The lift can lead to physical or automatic inspection; if it is the first, the DIAN inspector must verify that the physical merchandise agrees with what is stated in documents to finally issue the release and free disposal of the merchandise. In case of being automatic, the release and free disposition are obtained immediately.

Airfield Costs

Navigation Charges

Fuel Service Charges 

For the refueling of JET A-1 fuel, the airport has a Tanker Truck Service. The fuel supply is carried out by private companies such as Terpel and Energizar Aviación and operates from 5:00 AM and 12 AM.

* values may vary, prices subject to variation

Cargo Terminal Charges

The single rate for import charges is USD $ 28, additional charges are charged for the weight of the parcel, for exports the rate is charged per kilo. The Diplomatic Team is regulated by Decree 2148 of 1991 of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit.

Air-Bridge Charges

For the use of the boarding bridges of the international piers in the airports administered by AEROCIVIL, they must pay a fee of USD $ 112. The boarding bridges of the national piers at the airports will pay a rate of 6 daily legal minimum wages in force (66SMLDV).

Security

The security service composed of a surveillance company specialized in airport facilities security services, airline security, AVSEC inspection of passengers and staff, Checked baggage inspection with X-ray scanner and cargo security. The airport security agents are in charge of passenger screening, control and detection of hand luggage and hold luggage, as well as access control and verification of the documentation required by the aeronautical authorities.

Airport Overview

The air terminal is located in the town of Chachagüí, 35 km from the city of Pasto, Colombia, only domestic traffic has also charter service military and private. A new terminal, administrative and tower control with new navigation equipment has been set up, due to the increasing number of passengers and cargo flights. Usually Airbus 318, 319, 320, Boeing 737, 727, turboprop and different types of smaller aircraft use this airport. The runway is built on a plateau that rises 50 meters above the ground, is relatively short for the altitude at which the airport is located. Because of the runway orientation is often rendered useless by the presence of strong crosswinds that prevent the take-off and landing are performed safely, especially in August.

Runway has instrumentation ILS1, allowing operation at night and low visibility conditions.

Runway

The airport runway is built on a plateau that rises 50 meters above the surrounding terrain. The runway is 2312 meters long, which is more than enough for a regional airport that operates Airbus A320, A319, A318 aircraft, among others.

Airport Infrastructure Details

Fuel Services Charges

The Antonio Nariño Airport has 3 tanks with a capacity of 10,200 gls each for the supply of AVGAS 100/130, JET A-1. The supply of fuel is carried out by private companies from 11:00 to 23:00.

* values may vary, prices subject to variation

Royalties / Non-Objection Fees (NOFs)

The Civil Aeronautics Authority of Colombia – Aerocivil, is the entity responsible of determinate, levy and collect fees, rates and charges for the provision of aeronautical and airport services, or generated by concessions, authorization, licenses or  any other type of income or capital asset. However, the public aerodrome operator, may charge user fees prior regulations and permit form the Aerocivil.

Navigation charge: include landing and take-off, use of facilities, service flight protection, visual aids and 3 hours of parking. The amount of the national airport tax will be fourteen thousand three hundred pesos (COP 14,300) current currency, (USD 3.86) per passenger embarked on domestic flights, in regular or non-regular commercial public air transport companies at the airports of the following cities: Arauca, Armenia, Yopal, Florencia, Ibagué, Ipiales, Leticia, Neiva, Pasto, Popayán, Tumaco, Villavicencio, Bogotá (in non-concession areas) and Barranquilla.

Note: aircraft which perform search and rescue or relief in the event of public calamity, shall be exempt from payment of Aerodrome fees.