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title: "BOG is which airport? Bogotá"
description: "BOG is El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia. Why the code is BOG and not something you could guess, plus the codes it gets mixed up with."
url: https://atoneplace.net/airport/bog/
site: "At One Place"
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# What airport is BOG?

**BOG is: El Dorado International Airport**

Bogotá, Colombia

## Why the code is BOG

BOGotá.

The airport authority or a contemporaneous record states this directly.

## The airport

- **IATA code:** BOG
- **ICAO code:** SKBO
- **Airport:** El Dorado International Airport
- **City:** Bogotá, Colombia
- **Code origin:** Documented

At 2,548 m, El Dorado is the highest major international airport in the Americas, and the thin air means fully loaded long-haul departures need most of its 3,800 m runway. It is named for the legend the Spanish came looking for, which is a rare piece of self-aware naming.

## The other code, SKBO

Every airport has two codes. The three-letter IATA code, BOG, is the one on your boarding pass and your luggage tag, and it is assigned for commercial use. The four-letter ICAO code, SKBO, is the one pilots and controllers use, and it is assigned geographically: the first letter or two identify the region, so every airport in the same part of the world shares a prefix. That is why SKBO looks nothing like BOG.

## Common questions

### What airport is BOG?

El Dorado International Airport, in Bogotá, Colombia.

### Why is Bogotá's airport called BOG?

BOGotá.

### What is the difference between BOG and SKBO?

BOG is the IATA code, used commercially — tickets, timetables, luggage tags. SKBO is the ICAO code, used operationally by pilots and air traffic control, and assigned geographically by region.

## Related pages

- [Colombia](https://atoneplace.net/country/colombia/)
- [The flag of Colombia](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colombia/)
- [Airport codes in Colombia](https://atoneplace.net/airport/in/colombia/)

## Sources

- OurAirports — OurAirports (https://ourairports.com/data/) [Public domain]