Techo International Airport
{{Short description|Former airport of Bogotá, Colombia (1930–1959)}}
{{for|the airport in Cambodia|Techo International Airport (Cambodia)}}
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Techo International Airport {{airport codes|BOG|SKBO}} was the first airport in Bogotá, Colombia, which was in operation from 1930 to 1959, when it was replaced by El Dorado International Airport. It was adjacent to the current Monumento a las Banderas, on Avenida de Las Américas.{{Cite web|last=Ramírez|first=Alejandro|date=2019-06-20|title=Techo: el histórico barrio de Bogotá que tuvo un aeropuerto|url=https://conexioncapital.co/techo-tuvo-un-aeropuerto/|access-date=2021-11-04|website=Conexioncapital.co|language=es}}
History
After the founding of the Colombian Air Navigation Society and the German Colombian Society to provide air transport services, the initial steps to plan the construction of the Techo aerodrome were taken. The then manager of the Colombian American Society, Herman Kuehl, was the key man for the negotiation and construction of the aerodrome in the Techo premises. After meticulous work on the space, by 1928, this space already had a landing strip for light aircraft.{{cite web |title=Cuando Bogotá entró en la era de la aviación |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/contenido-comercial/cuando-bogota-entro-en-la-era-de-la-aviacion-278618 |website=El Tiempo |date=8 October 2018 |access-date=20 June 2025 |language=es}}{{cite web |title=El barrio de Bogotá que alguna vez fue aeropuerto |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/bogota/techo-el-barrio-de-bogota-que-tuvo-aeropuerto-596420 |website=El Tiempo |publisher=El Tiempo |date=16 June 2021 |access-date=20 June 2025 |language=es}}
On August 7, 1930, the Techo aerodrome was completely inaugurated during the Government of Enrique Olaya Herrera. The airport was then fully operational for regular flights. Located on the site of the current Monumento a las Banderas, the aerodrome was strategically equipped with a runway estimated to be 40 meters wide, control and communication towers, buildings, broadcast towers, and a passenger platform. The founding of El Dorado International Airport in December 1959 led to the closure and subsequent demolition of Techo Airport.
Historical airlines and destinations
{{Airport destination list
| Avianca | Asunción, Barranquilla, Bermuda, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Cali, Caracas, Cartagena, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Kingston–Norman Manley, La Paz, Lima, Lisbon, Madrid, Maracaibo, Medellín–Olaya Herrera, Mexico City, Miami, Montego Bay, Montevideo, New York–IDL, Panama City, Paris–Orly, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, San Andrés Island, Santa Maria, Santiago de Chile, São Paulo–Congonhas, Tegucigalpa
| Braniff | Caracas, Cali, Cartagena, Los Angeles, Medellin-Olaya Herrera, Mexico City, Miami, New York-IDL, Panama City, Quito{{Cite web|title=Braniff International route map, 1979|url=https://airlinemaps.tumblr.com/post/183448888775/braniff-international-route-map-1979-1-august|access-date=2021-11-04|website=Airlinemaps.tumblr.com}}
| Pan Am | Caracas, Cali, Cartagena, Los Angeles, Medellin-Olaya Herrera, Mexico City, Miami, New York-IDL, Panama City, Quito{{Citation|last=Wrigley|first=Julia|title=Los Angeles and New York City Schools|date=2013-05-07|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199778386.003.0009|work=New York and Los Angeles|pages=263–285|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199778386.003.0009|isbn=978-0-19-977838-6|accessdate=2021-11-04|url-access=subscription}}
| SCADTA | Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, Cali, Medellín–Olaya Herrera, Palanquero, Tunja, Villavicencio
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References
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