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The President of the Republic of Colom-
bia, Juan Manuel Santos, has opened and
declared pre-operational the New Control
Tower and the Management and Control
Building of the Civil Aviation of El Dorado
International Airport. The infrastructures
were built by FCC, the Spanish environ-
mental services, infrastructure and water
group, in Bogota, 15 kilometres to the west
of Colombia’s capital.
Also present at the event were the Minis-
ter of Transport, Natalia Abello, and the Di-
rector of Civil Aeronautics, Gustavo Lenis,
representing the Government of Colombia
along with, amongst others, Carlos M. Jar-
que, executive director and CEO of FCC,
Vicente Mohedano, managing director of
FCC Construcción, José María Torroja, di-
rector of the Latin America Area, Pedro Co-
llado, director of the company in Colombia,
and Emilio Otermín, construction project
manager.
After 40 months, an investment of over 50
million euros (155,000 million pesos) and a
total surface area of 16,000 square metres,
FCC has completed an infrastructure that
will service the rise in air traffic volume at El
Dorado airport. It is the busiest cargo air-
port in Latin America (648,000 tonnes per
year) and the third busiest passenger air-
port (20.4 million per year). The new control
tower, standing at around 90 metres tall, is
now the tallest and best equipped tower in
Latin America. The air traffic control sys-
tems have been developed to guarantee
the best air navigation service in the region.
The control tower has been designed to
meet the requirements for the airport’s air
traffic control service, primarily in critical
areas. This will reinforce the safety, regula-
tions and alertness demanded by the airs-
FCC opens
the New Control Tower
at Bogota Airport in the presence
of the President of Colombia
pace users. It will also guarantee maximum
operational capacity of the airfield and will
update technology to be at the global fo-
refront.
This new tower will comprise two cabins,
one for air traffic control and another for
controlling the SDPM platform, which gua-
rantee 360-degree visibility of the airport
and line of sight to the heads of each run-
way.
With this project, one of the most important
aviation infrastructure projects awarded by
the Columbian Civil Aviation Authority, and
executed by FCC, the country will have a
modern facility in line with future needs and
challenges to provide air traffic services and
air navigation in the American continent.
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