Getting online in Colombia
A travel eSIM is a data plan you install before departure and switch on when you land, so your phone is online in Colombia without roaming charges and without hunting for a SIM counter at arrivals. Your home number stays where it is — the eSIM sits alongside it.
Plans, prices, data amounts and validity are set by our partner and shown on their own page. We do not repeat them here because they change and we do not measure them.
Where you land in Colombia
These are the airports in Colombia with scheduled flights and an IATA code. The minute you step off one of them is the minute an eSIM stops being optional.
| Airport | Code | City |
|---|---|---|
| Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport | CLO | Cali |
| El Dorado International Airport | BOG | Bogota |
| Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport | BAQ | Barranquilla |
| Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport | ADZ | San Andrés |
| Jose Maria Córdova International Airport | MDE | Medellín |
| Rafael Nuñez International Airport | CTG | Cartagena |
| Alfonso López Pumarejo Airport | VUP | Valledupar |
| Antonio Roldán Betancur Airport | APO | Carepa |
| Benito Salas Airport | NVA | Neiva |
| Camilo Daza International Airport | CUC | Cúcuta |
| El Eden Airport | AXM | Armenia |
| Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport | EOH | Medellín |
Where you will actually use the data
The largest towns and cities near those arrival airports, by population (GeoNames). Coverage is the partner's to state, not ours — this is simply where travellers in Colombia tend to be.
- Bogotá7 674 366 people
- Cali2 392 877 people
- Medellín1 999 979 people
- Barranquilla1 206 319 people
- Kennedy979 914 people
- Cartagena914 552 people
- Cúcuta777 106 people
- Soacha655 025 people
Before you buy
Two things worth checking on your own handset, because they decide whether any eSIM works at all: the phone must be eSIM capable, and it must be carrier unlocked. Most phones sold in the last few years are both; phones bought on a carrier contract often are not until the contract ends.
We do not test handsets and cannot tell you whether yours qualifies — your phone's settings screen and your carrier can.