ATM near Gate 4 saves you a last-minute cash run
BBVA sits airside in T1, a short walk from Gate 4, and it’s one of the more reliable ATMs for pulling Colombian pesos before you board. The machine connects to major international networks like Visa and Mastercard, so most foreign debit cards work, though your home bank usually adds a 1–3% foreign transaction fee on top of BBVA’s own charge.
This BBVA unit typically dispenses COP in 50,000-peso notes, so pulling out 400,000 COP means eight large bills in one go. That’s useful if you’re paying a COP 60,000 taxi from the airport or a COP 30,000 snack run in the city, but smaller shops outside the terminal sometimes grumble about breaking 50k notes for COP 4,000 items.
The ATM sits inside the secure area of T1, past security and passport control, so you can’t use it on arrival if you’re still landside. It’s open 24/7 with airport hours, which covers early morning departures around 05:00 and late flights pushing out after 22:00, handy if your hotel front desk runs out of change.
Daily withdrawal limits usually cap around 600,000–1,200,000 COP per transaction, depending on your home bank, so a COP 1,000,000 grab can require two hits. If you only need COP 50,000–100,000 for tips and a rideshare, pull the smaller amount once to avoid stacking multiple foreign ATM fees.
One tip: run a quick check of fees on your banking app before tapping “accept,” and if the on-screen conversion rate looks ugly, decline the ATM’s dynamic currency conversion and let your own bank handle the FX instead.