Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Type 1161
Confusion
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Ground Incursion Taxiway
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification
ATC Equipment / Nav Facility / Buildings; Airport
The taxi signage at BOG (SKBO) airport is not coincident with our taxi diagrams. The airport is under plenty of construction and there is both incorrect and no taxiway signage. Even with up-to-date Jepps and a review of NOTAMS; the taxi diagram labeling is useless. Taxiways are either renamed or covered in black tarp; making it impossible to determine which taxiway is which. ATC gives you taxi instructions which include a hold-short somewhere prior to the runway. Without any relevant guidance or diagrams we had to ask for progressive taxi at every intersection. An operations alert should be included to all pilots operating to/from SKBO to warn of no taxiway guidance.
The reporter stated that the airport is fairly large with two long runways. When taxiing at night it's difficult because the taxiways are not lit and many of the signs are covered. The reporter also stated that when you ask for progressive with the language barrier it becomes difficult to understand the instructions especially when the taxiways do not match the charts. The reporter stated that even during the day; after the controller gives you which taxiways to take; it is difficult to figure out which way to go because the charts do not match the airport taxiways. The reporter also stated that there was construction at the time of the report so perhaps many of the issues have been resolved.
None of the taxi signs in Bogota (SKBO) are represented on our 10-9 taxi chart. Some signage is blacked out. Both our Jeppesen plates were up to date. The few NOTAMs that were issued are very confusing and difficult to read and understand. It's impossible to decipher the NOTAMs while a taxi operation is taking place. We actually taxied by another aircraft that we were supposedly to give way to. Never got the clearance. Extremely dangerous to operate in Bogota. Had the same problem when we arrived. Exited the runway and was given taxi instructions. We had no clue where to go because the signage was not correct. Asked for progressive taxi instructions to the gate. What a disaster.
B737 flight crew reported there is both incorrect and no taxiway signage at SKBO. None of the taxi signs are represented on the taxi diagrams.