Medellin · MDE · the Aburra Valley gateway · June 2026
The gateway to the City of Eternal Spring set a record near fourteen million passengers last year as Colombia's second-busiest airport, and Blindspot books its airside screens by the hour, matched to how MDE's Avianca-led banks actually move.
Jose Maria Cordova International Airport advertising spans from a few cents per play on concourse and gate screens to premium arrivals-hall LED and spectacular digital walls. On Blindspot, Jose Maria Cordova International Airport screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.44, with no contracts or minimums.
The smart Jose Maria Cordova International Airport play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the departures bank in the morning, the security and concourse dwell through the day, the arrivals halls when the long-haul flights land.
Billboard ranking points
Scored by Blindspot's location intelligence on visibility, dwell time, and footfall (directional, 1–10). Every one is bookable by the hour on the platform.
The domestic and international check-in hall gathers every departing passenger at the counters and bag drop, the first and longest dwell of the trip.
The security and emigration checks hold departing travelers in slow, phone-down lines through the choke point.
The gate holdrooms under the dome roof seat boarding passengers 30 to 60 minutes before their flight.
Arriving flyers cluster at the carousels with nothing to do but wait, a captive, recently landed audience for Medellin tourism.
The taxi, shuttle and rental curb channels departing arrivals toward the Tunel de Oriente and Medellin.
The shops and cafes past the checkpoint catch relaxed, spending travelers with time on their hands.
The media estate · operator partners
Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Jose Maria Cordova International Airport's media owners, Airplan, JCDecaux Colombia, Medellin Airport media among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.
Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.
Formats
From a single gate screen to a full arrivals-hall takeover, Blindspot puts Jose Maria Cordova International Airport's digital out-of-home on one map, each screen priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter airside and landside:
Large-format digital across check-in islands and departures, where every traveler dwells before security.
Captive screens along the security and passport queues, minutes of guaranteed attention per passenger.
Concourse and gate-lounge screens reaching seated, relaxed travelers with long airside dwell.
High-dwell arrivals and baggage-claim placements as passengers wait, the airport's longest captive window.
Boarding-bridge and gate-side panels in the final moment before the flight.
Iconic hall and atrium spectaculars for brand-statement reach across the whole terminal.
Location insights
Medellin runs on Avianca, its dominant carrier, whose cargo arm hubs here for Colombia's flower exports, alongside LATAM, Wingo, JetSmart and Copa's Panama connection. Domestic banks feed Bogota and the coast, while international is now the fastest-growing segment toward the US, Spain and the wider region. Early-morning and evening waves dominate, and the terminal sits in Rionegro, about 35 kilometers from the city, cut to some 25 minutes by the Tunel de Oriente into the Andes-ringed Aburra Valley. Buy the banks, not the dead hours.
Check-in and check-in fill in the early-morning and late-afternoon banks. Book those hours and your frequency against business travelers climbs for the same budget.
Gates and the gate holdrooms hold seated, relaxed travelers for 60–90 minutes, long windows where dwell, not rush, does the work.
Baggage fills as long-haul flights land in banks, high-value international passengers with time to read. Swap creative to match who just arrived.
Location intelligence summary
Jose Maria Cordova International Airport doesn't have a rush hour; it has flight banks. Departures peak in the morning, long-haul arrivals land in waves, and between them travelers dwell for 60–90 minutes with phones often stowed. The buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the banks when your audience is captive, skip the dead hours.
| Objective | Book these zones | Best hours |
|---|---|---|
| Brand launch / premium | Check-in + Curbside | All day · long-haul banks |
| Business travelers | Check-in, Gates | Weekday 6–10 AM · 4–8 PM |
| Long-dwell layovers | Gates, Baggage | 10 AM–8 PM |
| International arrivals | Baggage, Retail | Aligned to long-haul landing banks |
| Duty-free & retail | Check-in, Gates | Departures peaks |
A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Jose Maria Cordova International Airport’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.
Security-line passengers read in seconds; gate-side travelers dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.
Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.
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Pricing · updated June 2026
Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.
| Format | Price per play | Typical presence | Why it works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Check-in hall pillars & LED | from ~$0.44 per play | $100 buys hourly check-in-hall slots | every departing traveler through the terminal |
| Gate holdroom screens | from ~$0.44 per play | $100 buys hourly holdroom slots | seated traveler attention before boarding |
| City transit | from ~$0.42 per play | $100 buys repeat exposure on the city link | arrivals and visitors riding into Medellin |
| Baggage claim & arrivals | from ~$0.42 per play | $100 buys belt-side reclaim time | a captive, recently landed audience |
| Check-in-hall spectacular | custom | flagship check-in-hall takeover | dominant share of voice over the departures core |
No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen
Four things move the price on any Jose Maria Cordova International Airport (MDE) screen: the format (pricing runs higher on check-in-hall spectacular than on check-in hall pillars & LED), the zone (Check-in hall carries the highest footfall premium), the daypart (peak commute and evening hours price above the overnight lull), and how far in advance you book, since the busiest zones and formats sell out first.
What a campaign costs
Because you pay per play and schedule by the hour, your budget buys the exposure you actually need, not filler plays, so it works as hard on a big campaign as on a small one, with no minimum. Here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.
Concourse test
The gate holdrooms across a morning departure bank
Multi-zone airport push
The check-in hall, security, the gates and the arrivals corridor together
MDE flagship takeover
Dominant share of voice across the departures core
FAQ
No. Blindspot books time on screens that are already installed and permitted by their media-owner operators, Airplan, JCDecaux Colombia, Medellin Airport media among them, so you're leasing airtime on an existing structure, not erecting a new one.
Jose Maria Cordova International Airport handles roughly 13.7 million passengers a year, a captive, high-income, hard-to-reach audience that dwells 60–90 minutes with phones often stowed. Few channels deliver that quality of attention.
Arrivals halls and baggage reclaim lead for dwell and recall; departures and security queues for guaranteed exposure to every passenger; concourse and gate holdrooms for long, relaxed attention.
Yes. On Blindspot every Jose Maria Cordova International Airport screen is bookable by the hour with no minimum, so you can buy only the morning departures bank or the long-haul arrivals windows that match your audience.
The airport's media is run by operators such as Airplan, JCDecaux Colombia, Medellin Airport media; Blindspot aggregates the bookable digital inventory onto one map, priced per play.
Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Approval typically averages around two business days across networks.
A multi-day hourly presence across a high-dwell concourse or arrivals hall, or a concentrated burst on departures and security screens through the busiest morning banks.
How to book
No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.
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Open the map, filter Jose Maria Cordova International Airport by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.
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Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.
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Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.
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