Avianca AV8396: Bogotá to Quito Around 1:15am

Avianca flight AV8396 reaches Mariscal Sucre (UIO) from Bogotá (BOG) in the middle of the night. Public status boards for 4–11 October 2026 listed a 23:40 departure from Bogotá and a 01:15 arrival in Quito — about 1:15am local. The same flight number operates Buenos Aires to Bogotá earlier that day, then continues to Quito, so a lot of passengers have already been traveling for many hours before this leg. Recent landings in late September and the first days of October were often close to 1:00am, sometimes a bit earlier and sometimes later when the first leg ran behind. Check avianca.com and the time on your ticket. This flight number has carried more than one published clock. “Typically around 1:15am” describes the early-October boards, and it can move.

One-fifteen is past the 11:40pm AV125 and past LATAM LA1443 at about 11:00pm. If you tell a friend you land “late from Bogotá,” say the flight number. Those are three different curbs.

An airport that is open and quiet

You still do immigration. You still do bags if you checked them. At 1:15am the practical difference is how few other people are doing it with you. A thin line can be quick. It can also be one desk and a full aircraft of passengers who connected through Bogotá and are out of patience. Neither version is a reason to skip a booked car and “see how it looks.”

There is not a lively taxi rank at this hour in the way there is in the afternoon. There are people who will offer you a car. Those are not the same thing. Stay with your bags. Exit only when you are ready to walk to a driver who already has your name, which is the setup in meet and greet at UIO. If the hall feels empty, that is normal. Empty is not dangerous by itself. Accepting an unnamed ride because the hall is empty is the avoidable part. The longer version of that advice is arriving at Quito airport late at night.

The highway is clear. You are tired.

Ruta Viva from Tababela toward the valley and the city is usually quiet after 1am. Into Quito, about 35–45 minutes is a fair nighttime expectation. Cumbayá, before the climb into town, is often 25–35 minutes. Afternoon traffic can push a Quito address out toward 40–60 minutes; you are not in that traffic. You are in the other problem, which is fatigue plus altitude. Wyndham Quito Airport is the short Tababela stop, typically 10–15 minutes, if you would rather sleep next to the terminal and go into the city in daylight.

Drink water. Let the driver take the bags. The first night in Quito is a bad time to stand on a curb comparing prices.

Have the SUV paid for before the Buenos Aires leg, not after landing

AV8396 is the arrival where prebooking earns its keep. The driver is tracking the Quito inbound, including a hold in Bogotá if the Buenos Aires aircraft is late. The rate is already paid in USD. You are not introducing yourself to a stranger at 1:30am and hoping the car is airport-authorized. That authorization is the point of licensed airport drivers. App rides from the terminal are not a reliable substitute at this hour.

Fares, per SUV, maximum 4 passengers: $50 to Wyndham Quito Airport, $75 anywhere in Cumbayá, $100 anywhere in Quito. Book at least three days before pickup. Email book@uiotransfers.com if the address or the flight number needs a human to read it.

Use AV8396 on the booking so the driver is not waiting for a different Bogotá arrival. The rates are the three products above. Book the transfer before you start the long day, and keep the confirmation somewhere that works without a signal in the jet bridge.