A consignment out of Valle del Cauca Department is a race between a road and a departure board. The road from Cartago is 165 km. The board at CLO carries 29 nonstop destinations. Where the two line up, an assignment happens.
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On Board Courier, Cartago
Hand carry assignments for Cartago, Valle del Cauca Department. The nearest working gate is CLO at 2 hours 35 minutes, the seat is bought by the desk, and the fee is written down before you accept it.
OnBoard Courier is a United Arab Emirates company, contracted by ICSL FZE and run from Dubai. A city named on this site is a place we cover and route through, not a separate company in that city. Assignments are contracted under UAE law, and the terms are published in full under legal and policies.
Based inCartago, Valle del Cauca Department
Nearest gateCLO · Santiago de Cali
Drive to the aircraft165 km · 2 hours 35 minutes
Nonstop from CLO29 airports
EngagementFreelance · per assignment
Fee per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600
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Applying is free. Freelance · self-employed ·
posted 7 September 2026 · open until 7 March 2027
What the work pays
The fee for an assignment is agreed with you in writing before you accept it. These are the figures the site publishes, and what the desk covers on top of them.
Top published feeAED 2,000The highest fee the site shows for a single assignment: sealed medical samples in a cooled case, Dubai to Singapore.
Published band, per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600A document pouch to London is AED 1,200, an aircraft part to Frankfurt AED 1,500, an escorted watch on the Berlin lane AED 1,800.
What the flight costs youAED 0The desk books and pays the ticket, the transfers and, where the routing needs it, the hotel. A courier never fronts the fare.
The one payment you makeAED 199, returnedThe Academy, paid once. It comes back in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. Applying itself is free.
Fees vary with the lane, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate, so the desk quotes each assignment individually rather than pretending one number fits every trip. You are self-employed and there is no minimum: accept or decline whatever you like, and declining costs you nothing. Earnings are paid per delivery by bank transfer, they appear in your courier portal, and you can request a payout once the balance reaches AED 200. Apply and see the flight board.
You fly as a passengerOne consignment in the cabin, one handover against signature. No warehouse, no van, no round.
The desk books and pays the ticketFlight, transfers and, where the routing needs it, a hotel are booked before you leave for the airport.
Paid per assignmentA fee agreed in writing before you accept, paid to your bank account after the signature. Applying is free.
How to start, in four steps
1
Apply once
One application covers every country desk. Tell us which passports you hold and where you can travel.
2
Verification and the Academy
Identity and background check, then a short course on customs, handovers and chain of custody.
3
Your first offer
The desk sends the routing, the dates and the fee in writing. You accept or decline, nothing is automatic.
4
Fly, hand over, get paid
Collect, board, clear customs in person, hand over against signature, and the fee is paid to your account.
The assignment
Most assignments out of CLO are confirmed hours, not days, in advance. You are given the flight, the consignee and the customs position in writing, you drive to CLO, and the ticket is already paid and issued in your name. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of MIA, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. The handover is in person, and the fee reaches your account after it.
Getting to the aircraft from Cartago
From the middle of Cartago to the departure hall at CLO is 165 km of road, 2 hours 35 minutes in normal conditions. Every timing the desk gives a courier in Cartago starts from that number.
At 165 km the road is the longest part of the ground half. The desk timetables it explicitly from Cartago and treats an overnight near CLO as a normal cost rather than an exception. CLO is the only airport within a sensible drive of Cartago, so every assignment from here runs through it. That makes its 29 nonstop destinations the practical limit of what you can be offered.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLO | Santiago de Cali Alfonso Bonilla Aragon | 165 km | 2 hours 35 minutes | 29 |
Cartago is a city of 135,000 people in Valle del Cauca Department, and the clock there runs 9 hours behind the Emirates all year. Road distances are measured driving routes rather than straight lines, and nonstop counts come from the scheduled route data this site publishes. Only airports this site publishes a scheduled nonstop board for are listed, so a smaller field nearer Cartago may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What CLO reaches without a change
The board at CLO carries 29 nonstop destinations flown by 10 carriers. The table below is the busiest end of the CLO board, measured in average daily flights rather than in marketing.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOG | Bogotá | Bogotá El Dorado | about 39 departures a day | 4 operators: Avianca, JetSMART, LATAM |
| MDE | Rionegro | Rionegro Jose Maria Córdova | about 9 departures a day | 3 operators: Avianca, JetSMART, LATAM |
| PTY | Tocumen | Tocumen | about 5 departures a day | 1 operator: Copa Airlines |
| CTG | Cartagena de Indias | Cartagena de Indias Rafael Nuñez | about 3 departures a day | 3 operators: Avianca, JetSMART, LATAM |
| ADZ | San Andrés | San Andrés Gustavo Rojas Pinilla | about 3 departures a day | 3 operators: Avianca, JetSMART, LATAM |
| GPI | Guapi | Guapi Juan Casiano | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators |
| TCO | Tumaco | Tumaco La Florida | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators |
| PSO | Pasto | Pasto Antonio Narino | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: Avianca |
| SMR | Santa Marta | Santa Marta Simón Bolívar | about 2 departures a day | 2 operators: Avianca, JetSMART |
| EOH | Medellín | Medellín Enrique Olaya Herrera | about 2 departures a day | 1 operator |
Counting every airport a courier in Cartago can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 29 airports. Frequencies are average daily flights and change with the season, so the desk checks the live schedule before it offers you anything.
What moves out of Cartago
There is no public industrial file for the CLO catchment on this site, and inventing one would make the page worse. Urgent work around Cartago comes from deadlines: a filing, a component, a batch that has to be tested somewhere else.
Why a courier in Cartago is useful to the desk
What Cartago offers is a short, reliable ground leg into a board of 29 nonstop destinations. That combination is rarer than it sounds, and it is worth more to this desk than a famous address with a two hour drive.
A change of aircraft stands between Cartago and the Gulf, which changes the timings rather than the work. From Cartago the best single change is Miami (MIA), and MIA to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 20h 23m gate to gate, so an assignment between Cartago and the Emirates is planned as a connecting itinerary and the desk books the whole thing on one ticket.
The nearest other cities on the Colombia list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Cartago
Pereira25 km away, CLO in 3 hours 10 minutesArmenia35 km away, CLO in 2 hours 57 minutesManizales57 km away, CLO in 3 hours 54 minutesTuluá80 km away, CLO in 1 hour 24 minutesIbagué86 km away, BOG in 3 hours 20 minutesGuadalajara de Buga103 km away, CLO in 1 hour 7 minutesPalmira141 km away, CLO in 26 minutesBuenaventura157 km away, CLO in 3 hours 16 minutesCali161 km away, CLO in 51 minutesRionegro168 km away, MDE in 14 minutesMedellin171 km away, MDE in 40 minutesFacatativá173 km away, BOG in 47 minutes
All 25 Colombia cities are listed on the Colombia courier desk, which stays the general application for the country.
The engagement, and who we are looking for
The engagement
- Type: freelance, self-employed. You are an independent courier accepting individual assignments, not an employee, and you decide which ones you take.
- Where it runs: assignments are flown out of CLO, between Colombia and wherever the consignment is going, with the return leg agreed per mission.
- Hours: variable. An assignment is a single trip, not a shift or a roster.
- How you are paid: a fee per completed assignment, agreed in writing before you accept it. The fees published on this site run from AED 1,200 for a document pouch to AED 2,000 for a cooled medical consignment, and the figure for your assignment reflects the lane, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate.
- What the desk pays: the flight, the transfers and, where the routing needs it, the hotel. A courier never pays for the ticket and never fronts the fare.
- Applying is free. No payment is required to apply, to be screened or to be placed on the courier list. The Academy costs AED 199, paid once, and is returned in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. It is the only payment a courier ever makes to us.
What we look for
- A passport with comfortable remaining validity and free pages, and the right to enter the country on the routing. The desk checks the visa position for your specific passport before any assignment is offered.
- A clean background check and a willingness to be verified. Couriers carry other people’s property.
- Availability at short notice, and a realistic view of the 2 hours 35 minutes drive to CLO. Most assignments are confirmed hours, not days, before departure.
- Presentable, calm and articulate at a customs counter. The consignment is only as smooth as the person carrying it.
- A working phone, reachable on the number you gave us, for the whole assignment.
What we provide
- The ticket. Always. A courier never pays for the flight and never fronts the fare.
- The paperwork, prepared before you reach CLO, and a named contact at the desk on both ends.
- A briefing on the consignment, the consignee and what the customs position at the far end looks like.
- A fee per completed assignment, agreed with you in advance and paid by bank transfer after the handover.
Questions about the Cartago list
01How far is Cartago from CLO?
It is 2 hours 35 minutes by car, 165 km on the road. Traffic around Cartago is allowed for separately, and the parking or the transfer at CLO is paid by the desk.
02What can I reach from Cartago without a change of aircraft?
CLO serves 29 airports nonstop across 8 countries with 10 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Cartago can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 29 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Cartago to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Cartago the best single change is Miami (MIA), and MIA to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 20h 23m gate to gate, so an assignment between Cartago and the Emirates is planned as a connecting itinerary and the desk books the whole thing on one ticket.
04Do I have to live in the UAE to be on this list?
No. What is checked is your passport, your right to enter the country on the routing, and how quickly you can reach CLO from Cartago.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. Applying is free, screening is free, and being on the Cartago list is free. The Academy costs AED 199, paid once, and it comes back in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. It is the only payment a courier in Cartago ever makes to us.
06How is my fee agreed?
The desk sends the routing, the timing and the fee for that specific assignment in writing. You accept or decline it. Nothing is deducted or charged without your written agreement.
Apply to fly out of CLO
Apply once and you are on the list for CLO and for every other lane your passport allows. Declining an offer out of CLO costs you nothing.
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