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Juan Santamaria International Airport is the largest and busiest airport in Costa Rica, having experienced a constant increase in traffic since its opening in 1958, boosted by the growing flow of tourists. The airport reached more than one million passengers per year for the first time in 1991 and having a record number of passengers in 2019.
Juan Santamaría. Statue of Juan Santamaría in Alajuela. Juan Santamaría Rodríguez (August 29, 1831 – April 11, 1856) was a drummer in the Costa Rican army, officially recognized as the national hero of his country for his actions in the 1856 Second Battle of Rivas, in the Filibuster War. He died in the battle carrying a torch he used to ...
Source: AIP [1] DGAC [2] San Isidro de El General Airport ( IATA: IPZ, ICAO: MRSI) is an airport serving the city of San Isidro de El General and Pérez Zeledón county, Costa Rica. The airport is 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of downtown San Isidro. The airport is a public airstrip managed by the country's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC).
t. e. This is a list of the busiest airports in Central America by passenger traffic, a statistic available for almost all the airstrips taken into account. The list intends to include all the international and domestic airports in the area geographically defined as Central America, comprising Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua ...
2. DHL de Guatemala Flight 7216 was an international cargo flight between Costa Rica's Juan Santamaría International Airport ( IATA: SJO, ICAO: MROC) and Guatemala City's La Aurora International Airport ( IATA: GUA, ICAO: MGGT ). On 7 April 2022, the Boeing 757 operating the flight suffered a hydraulic failure, and crashed on landing at the ...
The airport is named for Costa Rican pilot Tobias Bolaños Palma (1892-1953). The airport has one runway (1566mx23m). It lies at an elevation of 1002 meters AMSL. The airport has no instrument approach procedures and can only accept VFR flights. This airport is the main base for general aviation in the country, as well as most private flight ...
La Aurora International Airport ( Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional La Aurora, IATA: GUA, ICAO: MGGT) serves Guatemala City, Guatemala. It is located 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi; 3.5 nmi) [1] south of Guatemala City's center and 25 km (16 mi; 13 nmi) from Antigua Guatemala. It is administered by the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics .
Today, most people call it "Liberia International Airport", and in 2021 the name was changed to Guanacaste Airport for branding purposes. In October 1995, the airport was re-inaugurated as an international airport. To support this expansion of operations, the pavement on the runway was redone and special landing lights were installed.