SJO — Juan Santamaría International Airport
- IATA code
- SJO
- ICAO code
- MROC
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 5,541,577
- 2019 · Wikidata
- Nonstop routes
- 38
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−6
- America/Costa_Rica
- Elevation
- 921 m
- 3,022 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 3,012 m
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About SJO
Juan Santamaría International Airport is a large airport serving San José, Costa Rica. It opened in 1958. 5,541,577 passengers used it in 2019. Open traffic data shows 38 nonstop routes from SJO.
Wikidata (CC0). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from SJO
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| SJO → MIA | 1,797 km | 443,432 |
| SJO → MCO | 2,063 km | 356,839 |
| SJO → IAH | 2,497 km | 327,451 |
| SJO → MAD | 8,507 km | 290,056 |
| SJO → FLL | 1,830 km | 220,685 |
| SJO → EWR | 3,542 km | 213,852 |
| SJO → ATL | 2,618 km | 205,209 |
| SJO → CDG | 8,942 km | 192,865 |
| SJO → DFW | 2,857 km | 170,326 |
| SJO → LAX | 4,380 km | 137,297 |
| SJO → HOU | 2,462 km | 105,993 |
| SJO → JFK | 3,548 km | 100,657 |
| SJO → SFO | 4,891 km | 97,703 |
| SJO → CLT | 2,813 km | 89,414 |
| SJO → FRA | 9,361 km | 79,220 |
| SJO → ORD | 3,562 km | 70,522 |
| SJO → DEN | 3,880 km | 38,370 |
| SJO → IAD | 3,277 km | 23,501 |
| SJO → BWI | 3,319 km | 15,936 |
| SJO → GRU | 5,527 km | 6,922 |
| SJO → SJU | 2,174 km | 4,738 |
| SJO → BNA | 2,905 km | 1,722 |
| SJO → AUS | 2,637 km | 1,040 |
| SJO → TPA | 1,998 km | 669 |
| SJO → PHL | 3,427 km | 622 |
| SJO → SAV | 2,470 km | 513 |
| SJO → SAT | 2,623 km | 433 |
| SJO → RSW | 1,849 km | 299 |
| SJO → MSY | 2,302 km | 271 |
| SJO → BHM | 2,623 km | 175 |
| SJO → MSP | 3,962 km | 170 |
| SJO → LRD | 2,516 km | 165 |
| SJO → RDU | 2,919 km | 162 |
| SJO → RIC | 3,125 km | 159 |
| SJO → MCI | 3,411 km | 155 |
| SJO → CLE | 3,489 km | 153 |
| SJO → PIT | 3,402 km | 148 |
| SJO → DSM | 3,615 km | 138 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports, ANAC (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026) for routes in and out of Brazil. Routes outside these are not counted.
Airlines at SJO on flights to and from the US
- UA United Air Lines · 5,047 flights
- AA American Airlines · 4,227 flights
- B6 JetBlue Airways · 2,366 flights
- WN Southwest Airlines · 1,683 flights
- DL Delta Air Lines · 1,161 flights
- NK Spirit Air Lines · 1,002 flights
- LR Lacsa · 796 flights
- Q6 Vuela Aviacion · 786 flights
- AS Alaska Airlines · 645 flights
- N3 Vuela EL Salvador S.A. de C.V. · 220 flights
- F9 Frontier Airlines · 146 flights
Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources
Other airports in San José
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| SYQ | Tobías Bolaños International Airport | 9 km |
Airports within 150 km
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| XQP | Quepos Managua Airport | 62 km |
| FON | La Fortuna Arenal Airport | 67 km |
| LIO | Limón International Airport | 130 km |
Distance from SJO to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 3,012 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
San José, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica · 9.9939, -84.2088
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