Airports in Costa Rica
9 airports with scheduled flights, busiest first.
Costa Rica has 9 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 2 of them large. The busiest are Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO, 5.5 million passengers, Wikidata, 2019), Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR, 1.1 million passengers, Wikidata, 2018) and Puerto Jimenez Airport (PJM, 38,165 passengers, Wikidata, 2015). San José has more than one airport.
Cities with more than one airport
Busiest routes
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| MIA – SJO | 1,797 km | 443,432 |
| MCO – SJO | 2,063 km | 356,839 |
| IAH – SJO | 2,497 km | 327,451 |
| MAD – SJO | 8,507 km | 290,056 |
| FLL – SJO | 1,830 km | 220,685 |
| EWR – SJO | 3,542 km | 213,852 |
| IAH – LIR | 2,375 km | 211,906 |
| ATL – SJO | 2,618 km | 205,209 |
| LIR – MIA | 1,772 km | 202,249 |
| CDG – SJO | 8,942 km | 192,865 |
| LAX – LIR | 4,227 km | 171,351 |
| DFW – SJO | 2,857 km | 170,326 |
| ATL – LIR | 2,554 km | 165,395 |
| LAX – SJO | 4,380 km | 137,297 |
| DFW – LIR | 2,736 km | 133,314 |
| DEN – LIR | 3,753 km | 100,351 |
| JFK – LIR | 3,525 km | 97,805 |
| EWR – LIR | 3,517 km | 83,580 |
| HOU – LIR | 2,339 km | 82,299 |
| CLT – LIR | 2,766 km | 76,571 |
Questions
Costa Rica has 9 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 2 of them large airports (OurAirports, 14 October 2026). Airfields without airline service are not counted.
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR), Puerto Jimenez Airport (PJM), Quepos Managua Airport (XQP), Tobías Bolaños International Airport (SYQ) and Golfito Airport (GLF), by passengers a year in open data. The full list with ICAO codes is on this page.
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), with 5.5 million passengers (Wikidata, 2019).
San José (SJO, SYQ).