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<small>{{note|1|1}} Avianca and Copa fly to Panama City-Tocumen Airport, and Air Panama flies to Panama City-Albrook Airport. The data here is for traffic between SJO and all airports in Panama City.<br>
<small>{{note|1|1}} Avianca and Copa fly to Panama City-Tocumen Airport, and Air Panama flies to Panama City-Albrook Airport. The data here is for traffic between SJO and all airports in Panama City.<br>
{{note|2|2}} United and Spirit fly to Houston-Intercontinental Airport, and Southwest flies to Houston-Hobby Airport. The data here is for traffic between SJO and all airports in Houston.<br>
{{note|2|2}} United and Spirit fly to Houston-Intercontinental Airport, and Southwest flies to Houston-Hobby Airport. The data here is for traffic between SJO and all airports in Houston.<br>

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For other airports, see San Jose Airport (disambiguation).
Juan Santamaría International Airport

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File:SJO Airport Logo.png
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Costa Rica
OperatorAeris Holdings Costa Rica under ADC & HAS and Andrade Gutiérrez Concesores
ServesSan José, Costa Rica
LocationAlajuela Province, Costa Rica
Hub for
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL921 m / 3,022 ft
Coordinates09°59′38″N 084°12′32″W / 9.99389°N 84.20889°W / 9.99389; -84.20889
Websitewww.fly2sanjose.com
Map
SJO is located in Costa Rica
SJO
SJO
Location in Costa Rica
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,012 9,882 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers4,595,355
Passenger change 15–16Increase2.2%
Aircraft movements87,771
Movements change 15–16Increase6.0%
Source: Costa Rican AIP,[1] DGAC[2]

Juan Santamaría International Airport (Template:Lang-es) (IATA: SJO, ICAO: MROC) is the primary airport serving San José, the capital of Costa Rica. The airport is located in the city of Alajuela, 20 km (12 miles) west of downtown San José. It is named after Costa Rica's national hero, Juan Santamaría, a courageous drummer boy who died in 1856 defending his country against forces led by US-American filibuster William Walker.

The airport is hub of local airline Nature Air and Sansa Airlines, and focus city airport for Copa Airlines and Avianca. It was the country's only international gateway for many years, but nowadays there is also an international airport in Liberia, Guanacaste. Both airports have direct flights to North and Central America and Europe, with the difference that Juan Santamaría International Airport also serves cities in South America and the Caribbean.

The airport's main runway allows for operations of large, widebody aircraft. Currently, some scheduled flights are operated with Airbus A330 and A340, and Boeing 747, 767 and 777, for both passengers and freight. A Concorde landed in 1999 for that year's airshow.[3] The airport has also a small hangar (called the "NASA" hangar) where research aircraft are kept that operate in Costa Rica[4] including the Martin B-57 Canberra high altitude aircraft. (This hangar has since been removed as the mission was completed.)[5]

Juan Santamaría International Airport was once the busiest airport in Central America, but currently it is ranked second after Tocumen International Airport in Panamá. In 2016, Juan Santamaría International Airport received 4.6 million passengers (both international and domestic). In 2011, the airport was named the 3rd Best Airport in Latin America - Caribbean from the Airport Service Quality Awards by Airports Council International[6]

History

The airport was built to replace the previous one in downtown San Jose where Parque La Sabana is located today.[7] Funding was secured by the government in 1951[8] and construction proceed slowly until it was officially inaugurated on May 2, 1958.[9] It was initially called "Aeropuerto Internacional el Coco" after its location of the same name in the province of Alajuela. It would later be renamed in honor of Juan Santamaría. In 1961 funding was secured to build the highway that connects the airport to downtown San José.[10]

No major changes were made to the terminal until November 1997 when the government issued a decree requesting participation of private companies to manage the operations of the airport.[11] After a few years of legal challenges and contract negotiations Alterra Partners was given a 20-year concession and started managing the facilities in May 2001.[11] It was also expected that the company would finish the necessary expansion and construction of new facilities, however in March 2002 Alterra announced it would cease any further construction due to disagreements over financing and airport use fee billing with the government.[12] The dispute was extended for a few years and problems started at the terminal; in 2005 the International Civil Aviation Organization pointed out that the airport did not comply with safety regulations.[9]

In July 2009 Alterra yielded the contract to a consortium composed of Houston-based Canadian-American company ADC & HAS and the Brazilian company, Andrade Gutierrez Concessoes (AGC) - subsidiary of the conglomerate Andrade Gutierrez.[13] In December 2009 Alterra Partners changed its name to AERIS Holdings, S.A.[13] In November 2010 Aeris announced it had finished the expansion and construction of new facilities with the installation of the 9th boarding bridge.[14]

Ground transportation

The road access to the airport is on an exit at Route 1, and near the exit to Alajuela. There is a parking area with surcharge, plus a bus stop with plenty of services to San Jose downtown (with no exact schedule but with 24-hours bus service and approximately one service every 10 minutes during working hours). Licensed taxis are available in the airport and will generally accept both colones and U.S. dollars, but not other currencies. Costa Rican taxis are red with yellow triangles on the doors, ubiquitous all over the country, plus there is a special airport taxi service that is licensed and employs orange taxis.

Terminals and lounges

VIP Lounge Costa Rica.

Main Terminal [M]

The major operator in the airport is Avianca, followed by Copa Airlines.

Domestic Terminal [D]

Sansa Airlines and Nature Air flights depart from the Domestic Terminal.

VIP lounges

  • VIP Santamaría (Shared Avianca/Credomatic VIP)
  • Copa Club

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines have scheduled direct services to and/or from Juan Santamaría International Airport:

Passenger

File:SJO-local-destinations.png
Current domestic routes from SJO.
File:SJO-Americas-destinations.png
Current Americas routes from SJO.
File:SJO-Europe-destinations.png
Current European routes from SJO.
AirlinesDestinations
Aeroméxico Mexico City
Air Canada Rouge Toronto–Pearson
Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Panama David, Panama City–Albrook
Air Transat Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson
Alaska Airlines Los Angeles
Albatros Airlines Caracas
American Airlines Charlotte, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami
Seasonal: Phoenix–Sky Harbor
Avianca Costa Rica Bogotá, Cancún, Guatemala City, Lima, Managua, Mexico City, Panama City, San Salvador, San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa
Avianca Guatemala Guatemala City, San Andrés
Avianca El Salvador San Salvador
British Airways London–Gatwick
Condor Frankfurt, Santo Domingo
Seasonal: Munich
Copa Airlines Guatemala City, Managua, Panama City, Tegucigalpa
Copa Airlines Colombia Panama City
Cubana de Aviación Havana
Delta Air Lines Atlanta, Los Angeles
Edelweiss Air Zürich
Iberia Madrid
Interjet Mexico City
JetBlue Airways Fort Lauderdale, Orlando
KLM Seasonal: Amsterdam[15]
LATAM Perú Lima (begins January 1, 2018)[16]
Lufthansa Frankfurt (begins March 29, 2018)[17]
Nature Air Drake Bay, Golfito, La Fortuna, Liberia, Nosara, Puerto Jiménez, Quepos, Tamarindo, Tambor, Tortuguero, Managua
Sansa Airlines Drake Bay, Golfito, La Fortuna, Liberia, Limón, Palmar Sur, Puerto Jiménez, Quepos, San Isidro, Tamarindo, Tambor, Tortuguero, Costa Esmeralda
Southwest Airlines Baltimore, Fort Lauderdale, Houston–Hobby
Spirit Airlines Fort Lauderdale
United Airlines Houston–Intercontinental, Newark
Seasonal: Denver, Chicago–O'Hare, Washington–Dulles
Viva Aerobus Cancún[18]
Volaris Costa Rica Cancún, Guadalajara, Guatemala City, Managua, Mexico City, San Salvador
WestJet Toronto–Pearson
Notes
  • ^1 Condor's flights to and from Frankfurt fly via Santo Domingo, the airline has rights to transport passengers solely from Santo Domingo to San Jose.
  • ^2 Condor's flights to and from Munich fly via Punta Cana.

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Avianca Cargo Miami
DHL Aviation Miami, Los Angeles, Panama City
DHL De Guatemala Guatemala City
FedEx Express Memphis, Panama City
Florida West International Airways Miami
LATAM Cargo Brasil Miami
LATAM Cargo Chile Miami
LATAM Cargo México Mexico City
UPS Airlines Miami

Statistics

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 2015. Traffic movements reached its highest number in 2010, when the airport had 87,384 aircraft movements, while freight (in metric tons) reached a peak in 2011, with 98,609 tons.

SJO passenger totals, 2000–2016 (millions)
Source: DGAC
Number of passengers Percentage change Number of movements Freight (tonnes)
1960 209,624 – – –
1965 216,162 Increase09.6% 14,827 9,839
1970 381,278 Increase016.3% 28,673 19,808
1975 759,098 Increase018.1% 33,417 21,727
1980 658,154 Decrease02.5% 33,013 21,712
1985 617,474 Increase00.3% 24,990 27,282
1990 987,870 Increase010.8% 35,569 72,419
1995 1,839,175 Increase03.8% 52,402 88,249
2000 2,160,869 Decrease04.3% 72,428 77,137
2005 3,243,440 Increase012.2% 72,131 64,338
2010 4,257,606 Increase05.0% 87,384 85,164
2011 3,857,588 Decrease09.4% 72,674 98,609
2012 3,872,467 Increase00.4% 67,002 94,775
2013 3,797,616 Decrease01.9% 62,598 85,022
2014 3,917,573 Increase03.2% 73,307 86,741
2015 4,494,875 Increase014.7% 82,835 75,329
2016 4,595,355 Increase02.2% 87,771 73,633
Source: Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Costa Rica

Top international destinations

Busiest international routes to and from SJO (Jan. 2015 – Dec. 2015)
Airport Arrivals Departures Total 2014-2015 Carriers
1 Panama City, Panama1 381,668 384,295 765,963 Increase043.54% Avianca, Copa
2 Houston, United States2 199,682 210,061 409,743 Increase028.97% Southwest, Spirit, United
3 Miami, United States 191,026 180,056 371,082 Increase07.96% American
4 San Salvador, El Salvador 160,409 162,098 322,507 Increase022.40% Avianca, Veca
5 Mexico City, Mexico 140,915 146,198 287,113 Increase021.02% Aeroméxico, Interjet
6 Fort Lauderdale, United States 134,596 143,561 278,157 Increase065.45% Jetblue, Spirit
7 Atlanta, United States 130,168 115,770 245,938 Increase09.42% Delta
8 Madrid, Spain 108,105 118,182 226,287 Increase016.31% Iberia
9 Newark, United States 107,980 95,642 203,622 Increase027.45% United
10 Guatemala City, Guatemala 85,219 82,745 167,964 Decrease019.45% Avianca, Copa, Wingo Volaris
11 Orlando, United States 75,647 82,648 158,295 Increase044.12% Jetblue
12 Bogotá, Colombia 71,768 75,771 147,539 Increase017.85% Avianca
13 Los Angeles, United States 67,930 60,179 128,109 Increase06.81% Alaska, Delta
14 Dallas, United States 53,109 72,054 125,163 Increase015.34% American
15 Managua, Nicaragua 62,583 46,625 109,208 Increase052.14% Avianca, Copa, Nature Air
16 Lima, Perú 38,706 41,491 80,197 Increase013.90% Avianca
17 Charlotte, United States 25,465 26,035 51,500 Decrease03.30% American
18 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 21,228 23,047 44,275 Increase023.97% Avianca, Copa
19 Frankfurt, Germany 20,843 19,486 40,329 Increase028.69% Condor
20 Toronto, Canada 21,047 19,199 40,246 Decrease00.81% Air Canada, Air Transat, WestJet
21 Phoenix, United States 10,790 13,727 24,517 Increase02.57% American
22 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 7,215 6,877 14,092 Increase018.15% Condor
23 Havana, Cuba 5,860 5,732 11,592 Increase0664.14%3 Cubana
24 Cancún, Mexico 5,410 5,281 10,691 Increase013.79% Avianca, Volaris,
25 San Pedro Sula, Honduras 4,862 5,747 10,609 Decrease063.34%4 Avianca, Copa
Source: Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Air Transportation Statistical Yearbook (Years 2014,[19] and 2015[20]).
Notes:

^1 Avianca and Copa fly to Panama City-Tocumen Airport, and Air Panama flies to Panama City-Albrook Airport. The data here is for traffic between SJO and all airports in Panama City.
^2 United and Spirit fly to Houston-Intercontinental Airport, and Southwest flies to Houston-Hobby Airport. The data here is for traffic between SJO and all airports in Houston.
^3 The direct flight between SJO and Havana started on November 16, 2014.
^4 Currently there are not direct flights between SJO and San Pedro Sula. The last flight from Copa was cancelled on June 23, 2015.

Accidents and incidents

  • On May 23, 1988 a leased Boeing 727-100 (TI-LRC) operating the route San Jose-Managua-Miami, collided with a fence at the end of the runway in the Juan Santamaria International Airport, crashed at a nearby field next to a highway, and caught fire. The excess of weight in the front part of the airplane was the cause of the accident. There were no fatalities out of the 23 occupants.
  • On January 16, 1990, SANSA Flight 32 crashed into the Cerro Cedral, a mountain shortly after take off from Juan Santamaria International Airport. All 20 passengers and 3 crew on board died in the crash.

Pictures

  • American Airlines Boeing 757 parked at Terminal 1
    American Airlines Boeing 757 parked at Terminal 1
  • Control tower
    Control tower
  • Gates 13, 14, 15, and 16
    Gates 13, 14, 15, and 16
  • Interior where Gates 1, 2 & 3 are located.
    Interior where Gates 1, 2 & 3 are located.
  • Aircraft at the terminal
    Aircraft at the terminal
  • Sansa terminal
    Sansa terminal
  • Terminal buildings and main runway, 2003
    Terminal buildings and main runway, 2003
  • Check-in counters in the main terminal
    Check-in counters in the main terminal
  • Baggage claim area.
    Baggage claim area.
  • Check-in counters.
    Check-in counters.
  • Check-in counters.
    Check-in counters.
  • Main Corridor.
    Main Corridor.
  • Main Corridor.
    Main Corridor.
  • Main Corridor.
    Main Corridor.
  • Main Corridor.
    Main Corridor.
  • Main Corridor.
    Main Corridor.
  • Main Corridor.
    Main Corridor.

See also

References

  1. ^ AIP - Part 3 Aerodromes Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Template:Es icon Anuario Estadístico de Transporte Aéreo 2016
  3. ^ Delgado, Edgar (1999-01-28). "Concorde impuso récord". La Nacion (in Spanish). Costa Rica.
  4. ^ Ponchner, Debbie (2005-07-02). "Hoy despega de suelo tico la misión TCSP de la NASA". La Nacion (in Spanish). Costa Rica.
  5. ^ Ponchner, Debbie (2007-05-05). "NASA realizará gran misión científica desde suelo tico". La Nacion (in Spanish). Costa Rica.
  6. ^ "ASQ Award for Best Airport in Latin America - Caribbean" Airports Council International. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-13
  7. ^ Calvo, Rodrigo (2011-03-27). "Los mil rostros de La Sabana". La Nacion (in Spanish). Costa Rica.
  8. ^ "En primber debate fueron aprobados el Arancel de Aduanas y la Ley de Pagos Internacionales". La Nacion (in Spanish). Costa Rica. 1951-11-26.
  9. ^ a b Rojas, Ronny (2008-07-09). "El Santamaría incumple normas de seguridad". Al Dia (in Spanish). Costa Rica.
  10. ^ "Hace 50 años, Sábado 11 de marzo de 1961". La Nacion (in Spanish). Costa Rica. 2011-03-11.
  11. ^ a b Feigenblatt, Hazel (2001-05-05). "Aeropuerto a manos privadas hoy". La Nacion (in Spanish). Costa Rica.
  12. ^ Loaiza, Vanessa (2002-03-15). "Suspenden obras en aeropuerto". La Nacion (in Spanish). Costa Rica.
  13. ^ a b Loaiza, Vanessa (2009-12-04). "BID presta $45 millones para ampliar Juan Santamaría". La Nacion (in Spanish). Costa Rica.
  14. ^ Loaiza, Vanessa (2010-11-10). "Concluye modernización de aeropuerto Santamaría". La Nacion (in Spanish). Costa Rica.
  15. ^ http://news.klm.com/klm-to-start-direct-flights-to-san-jose/
  16. ^ "LATAM Airlines will launch new route to San José, Costa Rica" (in Spanish). EnElAire. May 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  17. ^ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/273812/lufthansa-adds-costa-rica-service-from-mar-2018/
  18. ^ "Viva Aerobus announces two new flighst from Cancún" (in Spanish). EnElAire. November 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  19. ^ Anuario Estadístico de Transporte Aéreo 2014 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Dirección General de Aviación Civil de Costa Rica
  20. ^ Anuario Estadístico de Transporte Aéreo 2015. Dirección General de Aviación Civil de Costa Rica
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