- IATA
- SJO
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- MROC
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1958
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 3.1M
- in 2021
History & name
Juan Santamaría International Airport opened in 1958 and lies 15 km from San José, Costa Rica. Its one runway measures 3,012 m, the airfield sits at 3,021 feet, and it handled 3.1 million passengers in 2021.
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Serves
- San José, Costa Rica
- City centre
- 15 km from San José
- Opened
- 1958
- Passengers
- 3.1 million in 2021
- Runways
- 1 runway, 3,012 m
- Elevation
- 3,021 ft (921 m)
- Website
- sjoairport.com ↗
Where it sits
10.0°N, 84.2°W puts SJO in the northern hemisphere, 1,111 km from the equator and 8,896 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 471st most northerly, which makes it the 191st most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 10.0°S, 95.8°E. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Soekarno-Hatta (CGK) in Indonesia, still 1,271 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Daniel Oduber Quirós (LIR), 161 km away in a straight line. Nothing else on this site is within 100 km.
Distances from SJO
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panama City | PTY | 539 km | 1h 10m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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