Juan Santamaría International Airport | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 17/12/2018

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Juan Santamaría International Airport


00:02:08 1 History
00:04:00 2 Ground transportation
00:04:48 3 Terminals and lounges
00:04:57 3.1 Main Terminal [M]
00:05:12 3.2 Domestic Terminal [D]
00:05:27 3.3 VIP lounges
00:05:42 4 Airlines and destinations
00:05:59 4.1 Passenger
00:06:23 4.2 Cargo
00:06:31 5 Statistics
00:07:13 5.1 Top international destinations
00:07:23 6 Accidents and incidents
00:08:14 7 Pictures
00:08:23 8 See also



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Juan Santamaría International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría) (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 a hub of a local airline Sansa Airlines, bases for Avianca Costa Rica and Volaris Costa Rica, and a focus city for Copa Airlines. 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.Previously, the airport had a small hangar, called the "NASA" hangar, to house research aircraft, like the Martin B-57 Canberra high altitude aircraft, that were being operated in Costa Rica. After that mission was completed, the hanger was removed.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