Travel Reference
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Air
Airports & Airlines
Costa Rica is well connected by air to other Central and South American countries, as
well as the USA.
International flights arrive at Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría, 17km northwest
of San José, in the town of Alajuela.
Aeropuerto Internacional Daniel Oduber Quirós in Liberia also receives international
flights from the USA, the Americas and Canada. It serves a number of American and Ca-
nadian airlines and some charters from London.
The national airline, Avianca (part of the Central American airline consortium Grupo
TACA), flies to the USA and Latin America, including Cuba.
The US Federal Aviation Administration has assessed Costa Rica's aviation authorities to
be in compliance with international safety standards.
