Juan Santamaría International Airport

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The Juan Santamaría International Airport, also on German San Jose Juan Santamaria Airport, is an international airport of the city of Alajuela, about 20 kilometers from San Jose - the capital of Costa Rica - away.

Opened in 1958 as Aeropuerto Internacional del Coco, he was named in 1971 in Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría after the national hero Juan Santamaría, and is the country's largest airport. It is based on the TACA and currently has 17 gates, nine of which are equipped with passenger boarding bridges. The airport belongs to the government of Costa Rica, but for the operation are currently private companies responsible. 2006 2.61 million passengers were handled at the airport. International and domestic airlines connect the Juan Santamaría International Airport with domestic destinations as well as North and South America and Europe, where currently Madrid is served by Iberia and Frankfurt via Santo Domingo from Condor.