Nosara Airport | |
Iata: | NOB |
Icao: | MRNS |
Type: | Public |
Operator: | DGAC |
City-Served: | Nosara, Costa Rica |
Elevation-F: | 33 |
Coordinates: | 9.9764°N -85.6528°W |
Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica |
Pushpin Label: | NOB |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Costa Rica |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 04/22 |
R1-Length-M: | 1000 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2014 |
Stat1-Header: | Passengers[1] |
Stat1-Data: | 7350 |
Stat2-Header: | Passenger change 13–14 |
Stat2-Data: | 10.1% |
Footnotes: | Source: AIP[2] GCM SkyVector[3] |
Nosara Airport is an airport serving Nosara, a village in the Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica. The airport is approximately 15 minutes from the beaches of Nosara, the main tourist attraction in the area. The airport is owned and administered by the country's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC).
Nosara Airport receives only domestic flights, but has daily scheduled service from the Costa Rican capital, San José.
The airport is inland from the Pacific coast. The runway length includes a displaced threshold on Runway 04. There is nearby low mountainous terrain north of the airport, and also east through south.
These data show number of passengers movements into the airport, according to the DGAC Statistical Yearbooks.
Year | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Passengers | 6,284 | 7,392 | 7,420 | 7,417 | 6,513 | 6,679 | 7,350 | T.B.A. | |
Growth (%) | 30.61% | 17.63% | 0.38% | 0.04% | 12.19% | 2.55% | 10.05% | T.B.A. | |
Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks (Years 2008,[4] 2009,[5] 2010,[6] 2011,[7] 2012,[8] 2013,[9] and 2014) |
Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Passengers | 2,214 | 3,672 | 4,754 | 5,686 | 6,195 | 7,095 | 7,639 | 9,056 | |
Growth (%) | N.A. | 65.85% | 29.47% | 19.60% | 8.65% | 14.53% | 7.67% | 18.55% | |
Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks (Years 2000-2005,[10] 2006,[11] and 2007,[12]) |