El Carmen de Siquirres Airport

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El Carmen de Siquirres Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesEl Carmen, Costa Rica
Elevation  AMSL 56 ft / 17 m
Coordinates 10°12′07″N83°28′20″W / 10.20194°N 83.47222°W / 10.20194; -83.47222 Coordinates: 10°12′07″N83°28′20″W / 10.20194°N 83.47222°W / 10.20194; -83.47222
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MREC
Location in Costa Rica
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
08/261,0203,346Asphalt
Sources: Google Maps [1] GCM [2] SkyVector [3]

El Carmen de Siquirres Airport( ICAO : MREC) is an airport serving the village and Del Monte banana plantation [4] at El Carmen in Limón Province, Costa Rica. The plantation is 12 kilometres (7 mi) north of Siquirres.

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Limón Province Province in Costa Rica

Limón is one of seven provinces in Costa Rica. The province covers an area of 9,189 km², and has a population of 386,862.

Costa Rica Country in Central America

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The Limon VOR-DME (Ident: LIO) is located 30.0 nautical miles (56 km) east-southeast of the airport. [5]

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References

  1. Google Maps - El Carmen de Siquirres
  2. Airport information for MREC at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. "El Carmen de Siquirres Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  4. Del Monte plantation
  5. "Llimon VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

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