La Fortuna Arenal Airport

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Arenal Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
Serves La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Elevation  AMSL 342 ft / 104 m
Coordinates 10°28′10″N84°34′44″W / 10.46944°N 84.57889°W / 10.46944; -84.57889 Coordinates: 10°28′10″N84°34′44″W / 10.46944°N 84.57889°W / 10.46944; -84.57889
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Location in Costa Rica
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
06/248002,625Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers [1] 13,186
Passenger change 16–17Increase2.svg51.2%
Source: AIP [2] GCM [3] SkyVector [4] Google Maps [5]

Arenal Airport( IATA : FON, ICAO : MRAN) is an airport serving La Fortuna, a district in San Carlos Canton, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica. The airport is named after the Arenal Volcano, one of the major tourist attractions in the country.

Contents

Arenal Airport is a private-managed airstrip, currently served by daily flights from Quepos and the capital city, San José. Located in the countryside 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of La Fortuna, it can be reached by Route 141.

Facilities

The airport has an 800 metres (2,600 ft) asphalt runway commonly served by small aircraft like Cessna 208 Caravan and de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter. Approach to Runway 24 crosses over a hangar at the beginning of the runway.

The Fiora non-directional beacon (Ident: FIO) is located 10.1 nautical miles (19 km) east of the airport. The El Coco VOR-DME (Ident: TIO) is located 37.9 nautical miles (70 km) southeast of Arenal Airport. [6] [7]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aerobell Airlines San José–Tobías Bolaños
Sansa Airlines Liberia, San José–Juan Santamaría, Tortuguero

Passenger Statistics

These data show number of passengers movements into the airport, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Costa Rica's Statistical Yearbooks.

Year20102011201220132014201520162017
Passengers5,8154,7263,2505,8426,5965,4408,72313,186
Growth (%)Decrease2.svg 4.33%Decrease2.svg 18.73%Decrease2.svg 31.23%Increase2.svg 79.75%Increase2.svg 12.91%Decrease2.svg 17.53%Increase2.svg 60.35%Increase2.svg 51.16%
Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks
(Years 2010, [8] 2011, [9] 2012, [10] 2013, [11] 2014, [12] 2015, [13] 2016, [14] and 2017 [15] )
Year2000200120022003200420052006200720082009
PassengersN.D.N.D.N.D.37N.D.10837,1497,4036,078
Growth (%)N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.Increase2.svg 730.00%Increase2.svg 8,513.25%Increase2.svg 3.55%Decrease2.svg 17.90%
Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks
(Years 2000-2005, [16] 2006, [17] 2007, [18] 2008, [19] and 2009 [20] )

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References

  1. ↑ "Anuario Estadístico 2017". DGAC. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Costa Rican AIP 2014" (PDF). DGAC. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  3. ↑ Airport information for Arenal Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. ↑ "Arenal Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Arenal Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "El Coco VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "Fiora NDB". Our Airports. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "Anuario Estadístico 2010" (PDF). DGAC. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Anuario Estadístico 2011" (PDF). DGAC. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Anuario Estadístico 2012" (PDF). DGAC. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Anuario Estadístico 2013" (PDF). DGAC. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Anuario Estadístico 2014" (PDF). DGAC. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Anuario Estadístico 2015" (PDF). DGAC. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Anuario Estadístico 2016" (PDF). DGAC. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Resumen Estadístico 2017" (PDF). DGAC. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 13, 2018. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  16. ↑ Oficina de Planificación, DGAC de Costa Rica
  17. ↑ DGAC Yearbook 2006 Archived 2016-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ↑ DGAC Yearbook 2007 Archived 2016-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ↑ DGAC Yearbook 2008 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ↑ DGAC Yearbook 2009 Archived 2016-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
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