Palo Arco Airport

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Palo Arco Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Palo Arco
Elevation  AMSL 328 ft / 100 m
Coordinates 9°51′10″N85°14′15″W / 9.85278°N 85.23750°W / 9.85278; -85.23750 Coordinates: 9°51′10″N85°14′15″W / 9.85278°N 85.23750°W / 9.85278; -85.23750
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MRPA
Location in Costa Rica
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 1,110 3,642 Asphalt
Sources: Google Maps [1] GCM [2]

Palo Arco Airport( ICAO : MRPA) is an airport serving the canton of Nandayure in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.

ICAO airport code four-letter code designating many airports around the world

The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning.

Cantons of Costa Rica political subdivision of Costa Rica

Costa Rica is administratively divided into seven provinces which are subdivided into 82 cantons, and these are further subdivided into districts. Cantons are the only administrative division in Costa Rica that possess local government in the form of municipalities. Each municipality has its own mayor and several representatives, all of them chosen via municipal elections every four years.

Nandayure (canton) Cantón in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Nandayure is the ninth canton in the province of Guanacaste in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 565.59 km², and has a population of 11,453. Its capital town is Carmona.

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