Tobías_Bolaños_International_Airport

Tobías Bolaños International Airport

Tobías Bolaños International Airport

Airport in San José, Costa Rica

Tobías Bolaños International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Tobías Bolaños) (IATA: SYQ, ICAO: MRPV) is one of four international airports in Costa Rica, and the secondary airport serving the city of San José, after Juan Santamaría International Airport. It is located in downtown San José, in Pavas District, San José Canton. The airport is named for Costa Rican pilot Tobias Bolaños Palma (1892-1953).

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The airport has one runway (1566mx23m). It lies at an elevation of 1002 meters AMSL. The airport has no instrument approach procedures and can only accept VFR flights.

This airport is the main base for general aviation in the country, as well as most private flight operations, charter flights, tourism, and aviation schools. Several companies offer charter services from this airport: Aerobell, CarmonAir, Prestige Wings,Taxiaereo among others.

Airlines and destinations

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Aviation schools

There are eight flight schools operating out of Tobías Bolaños International Airport. Some offer additional aviation courses such as cabin crew training and dispatcher training. They have varying fleets of single and multi-engine aircraft for Ab initio pilot training.

  • AENSA - Academia de Ensenanza Aeronautica
  • Aerobell Flight School
  • Aeroformacion
  • Aerotica
  • CPEA - Centro Profesional de Enseñanza Aeronáutica
  • ECDEA - Escuela Costarricense de Aviacion (Part of CarmonAir and Costa Rica Green Airways)
  • IACA - Instituto Aeronautico Centroamericano
  • IFA - Instituto de Formacion Aeronautica

Passenger statistics

Annual passenger traffic at SYQ airport. See Wikidata query.

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

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See also

References

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    DGAC Yearbook 2014 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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    Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) of Costa Rica, Section III (Airstrips) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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    Airport information for Tobías Bolaños International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
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    "San Jose-Tobias Bolano Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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    DGAC Yearbook 2010 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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    DGAC Yearbook 2011 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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    DGAC Yearbook 2012 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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    DGAC Yearbook 2013 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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    Oficina de Planificación, DGAC de Costa Rica
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    DGAC Yearbook 2006 Archived 2016-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
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    DGAC Yearbook 2007 Archived 2016-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
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    DGAC Yearbook 2008 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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    DGAC Yearbook 2009 Archived 2016-01-25 at the Wayback Machine


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