La Fortuna Arenal Airport

Arenal Airport 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.

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

Facilities The airport has an 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 east of the airport. The El Coco VOR-DME (Ident: TIO) is located southeast of Arenal Airport.

Airlines and destinations

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. Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Passengers 5,815 4,726 3,250 5,842 6,596 5,440 8,723 13,186 Growth (%) 4.33% 18.73% 31.23% 79.75% 12.91% 17.53% 60.35% 51.16% Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks(Years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017)

Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Passengers N.D. N.D. N.D. 37 N.D. 10 83 7,149 7,403 6,078 Growth (%) N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. 730.00% 8,513.25% 3.55% 17.90% Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks(Years 2000-2005,Oficina de Planificación, DGAC de Costa Rica 2006,DGAC Yearbook 2006 2007,DGAC Yearbook 2007 2008,DGAC Yearbook 2008 and 2009DGAC Yearbook 2009 )

La Fortuna Arenal Airport

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