Juan Santamaría International Airport, San Jose (SJO)

It is named after Juan Santamaría, a courageous drummer boy who died in 1856 defending his country against forces led by American adventurer William Walker. The airport, which is Costa Rica's primary airport, serves about one million people each year, a great number of them tourists from Canada and the United States. There are three other international airports in the country but only the Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia, Guanacaste is served by major airlines.

Alajuela, the birthplace of Juan Santamaría, is located 3 km from the airport.

The airport serves as a hub for TACA/Lacsa for its international network and for TACA's subsidiary Sansa for its domestic network. It also provides services for other airlines flying to the United States, Latin America and Europe.

Daniel Oduber Quiros International Airport, Liberia (LIR)

Located in northern Costa Rica, the Liberia International Airport or the Daniel Oduber Quiros International Airport lies in Liberia, the capital of Guanacaste province. Set up mainly to cater to those tourists who wish to enjoy the wonderful weather and great beaches of the North Pacific Coast, the Liberia International Airport sits some 140 miles northwest of the capital city San Jose.

Fast becoming a major international airport exclusively for tourists who want to enjoy Costa Rica’s gorgeous Pacific coastline, arriving at the Liberia International Airport is the quickest way to reach places like Golfo de Papagayo, Playa Grande, Playa Tamarindo, Playa Flamingo, Playa Hermosa, Playa Panama, El Coco and the entire Nicoya peninsula including nine National Parks.

Named in honor of the former president of Costa Rica, Daniel Oduber, whose idea it was to build an airport in the region and who was an avid supporter of expansion and development in Guanacaste, this international airport was opened in 1995, with its first commercial flight arriving here from Miami, Florida.