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Juan Santamaría International Airport

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Juan Santamaría International Airport (IATA airport code: SJO) is located 20 km from San José, Costa Rica. 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 Grupo TACA/Lacsa for its international network and for TACA's subsidary Sansa for its domestic network. It also provides services for other airlines flying to the United States, Latin America and Europe.

The airport has the usual assortment of duty-free shops. It also has a food court that includes three fast-food restaurants.

Juan Santamaria International has been operated by Alterra Partners since 2001 as part of a plan to improve the airport by the Costa Rican government. The relationship between Alterra and the government has been difficult and this situation has delayed the modernization plans.

Ground Transportation

There is a bus stop outside the airport. The Alajuela-San José route buses stop there in both directions. Buses from other routes also stop there, but you might have to change buses to get to the city center.

Taxis charge US$14 and upward for trips to San José, with some unlicensed taxis charging considerably more. Taxis will generally accept both colónes and U.S. dollars, but not other currencies.

There is an ATM at the baggage claim area (VISA, Master Card) and another in the second level by the curbside of the entrance to departures (Visa, Master Card, AMEX) that dispenses colónes and US dollars.

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