Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport

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Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Daniel Oduber Quirós
IATA: LIR - ICAO: MRLB
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Dirección General de Aviacion Civil
Serves		Liberia, Costa Rica
Elevation AMSL		270 ft (82 m)
Coordinates		10°35′35″N, 85°32′39″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
07/25	9,022	2,750	Asphalt

Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Daniel Oduber Quirós) (IATA: LIR, ICAO: MRLB), formerly known as Liberia International Airport, is one of the four international airports in Costa Rica. The airport is located in the city of Liberia in Guanacaste Province. It serves as a hub for the affluent tourism that visits Costa Rica's Pacific coast. The airport is named for Daniel Oduber Quirós who served as president of Costa Rica from 1974 to 1978. The most common airplanes to visit this airport are 737's and 757's.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

The primary airline that operates at this airport is Continental Airlines which has 14 flights a week to Houston. Delta Air Lines also has 9 flights a week to Atlanta and 1 weekly flight to Los Angeles, and 1 flight a week to New York-JFK.

• Air Canada (Toronto-Pearson)
• Air Transat (Calgary, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver) [seasonal]
• American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami)
• Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
• Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York-JFK)
• First Choice Airways (London-Gatwick)
• Mexicana (Mexico City) [seasonal]
• Miami Air (Miami) [seasonal]
• Nature Air (San José (CR), La Fortuna, Punta Islita, Tamarindo)
• Northwest Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul) [seasonal]
• Sunwing Airlines (Toronto-Pearson) [seasonal]
• Skyservice (Calgary, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver) [seasonal]
• Grupo TACA
  • Operated by Sansa (San José (CR), Tamarindo)
• United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare [seasonal])
• US Airways (Charlotte)
• USA3000 Airlines (Philadelphia) [begins 2009]

[edit] New infrastructure

The government of Costa Rica has announced that the companies that want to operate and remodel the airport can now present the documents for the approval of projects. The plans for the future terminal depends on the new company, but the terminal will have a main building with gates and jetways, duty-free shops and restaurants, and is expected to have a similar size or that it will be bigger than the Juan Santamaría International Airport.

[edit] External links

• Liberia Costa Rica International Airport - Information for Liberia Costa Rica International Airport. Includes flight schedules, airline contact details, entry requirements and taxes.
• Liberia Costa Rica Airport - latest tips, photos, and flight details.
• Airport information for MRLB at World Aero Data
• Liberia Int'l Airport info