Limón International Airport

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Limón International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Limón
IATA: LIO - ICAO: MRLM
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Dirección General de Aviacion Civil
Serves		Limón, Costa Rica
Elevation AMSL		7 ft (2 m)
Coordinates		09°57′28″N, 83°01′19″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
14/32	5,906	1,800	Asphalt

Limón International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Limón) (IATA: LIO, ICAO: MRLM) is one of the four international airports in Costa Rica. The airport is located in the city of Limón in Limón Province.

It recently officially reopened on Saturday, July 1st, 2006 after being closed nearly 20 years for Costa Rican Domestic Flights.

Puerto Limon and the Southern Caribbean Area towns of Cahuita, Puerto Viejo, Manzanillo and Gandoca, as well as the Indigenous Communities of Bri Bri, Hone Creek, Carbon 1 and 2, Shiroles and Suretka are all within 2 hours of the Puerto Limon Airport by Ground Transportation.

Nature Air Domestic Airline flies an early morning flight daily (7 days per week) from Tobias Bolaños International Airport in Pavas (San Jose Area) to Puerto Limon. The flight departs at 6:15am and arrives in Limon at 06:50am.

SANSA Regional Airline also flies special Charter Flights upon request from San Jose's Juan Santamaria International Airport in Alajuela.

In the near future, Nature Air also plans to fly 4 times weekly from Bocas del Toro International in Panama to Limon International.

[edit] Scheduled Services

• Nature Air (Barra del Colorado, Bocas del Toro, San Jose, Tortuguero)
• Sansa (Puerto Viejo, San Jose)
• Aerobell (San Jose)
• Paradise Air (San Jose)

[edit] External links

• Airport information for MRLM at World Aero Data