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Tobías Bolaños International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Tobías Bolaños) (IATA: SYQ, ICAO: MRPV) is one of four international airports in Costa Rica, and the secondary airport serving the city of San José, after Juan Santamaría International Airport. It is located in downtown San José, in Pavas District, San José Canton. The airport is named for Costa Rican pilot Tobias Bolaños Palma (1892-1953).

The airport has one runway (1566mx23m). It lies at an elevation of 1002 meters AMSL. The airport has no instrument approach procedures and can only accept VFR flights.

This airport is the main base for general aviation in the country, as well as most private flight operations, charter flights, tourism, and aviation schools. Several companies offer charter services from this airport: Aerobell, CarmonAir, Prestige Wings,Taxiaereo among others.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aerobell Airlines Drake Bay, La Fortuna, Puerto Jiménez, Quepos, Tamarindo, Tambor, Tortuguero

Aviation schools

There are eight flight schools operating out of Tobías Bolaños International Airport. Some offer additional aviation courses such as cabin crew training and dispatcher training. They have varying fleets of single and multi-engine aircraft for Ab initio pilot training.

  • AENSA - Academia de Ensenanza Aeronautica
  • Aerobell Flight School
  • Aeroformacion
  • Aerotica
  • CPEA - Centro Profesional de Enseñanza Aeronáutica
  • ECDEA - Escuela Costarricense de Aviacion (Part of CarmonAir and Costa Rica Green Airways)
  • IACA - Instituto Aeronautico Centroamericano
  • IFA - Instituto de Formacion Aeronautica

Passenger statistics

Annual passenger traffic at SYQ airport. See Wikidata query.

These data show number of passenger 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 101,573 93,048 84,194 89,737 18,531 15,754 25,293 32,164
Growth (%) Decrease 2.65% Decrease 8.39% Decrease 9.52% Increase 6.58% Decrease 79.35% Decrease 14.99% Increase 60.55% Increase 27.17%
Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks
(Years 2010,[5] 2011,[6] 2012,[7] 2013,[8] and 2014[1])
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Passengers 15,598 39,606 46,320 62,745 85,484 87,650 95,356 120,617 128,106 104,343
Growth (%) N.A. Increase 153.92% Increase 16.95% Increase 35.46% Increase 36.24% Increase 2.53% Increase 8.79% Increase 26.49% Increase 6.21% Decrease 18.55%
Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks
(Years 2000-2005,[9] 2006,[10] 2007,[11] 2008,[12] and 2009[13])

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