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Juan Santamaria International airport in San Jose (Costa Rica)
Juan Santamaria International airport is located near San Jose, with El Coco at 1mi↑, San Rafael at 1mi↑, Alajuela at 2mi↑, San Antonio at 2mi↑, La Asuncion at 3mi↑, Llorente at 4mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Costa Rica and Southernmost airports in Costa Rica
→ See also airports in Costa Rica
aerial view of Juan Santamaria International airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : MROC
- IATA code : SJO
- Local code : -
Elevation : 921 m = 3022ft
→ See also Highest airports in Costa Rica and Lowest airports in Costa Rica
Runways
- runway 07/25 : 3012m = 9882ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Costa Rica
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Aviation weather for Juan Santamaria International airport MROC SJO
METAR for Juan Santamaria International airport MROC SJO
MROC 132000Z 26012KT 230V300 9999 SCT030 BKN200 26/22 A3001 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Juan Santamaria International airport MROC SJO
METAR issued by MROC on Sunday, July 13, 2025 at 20:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 5 days and 135 hours and -7141 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 26°C = 79°F, dew point is 22°C = 72°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 79 %.
QNH is 1016hPa = 30.01inHg
Wind 22km/h = 12kt, direction is 260°.
Clouds : scattered clouds at 3000ft = 910m. broken at 20000ft = 6100m.
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours
TAF for Juan Santamaria International airport MROC SJO
MROC 131730Z 1318/1418 25008KT 9999 SCT030 TX29/1318Z TN19/1411Z TEMPO 1320/1324 TSRA SCT015CB TEMPO 1400/1404 3000 BR BKN010 BECMG 1404/1406 09008KT
Decoded TAF for Juan Santamaria International airport MROC SJO
TAF issued by MROC on Sunday, July 13, 2025 at 17:30 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 5 days and 18 hours and 29 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Sunday, July 13, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Monday, July 14, 2025 à 04:00 heure UTC
1318/1418 25008KT 9999 SCT030 TX29/1318Z TN19/1411Z
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 250°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 3000ft = 910m
temporarily from Sunday, July 13, 2025 à 20:00 heure TU to Sunday, July 13, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1320/1324 TSRA SCT015CB
thunderstorm rain
scattered clouds at 1500ft = 460m
temporarily from Sunday, July 13, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Monday, July 14, 2025 à 04:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1400/1404 3000 BR BKN010
Visibility is 3km = 2mi.
mist
broken at 1000ft = 300m
becoming from Monday, July 14, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Monday, July 14, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1404/1406 09008KT
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 90°
VAC for Juan Santamaria International airport MROC SJO
The Visual Approach Chart (VAC Visual Approach Chart) is provided without any guarantee of its timeliness. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM for Juan Santamaria International airport
Around Juan Santamaria International airport in San Jose (Costa Rica)
near
- Hotels in El Coco
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 2143mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 2216mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 5309mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 5355mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 5356mi↑
- Aquarium de Donostia-San Sebastián (San Sebastian) at 5356mi↑
- Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra (San Sebastian) at 5357mi↑
- Eureka! Zientzia Museoa (San Sebastiàn) at 5357mi↑
- San Sebastian at 5357mi↑
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz at 5372mi↑
- Hôtel Txoko (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 5372mi↑
- Grand Hôtel Thalasso & Spa (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 5373mi↑
- for Juan Santamaria International airport at 0mi↑
- for San Jose airport at 5mi↑
- for Tobias Bolanos International airport at 5mi↑
nearest airports to Juan Santamaria International airport in San Jose (Costa Rica)
- San Jose heliport (MRSE ) at 5mi↑NOTAM
- Tobias Bolanos International airport (MRPV SYQ ) at 5mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Carrizal airport (MRCZ ) at 7mi↑NOTAM
- México Hospital heliport ( CR-0004) at 7mi↑
- Helibancosta heliport (MRHB ) at 10mi↑NOTAM
- La Loma heliport (MRLO ) at 10mi↑NOTAM
- El Ron Ron airport (MRER ) at 27mi↑NOTAM
- Santa Marta airport (MRSM ) at 28mi↑NOTAM
- La Victoria de Sarapiqui heliport (MRLS ) at 30mi↑NOTAM
- Rio Frio / Progreso airport (MRRF RFR ) at 32mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Costa Rica
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap