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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↑, Santa Ana at 5mi↑, Quebrada Yeguas at 5mi↑,
→ 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
METAR MROC 070600Z VRB02KT 3000 BR SCT007 BKN025 21/21 A3000 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Juan Santamaria International airport MROC SJO
METAR issued by MROC on Wednesday, October 7, 2026 at 06:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 hours and 5 minutes ago.
visibility is 3km = 2sm.
The temperature is 21°C = 70°F, dew point is 21°C = 70°F. The air is saturated with water : relative air humidity is 100 %.
QNH is 1016hPa = 30inHg
Wind 4km/h = 2kt, direction is VRB°.
Sky clear.
TAF for Juan Santamaria International airport MROC SJO
TAF MROC 070533Z 0706/0806 10007KT 9999 SCT025 TX29/0717Z TN20/0710Z TEMPO 0706/0710 24005KT 1500 BR BKN008 BECMG 0714/0717 24009KT TEMPO 0719/0723 3000 TSRA BKN015CB TEMPO 0723/0805 3000 DZ BR BKN010
Decoded TAF for Juan Santamaria International airport MROC SJO
TAF issued by MROC on Wednesday, October 7, 2026 at 05:33 UTC, issued 1 hours and 32 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Wednesday, October 7, 2026 à 06:00 heure TU to Wednesday, October 7, 2026 à 14:00 heure UTC
wind 7kt = 13km/h direction is 100° with gusts at kt = kt
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at
from Wednesday, October 7, 2026 à 06:00 heure TU to Wednesday, October 7, 2026 à 10:00 heure UTC
BR
temporarily
wind 5kt = 9km/h direction is 240° with gusts at kt = kt
Visibility is 1km = 1sm.
broken at
from Wednesday, October 7, 2026 à 14:00 heure TU to Thursday, October 8, 2026 à 06:00 heure UTC
becoming
wind 9kt = 17km/h direction is 240° with gusts at kt = kt
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at
from Wednesday, October 7, 2026 à 19:00 heure TU to Wednesday, October 7, 2026 à 23:00 heure UTC
TSRA
temporarily
Visibility is 3km = 2sm.
broken at
from Wednesday, October 7, 2026 à 23:00 heure TU to Thursday, October 8, 2026 à 05:00 heure UTC
DZ BR
temporarily
Visibility is 3km = 2sm.
broken at
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
- Guapiles airport (MRGP GPL ) at 32mi↑NOTAM
- Hacienda Rancho Grande airport (MRHG ) at 33mi↑NOTAM
- Frutez - Pital airport (MRFP ) at 33mi↑NOTAM
- La Ligia airport (MRLI ) at 34mi↑NOTAM
- Quebrada Azul airport (MRQA ) at 34mi↑NOTAM
- Playa Pájaros airport (MRPP ) at 34mi↑NOTAM
- Ticaban airport (MRTB ) at 35mi↑NOTAM
- Rancho Nuevo airport (MRRN ) at 36mi↑NOTAM
- Esterillos airport (MRET ) at 36mi↑NOTAM
- Aerodamas airport (MRAD ) at 37mi↑NOTAM
- Altamira de San Carlos airport (MRAT ) at 38mi↑NOTAM
- Roxana Farms airport (MRRX ) at 38mi↑NOTAM
- Los Sueños heliport (MRRM ) at 38mi↑NOTAM
- Chacarita airport (MRCH JAP ) at 38mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Costa Rica
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX et NOAA
- TAF : AVWX et NOAA
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap
