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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 221800Z 07018G28KT CAVOK 27/14 A2998 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Juan Santamaria International airport MROC SJO
METAR issued by MROC on Monday, December 22, 2025 at 18:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 3 days and 73 hours and -4263 minutes ago.
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 27°C = 81°F, dew point is 14°C = 57°F. The air is moderately humid : relative air humidity is 45 %.
QNH is 1015hPa = 29.98inHg
Wind 33km/h = 18kt with gusts at 52km/h = 28kt, direction is 70°.
Sky clear.
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours
TAF for Juan Santamaria International airport MROC SJO
MROC 221733Z 2218/2318 09017KT 9999 FEW040 TX29/2318Z TN20/2311Z TEMPO 2312/2318 09014G24KT
Decoded TAF for Juan Santamaria International airport MROC SJO
TAF issued by MROC on Monday, December 22, 2025 at 17:33 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 3 days and 2 hours and 24 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Monday, December 22, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 23, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
2218/2318 09017KT 9999 FEW040 TX29/2318Z TN20/2311Z
wind 17kt = 31km/h, direction is 90°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 4000ft = 1220m
temporarily from Tuesday, December 23, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 23, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 2312/2318 09014G24KT
wind 14kt = 26km/h with gusts at 24kt = 44km/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
- 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
→ 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
