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Juan Santamaria International airport at 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
MROC 190800Z 07008KT CAVOK 20/16 A2998 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Juan Santamaria International airport MROC SJO
METAR issued by MROC on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 2 days and 66 hours and -2833 minutes ago.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 20°C = 68°F, dew point is 16°C = 61°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 78%.
QNH is 1015hPa = 29.98inHg
Wind 15km/h = 8kt, direction is 70°.
Sky clear.
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours
TAF for Juan Santamaria International airport MROC SJO
MROC 190520Z 1906/2006 07006KT 9999 FEW040 TX29/1919Z TN19/1911Z BECMG 1916/1919 25008KT TEMPO 1920/1924 RA FEW015TCU BECMG 2001/2004 09006KT
Decoded TAF for Juan Santamaria International airport MROC SJO
TAF issued by MROC on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 05:20 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 2 days and 21 hours and 27 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Wednesday, February 19, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Wednesday, February 19, 2025 à 16:00 heure UTC
1906/2006 07006KT 9999 FEW040 TX29/1919Z TN19/1911Z
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 70°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 4000ft = 1220m
becoming from Wednesday, February 19, 2025 à 19:00 heure TU to Wednesday, February 19, 2025 à 01:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1916/1919 25008KT
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 250°
temporarily from Wednesday, February 19, 2025 à 20:00 heure TU to Wednesday, February 19, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1920/1924 RA FEW015TCU
rain
few clouds at 1500ft = 460m
becoming from Wednesday, February 19, 2025 à 04:00 heure TU to Thursday, February 20, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2001/2004 09006KT
wind 6kt = 11km/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 at 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 at 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
→ 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