Nonstop flight route between Coimbatore, India and San José, Costa Rica:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Coimbatore International Airport (CJB), Coimbatore, India and Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO), San José, Costa Rica would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,496 miles (or 16,891 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Coimbatore International Airport and Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Coimbatore International Airport and Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Coimbatore International Airport (CJB):

• Sign boards in the airport
• The closest airport to Coimbatore International Airport (CJB) is Calicut International Airport (CCJ), which is located 74 miles (119 kilometers) W of CJB.
• The furthest airport from Coimbatore International Airport (CJB) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,300 miles (18,185 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
• The further proposed expansion of the airport includes extension of runway to 12,500 ft to accommodate larger aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 and construction of a parallel taxiway to the runway to minimize runway occupancy time and turnaround time of aircraft.
• Coimbatore International Airport (CJB) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO):

• The furthest airport from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (meaning Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,270 miles (19,746 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Juan Santamaria International Airport is the largest and busiest airport in Costa Rica, having experienced a constant increase in traffic since its opening in 1958, boosted by the growing flow of tourists.
• No major changes were made to the terminal until November 1997 when the government issued a decree requesting participation of private companies to manage the operations of the airport.
• Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) handled 4,257,606 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO) is Tobías Bolaños International Airport (SYQ), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) ESE of SJO.
• Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO) currently has only 1 runway.
• There is a bus stop outside the airport for the Alajuela - San José and Alajuela - Heredia route in both directions.
• In addition to being known as "Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)", another name for SJO is "Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría".
• The major operator in the airport is Avianca, followed by Copa Airlines.
• Juan Santamaría International Airport was once the busiest airport in Central America, but currently it is ranked second after Tocumen International Airport in Panamá.
• All domestic flights depart from the Domestic Terminal.