Nonstop flight route between Montego Bay, Jamaica and Barra del Colorado, Costa Rica:
Departure Airport:

Arrival Airport:

Distance from MBJ to BCL:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- MBJ Airport Information
- BCL Airport Information
- Facts about MBJ
- Facts about BCL
- Map of Nearest Airports to MBJ
- List of Nearest Airports to MBJ
- Map of Furthest Airports from MBJ
- List of Furthest Airports from MBJ
- Map of Nearest Airports to BCL
- List of Nearest Airports to BCL
- Map of Furthest Airports from BCL
- List of Furthest Airports from BCL
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sangster International Airport (MBJ), Montego Bay, Jamaica and Barra del Colorado Airport (BCL), Barra del Colorado, Costa Rica would travel a Great Circle distance of 655 miles (or 1,054 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 relatively short distance between Sangster International Airport and Barra del Colorado Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MBJ / MKJS |
Airport Name: | Sangster International Airport |
Location: | Montego Bay, Jamaica |
GPS Coordinates: | 18°30'12"N by 77°54'47"W |
Area Served: | Montego Bay, Jamaica |
Operator/Owner: | MBJ Airports Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4 feet (1 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MBJ |
More Information: | MBJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BCL / MRBC |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Barra del Colorado, Costa Rica |
GPS Coordinates: | 10°46'1"N by 83°34'58"W |
Area Served: | Barra del Colorado, Costa Rica |
Operator/Owner: | Dirección General de Aviación Civil (DGAC) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3 feet (1 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BCL |
More Information: | BCL Maps & Info |
Facts about Sangster International Airport (MBJ):
- Sangster International Airport handled 3,381,490 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Sangster International Airport (MBJ) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,877 miles (19,115 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- The closest airport to Sangster International Airport (MBJ) is Negril Aerodrome (NEG), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WSW of MBJ.
- Because of Sangster International Airport's relatively low elevation of 4 feet, planes can take off or land at Sangster International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- As of 2000, plans have been executed to expand the airport to the status of a world-class airport.
- The airport is the busiest airport in the English-speaking Caribbean.
- Of the approximately 1.7 million annual visitors to Jamaica, 72% use SIA as their primary airport.
- Sangster International Airport (MBJ) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Barra del Colorado Airport (BCL):
- The furthest airport from Barra del Colorado Airport (BCL) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Barra del Colorado Airport (meaning Barra del Colorado Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,335 miles (19,851 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Because of Barra del Colorado Airport's relatively low elevation of 3 feet, planes can take off or land at Barra del Colorado Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- In addition to being known as "Barra del Colorado Airport", another name for BCL is "Aeropuerto de Barra del Colorado".
- The closest airport to Barra del Colorado Airport (BCL) is Tortuguero Airport (TTQ), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) SSE of BCL.
- Barra del Colorado Airport (BCL) currently has only 1 runway.