Nonstop flight route between San José, Costa Rica and North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO), San José, Costa Rica and Humberside Airport (HUY), North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,412 miles (or 8,710 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 Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) and Humberside Airport, 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 Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) and Humberside Airport. 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 Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO):

• The major operator in the airport is Avianca, followed by Copa Airlines.
• 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.
• 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) handled 4,257,606 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)", another name for SJO is "Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría".
• Juan Santamaría International Airport was once the busiest airport in Central America, but currently it is ranked second after Tocumen International Airport in Panamá.
• There is a bus stop outside the airport for the Alajuela - San José and Alajuela - Heredia route in both directions.
• Terminal buildings and main runway, 2003
• Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• Gates 13, 14, 15, and 16

Facts about Humberside Airport (HUY):

• Humberside Airport (HUY) has 2 runways.
• Humberside International has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.
• The airport faces competition for flights from East Midlands Airport ), Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield ) which opened in 2005 and Leeds Bradford International Airport ).
• The closest airport to Humberside Airport (HUY) is RAF Binbrook (GSY), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) SSE of HUY.
• The airline Eastern Airways has its head office in the Schiphol House on the airport property.Links Air is also based at the airport.
• Humberside Airport handled 236,083 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Humberside Airport (HUY) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,762 miles (18,929 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Because of Humberside Airport's relatively low elevation of 121 feet, planes can take off or land at Humberside 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.