Nonstop flight route between San José, Costa Rica and Puerto Suárez, Bolivia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO), San José, Costa Rica and Puerto Suárez International Airport (PSZ), Puerto Suárez, Bolivia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,690 miles (or 4,330 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 Puerto Suárez International 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 Puerto Suárez International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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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.
• Gates 13, 14, 15, and 16
• 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".
• 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.
• There is a bus stop outside the airport for the Alajuela - San José and Alajuela - Heredia route in both directions.
• Two Airbusses from TACA Airlines
• 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.
• The airport's main runway allows for operations of large, widebody aircraft.
• Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Puerto Suárez International Airport (PSZ):

• The closest airport to Puerto Suárez International Airport (PSZ) is Corumbá International Airport (CMG), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ESE of PSZ.
• The furthest airport from Puerto Suárez International Airport (PSZ) is Tuguegarao Airport (TUG), which is nearly antipodal to Puerto Suárez International Airport (meaning Puerto Suárez International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tuguegarao Airport), and is located 12,340 miles (19,859 kilometers) away in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines.
• Puerto Suárez International Airport (PSZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Puerto Suárez International Airport's relatively low elevation of 439 feet, planes can take off or land at Puerto Suárez 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.