Tobías Bolaños International Airport

Tobías Bolaños International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Tobías Bolaños) (IATA: SYQ, ICAO: MRPV) is one of four international airports in Costa Rica, and the secondary airport serving the city of San José, after Juan Santamaría International Airport. It is located in downtown San José, in Pavas District, San José Canton. The airport is named for Costa Rican pilot Tobias Bolaños Palma (1892-1953).

Tobías Bolaños International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Tobías Bolaños
IATA: SYQ ICAO: MRPV
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Dirección General de Aviación Civil
Serves	San José, Costa Rica
Location	San José, Costa Rica
Elevation AMSL	3,287 ft / 1,002 m
Coordinates	9°57′26″N 84°08′22″W
Map
SYQ Location in Costa Rica
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 1,620 5,315 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers[1] 32,164 Passenger change 13–14 27.2%
Source: AIP[2] GCM[3] SkyVector[4]

The airport has one runway (1566mx23m). It lies at an elevation of 1002 meters AMSL. The airport has no instrument approach procedures and can only accept VFR flights.

This airport is the main base for general aviation in the country, as well as most private flight operations, charter flights, tourism, and aviation schools. Several companies offer charter services from this airport: Aerobell, CarmonAir, Prestige Wings,Taxiaereo among others.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aerobell Airlines	Drake Bay, La Fortuna, Puerto Jiménez, Quepos, Tamarindo, Tambor, Tortuguero

Aviation schools

There are eight flight schools operating out of Tobías Bolaños International Airport. Some offer additional aviation courses such as cabin crew training and dispatcher training. They have varying fleets of single and multi-engine aircraft for Ab initio pilot training.

• AENSA - Academia de Ensenanza Aeronautica
• Aerobell Flight School
• Aeroformacion
• Aerotica
• CPEA - Centro Profesional de Enseñanza Aeronáutica
• ECDEA - Escuela Costarricense de Aviacion (Part of CarmonAir and Costa Rica Green Airways)
• IACA - Instituto Aeronautico Centroamericano
• IFA - Instituto de Formacion Aeronautica

Passenger statistics

Annual passenger traffic at SYQ airport. See Wikidata query.

These data show number of passenger movements into the airport, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Costa Rica's Statistical Yearbooks.

Year	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Passengers	101,573	93,048	84,194	89,737	18,531	15,754	25,293	32,164
Growth (%)	2.65%	8.39%	9.52%	6.58%	79.35%	14.99%	60.55%	27.17%
Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks (Years 2010,[5] 2011,[6] 2012,[7] 2013,[8] and 2014[1])

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Passengers	15,598	39,606	46,320	62,745	85,484	87,650	95,356	120,617	128,106	104,343
Growth (%)	N.A.	153.92%	16.95%	35.46%	36.24%	2.53%	8.79%	26.49%	6.21%	18.55%
Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks (Years 2000-2005,[9] 2006,[10] 2007,[11] 2008,[12] and 2009[13])

See also

• Transport in Costa Rica
• List of airports in Costa Rica