Juan Santamaría International Airport

Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO/MROC) is in San José (Alajuela), CR, 921 m above sea level. It has 1 runway and the longest is 3,012 m. See the diagram, each runway's data and what you fly over from here.

The diagram

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Drawn to scale from the real coordinates of each runway end. Runways without coordinates are not drawn.

Data

Codes
SJO · MROC
City
San José (Alajuela)
Country
CR
Coordinates
9.9939, -84.2088
Elevation
921 m · 3021 ft
Time zone
America/Costa_Rica
Local time now
07:55
Airspace
Cenamer
Departures observed
49 · 49 arrivals
Most seen destinations
MIA, BOG, MEM, MEX, CVG

Departures and arrivals we saw ourselves on adsb.lol traces over 2 day(s). A floor, not the total number of movements: where no receiver is nearby, nothing is seen.

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That day’s flights

What we saw take off and land on 2026-09-03, in local time here. This is not an arrivals board: it does not say what leaves today, it says what flew that day and only what the receivers managed to see.

Took off (35)

TimeCallsignAircraftTo
18:26CMP839B738 · HP-1729CMP—
22:50DAE233B763 · HP-3710DAESJO
02:02LRC693A20N · N963AVBOG
05:39CMP465B738 · HP-1851CMP—
06:12LRS4700C208 · TI-BDW—
06:34DAE5232B763 · HP-3710DAEMIA
07:18TIBKYC208 · TI-BKYSJO
07:56LRC604A20N · N905AVMIA
08:29CMP763B39M · HP-9930CMP—
09:14GRA521C208 · TI-BKY—
09:53LRC697A20N · N943AVBOG
10:02TIAVF——
10:05TIBII——
10:09CMP341B738 · HP-1835CMP—
10:13LRC657A20N · N920CG—
10:36LRS1117C208 · TI-BDX—
11:01LRS1037C208 · TI-BDY—
12:03CMP193B738 · HP-1538CMP—
12:21TIBLHEC30 · TI-BLH—
12:25TIAFQP28A · TI-AFQ—
13:58—C208 · TI-BKW—
14:11—A320 · N521VL—
14:17KOW910C750 · N910EFLL
14:23TIBLKC208 · TI-BLK—
15:00CMP343B738 · HP-1838CMP—
15:52TIAWUC206 · TI-AWU—
16:00UPS391B752 · N468UP—
16:10LRC699A20N · N905AV—
16:19GRA329C208 · TI-BKC—
16:27IBE02CRA332 · EC-MOY—
16:43LRS5755C208 · TI-BMF—
16:52GRA523K100 · TI-BJJ—
17:00LRC635A20N · N966AV—
17:05LPE2409A320 · CC-BFS—
17:48TIAIFC182 · TI-AIF—

Landed (40)

TimeCallsignAircraftFrom
18:45CMP391B38M · HP9814—
19:41UAL1280B38M · N17320—
20:02ROU1847B38M · C-FSJH—
20:40LRC656A20N · N963AVMDE
20:51DAE231B763 · HP-3710DAEMIA
21:26CMP162B738 · HP-1851CMP—
21:39AMX656B38M · XA-CCNMEX
23:01LRC641A20N · N905AV—
23:30LRC692A20N · N934AGBOG
01:14TAI445A20N · N769AV—
04:17DAE233B763 · HP-3710DAESJO
06:22TIBII—SYQ
06:41TIAFQP28A · TI-AFQSYQ
06:57UAL1272B38M · N27253SFO
07:00CMP408B39M · HP-9930CMPSFO
07:22TIBKYC208 · TI-BKYSJO
07:46CMP392B38M · HP9814—
08:03CMP276B738 · HP-1830CMP—
08:04TIBEJP28A · TI-BEJ—
08:21LRC652A20N · N920CGJFK
08:33TAI319A320 · N567AV—
08:39TIBBIP28A · TI-BBISYQ
08:47LRC696A20N · N943AVBOG
08:51CMP205B738 · HP-1835CMP—
08:55JOS215B752 · HP-1910DAE—
09:02TIANIP28A · TI-ANISYQ
09:03TIBII—SYQ
09:38HI1045C25B · HI1045—
09:38TIAFQP28A · TI-AFQSYQ
10:44TIBBIP28A · TI-BBISYQ
10:45CMP192B738 · HP-1538CMP—
10:59CJT5231B763 · C-GPDJMIA
11:05TAI325A20N · N937AV—
11:34DAL1937B752 · N659DLATL
11:40AMX147B38M · XA-GOSMEX
11:45UPS370B752 · N468UPMIA
11:54VIV8010A320 · XA-VAXMTY
11:57UAL1096B38M · N17265IAH
12:12GXA6209A320 · N281GX—
12:15AAL1204B38M · N344TSCLT

The callsign is what the aircraft transmits by radio. It usually matches the commercial flight number, but not always: sometimes it is the registration.

Showing the first 40 in each direction.

Runways (1)

RunwayLength SurfaceHeadings
07/253,012 m · 9,882 ftasphalt69° · 249°

An asterisk marks a heading derived from the runway number rather than measured. The number is a magnetic heading and the measured one is true: the derived value carries the local magnetic declination, up to 20 degrees.

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