By Air

The Costa Rican national airline is Lineas Aéras Costarricenses LACSA (LR). LACSA flies direct to Costa Rica from Miami, New Orleans, Los Angeles, New York, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and Panama. For routes via the USA a change of plane is necessary.

Flights with one or two stops which do not go via the USA are available from Iberia in Madrid and KLM in Amsterdam. there are now directo flights from Spain offered by Iberia and Air Madrid, a new low-cost carrier.

The Visit Central America Pass is available from LACSA and is an economical way to travel to Costa Rica from the USA and from Costa Rica to other Central American countries. Approximate flight times From San José to London is 12 hours (including stopover time) to Los Angeles is 11 hours and to New York is 7 hours.

American carriers servicing Costa Rica include American, Continental, US Airways, and United. In addition to Juan Santamaria International Airport near San Jose, flight also go to the Liberia airport in Guanacaste.