La Fortuna Arenal Airport
# La Fortuna Arenal Airport

Arenal Airport (IATA: FON, ICAO: MRAN) is an airport serving La Fortuna, a district in San Carlos Canton, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica. The airport is named after the Arenal Volcano, one of the major tourist attractions in the country.

Arenal Airport is a private-managed airstrip, currently served by daily flights from Quepos and the capital city, San José. Located in the countryside 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of La Fortuna, it can be reached by Route 141.

## Facilities

The airport has an 800 metres (2,600 ft) asphalt runway commonly served by small aircraft like Cessna 208 Caravan and de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter. Approach to Runway 24 crosses over a hangar at the beginning of the runway.

The Fiora non-directional beacon (Ident: FIO) is located 10.1 nautical miles (19 km) east of the airport. The El Coco VOR-DME (Ident: TIO) is located 37.9 nautical miles (70 km) southeast of Arenal Airport.

## Airlines and destinations

| Airlines | Destinations |
| - | - |
| Aerobell Airlines | San José–Tobías Bolaños |
| Sansa Airlines | Liberia, San José–Juan Santamaría, Tortuguero |

## Passenger statistics

These data show number of passengers 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 | 5,815 | 4,726 | 3,250 | 5,842 | 6,596 | 5,440 | 8,723 | 13,186 |
| Growth (%) | 4.33% | 18.73% | 31.23% | 79.75% | 12.91% | 17.53% | 60.35% | 51.16% |
| Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks (Years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017) |||||||||
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Passengers | N.D. | N.D. | N.D. | 37 | N.D. | 10 | 83 | 7,149 | 7,403 | 6,078 |
| Growth (%) | N.D. | N.D. | N.D. | N.D. | N.D. | N.D. | 730.00% | 8,513.25% | 3.55% | 17.90% |
| Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks (Years 2000-2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 ) |||||||||||
