La Fortuna Arenal Airport

{{Infobox airport

| name = Arenal Airport

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| IATA = FON

| ICAO = MRAN

| type = Private

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| city-served = La Fortuna, Costa Rica

| location =

| elevation-f = 342

| coordinates = {{coord|10|28|10|N|84|34|44|W|region:CR|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Costa Rica

| pushpin_label = FON

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Costa Rica

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| metric-rwy = y

| r1-number = 06/24

| r1-length-m = 800

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2017

| stat1-header = Passengers{{cite web|url=http://www.dgac.go.cr/transparencia/resumenes-estadisticos-y-anuarios/|title=Anuario Estadístico 2017|publisher=DGAC|accessdate=October 20, 2018}}

| stat1-data = 13,186

| stat2-header = Passenger change 16–17

| stat2-data = {{increase}}51.2%

| footnotes = Source: AIP{{cite web|url=http://www.dgac.go.cr/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PART-3-AERODROME-TIL-24MAY18-con-clave.pdf|title=Costa Rican AIP 2014|publisher=DGAC|accessdate=October 20, 2018}} GCM{{GCM|FON|Arenal Airport}} SkyVector{{cite web |title=Arenal Airport |url=https://skyvector.com/airport/MRAN/Arenal-Airport |website=SkyVector |accessdate=21 October 2018}} Google Maps{{cite web |title=Arenal Airport |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@10.4687416,-84.5786753,1958m/data=!3m1!1e3 |website=Google Maps |publisher=Google |accessdate=21 March 2019}}

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Arenal Airport {{airport codes|FON|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 {{convert|7|km}} east of La Fortuna, it can be reached by Route 141.

Facilities

The airport has an {{convert|800|m}} 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 {{convert|10.1|nmi|km|0}} east of the airport. The El Coco VOR-DME (Ident: TIO) is located {{convert|37.9|nmi|km|0}} southeast of Arenal Airport.{{cite web |title=El Coco VOR |url=http://ourairports.com/navaids/TIO/El_Coco_VOR-DME_CR/ |website=Our Airports |accessdate=21 March 2019}}{{cite web |title=Fiora NDB |url=http://ourairports.com/navaids/FIO/Fiora_NDB_CR/ |website=Our Airports |accessdate=21 March 2019}}

Airlines and destinations

{{Airport-dest-list

|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.

class="sortable wikitable toccolours" style="text-align:center" !style="background:#3830AE;color:white"\| Year !style="background:#3830AE;color:white; width:50px"\| 2010 !style="background:#3830AE;color:white; width:50px"\| 2011 !style="background:#3830AE;color:white; width:50px"\| 2012 !style="background:#3830AE;color:white; width:50px"\| 2013 !style="background:#3830AE;color:white; width:50px"\| 2014 !style="background:#3830AE;color:white; width:50px"\| 2015 !style="background:#3830AE;color:white; width:50px"\| 2016 !style="background:#3830AE;color:white; width:50px"\| 2017
Passengers	5,815	4,726	3,250	5,842	6,596	5,440	8,723	13,186
Growth (%)	{{decrease}} 4.33%	{{decrease}} 18.73%	{{decrease}} 31.23%	{{increase}} 79.75%	{{increase}} 12.91%	{{decrease}} 17.53%	{{increase}} 60.35%	{{increase}} 51.16%
colspan="9" style="text-align:left;"\| Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks (Years 2010,{{cite web\|url=http://www.dgac.go.cr/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ANUARIO-2010.pdf \|title=Anuario Estadístico 2010 \|publisher=DGAC \|accessdate=October 20, 2018}} 2011,{{cite web\|url=http://www.dgac.go.cr/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ANUARIO-2011.pdf \|title=Anuario Estadístico 2011 \|publisher=DGAC \|accessdate=October 20, 2018}} 2012,{{cite web\|url=http://www.dgac.go.cr/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ANUARIO-2012.pdf \|title=Anuario Estadístico 2012 \|publisher=DGAC \|accessdate=October 20, 2018}} 2013,{{cite web\|url=http://www.dgac.go.cr/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ANUARIO%202013.pdf \|title=Anuario Estadístico 2013 \|publisher=DGAC \|accessdate=October 20, 2018}} 2014,{{cite web\|url=http://www.dgac.go.cr/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ANUARIO%202014.pdf \|title=Anuario Estadístico 2014 \|publisher=DGAC \|accessdate=October 20, 2018}} 2015,{{cite web\|url=http://www.dgac.go.cr/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ANUARIO-2015.pdf \|title=Anuario Estadístico 2015 \|publisher=DGAC \|accessdate=October 20, 2018}} 2016,{{cite web\|url=http://www.dgac.go.cr/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ANUARIO-2016.pdf \|title=Anuario Estadístico 2016 \|publisher=DGAC \|accessdate=October 20, 2018}} and 2017{{cite web \|url=http://www.dgac.go.cr/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ESTAD--STICAS-2017-5-4-18.pdf \|title=Resumen Estadístico 2017 \|publisher=DGAC \|accessdate=October 20, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413043818/http://www.dgac.go.cr/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ESTAD--STICAS-2017-5-4-18.pdf \|archive-date=April 13, 2018 \|url-status=dead }})

class="sortable wikitable toccolours" style="text-align:center" !style="background:#3830AE;color:white"\| Year !style="background:#3830AE;color:white; width:40px"\| 2000 !style="background:#3830AE;color:white; width:40px"\| 2001 !style="background:#3830AE;color:white; width:40px"\| 2002 !style="background:#3830AE;color:white; width:40px"\| 2003 !style="background:#3830AE;color:white; width:40px"\| 2004 !style="background:#3830AE;color:white; width:40px"\| 2005 !style="background:#3830AE;color:white; width:60px"\| 2006 !style="background:#3830AE;color:white; width:65px"\| 2007 !style="background:#3830AE;color:white; width:50px"\| 2008 !style="background:#3830AE;color:white; width:50px"\| 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.	{{increase}} 730.00%	{{increase}} 8,513.25%	{{increase}} 3.55%	{{decrease}} 17.90%
colspan="11" style="text-align:left;"\| Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks (Years 2000-2005,Oficina de Planificación, DGAC de Costa Rica 2006,[http://www.dgac.go.cr/acercadgac/transparencia/plani/anuarios/ANUARIO%202006.pdf DGAC Yearbook 2006] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125235808/http://www.dgac.go.cr/acercadgac/transparencia/plani/anuarios/ANUARIO%202006.pdf \|date=2016-01-25 }} 2007,[http://www.dgac.go.cr/acercadgac/transparencia/plani/anuarios/ANUARIO%202007.pdf DGAC Yearbook 2007] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126004648/http://www.dgac.go.cr/acercadgac/transparencia/plani/anuarios/ANUARIO%202007.pdf \|date=2016-01-26 }} 2008,[http://www.dgac.go.cr/acercadgac/transparencia/plani/anuarios/ANUARIO%202008.pdf DGAC Yearbook 2008] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112943/http://www.dgac.go.cr/acercadgac/transparencia/plani/anuarios/ANUARIO%202008.pdf \|date=2016-03-04 }} and 2009[http://www.dgac.go.cr/acercadgac/transparencia/plani/anuarios/ANUARIO%202009.pdf DGAC Yearbook 2009] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125200823/http://www.dgac.go.cr/acercadgac/transparencia/plani/anuarios/ANUARIO%202009.pdf \|date=2016-01-25 }} )

References

External links

[https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/10.4673/-84.5783 OpenStreetMap - La Fortuna Airport]
{{ASN|FON|Fortuna Airport}}
[http://ourairports.com/airports/MRAN/pilot-info.html#general OurAirports - Arenal Airport]
[http://www.natureair.com/arenal-flights.html Destination: La Fortuna] Nature Air flight information
[http://www.flysansa.com/en/destinations/la-fortuna-arenal Destination: La Fortuna] Sansa Airlines flight information
[https://www.facebook.com/aeropuertoarenal Facebook Page of Arenal Airport]

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