Strategic location

• Costa Rica has an excellent location at the center of the Americas

• The time zone of Costa Rica is the same as the central time of the USA.  Also, a direct flight from San Jose takes 2:30 hours to arrive in Miami.
• There are 7 customs of interest for trading purposes.  These are located at the borders with Panama and Nicaragua, at the main Atlantic & Pacific ports, at the Juan Santamaria International Airport and other strategic points in the country.
• The fact that Costa Rica has major ports in both coasts (Pacific and Atlantic) makes it attractive to 236 major carriers to operate in the country, 60% of them from Moin (in the Atlantic at Limon) and the rest from Caldera Port (Pacific shore).  It takes 3 hours of effective transit time through customs to go to San Jose from Moin, and  90 minutes from the Caldera Port.  Tariff rates are competitive with respect to the USA, Europe and Asia.
• The main airport (Juan Santamaria) at a distance of 15 km from San Jose.  The second major airport is the Daniel Oduber, located at Liberia, Guanacaste, in the northern part of the country.  Both airports have been approved Class 1 by the Federal Aviation Administration of the USA

• International Air Flights (Cargo) (PDF)
• Regular International Passanger flights (Liberia) (PDF)
• Regular International Passanger Flights (San Jose) (PDF)
• Local Flights (PDF)