Costa Rica Transportation - 2021

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 39

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 1,948,546 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 11.13 million mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

TI

Airports

total: 161 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 47 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 27 (2017)

under 914 m: 16 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 114 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 18 (2013)

under 914 m: 96 (2013)

Pipelines

662 km refined products (2013)

Railways

total: 278 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 278 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

note: the entire rail network fell into disrepair and out of use at the end of the 20th century; since 2005, certain sections of rail have been rehabilitated

Roadways

total: 5,035 km (2017)

Waterways

730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2011)

Merchant marine

total: 10

by type: other 10 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean) - Puerto Limon

Pacific Ocean - Caldera