Juan Santamaría International Airport
The runways, from navdata. Drawn to scale from each threshold's position, true heading, length and width, with north up; the idents sit beyond each threshold.
1 shared touchdown. Each dot sits where it was measured: its distance from the threshold and its offset from the centerline.
Runway 25 is favoured now, by the live wind.
Live conditions.
The airport's latest weather report, night there now.
- Wind
- 280°4 kt
- Visibility
- 4.97 SM / 8.0 km
- Temperature
- 21°C70°F, dew point 20°C
- Altimeter
- 1016hPa30.01 inHg
- Time now
- 01:48UTC
- Sunrise
- 11:27UTC
- Sunset
- 23:12UTC
Runway 25 is favoured: 3.4 kt of headwind with the wind from 280° at 4 kt.
The METAR and TAF as issued
METAR MROC 030100Z 28004KT 8000 3000SW -RA VCFG FEW005 SCT015 BKN045 21/20 A3001 NOSIG
TAF MROC 022332Z 0300/0324 26007KT 9999 -RA BKN015 TX29/0318Z TN20/0311Z TEMPO 0300/0306 3000 RA BR BKN002 TEMPO 0314/0318 5000 RA BKN010 TEMPO 0319/0324 3000 TSRA SCT010CB
Updated just now
Runways.
2 runway ends, the longest 3,012 m / 9,882 ft. Headings in true and magnetic degrees.
| End | True | Magnetic | Length | Width | Surface | ILS | Glide | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | 069° | 072° | 3,012 m / 9,882 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | None | None | |
| 25 | 249° | 252° | 3,012 m / 9,882 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | None | None | displaced 600 m / 1969 ft |
Landings here.
From the landings of pilots who made their profile public, and only the ones that count toward a grade.
The latest.
- BFenixA320 CFM SLRunway 25, 384 fpmPilot SNBNXC
The best here.
No pilot who opted in to the leaderboards has landed here yet.
For reference.
Quick facts
- ICAO and IATA
- MROC, SJO
- Type
- Large airport
- Location
- San José (Alajuela), Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
- Coordinates
- 9.99386, -84.208801
- Elevation
- 3,021 ft (921 m)
- Mag variation
- -0.04° W (per chart)
- Runways
- 2 ends, longest 3,012 m / 9,882 ft
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Approach
- COCO APP
- 120.500
Clearance
- CLNC
- 121.300
Ground
- Ground
- 121.900
Tower
- COCO TWR
- 118.600
Other
- COCO CON
- 119.600
- COCO RDO
- 126.800
Navaids
| Ident | Name | Type | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOR | Horcones | NDB | 260 kHz |
| TIO | El Coco | VOR-DME | 115.70 MHz |
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