AirportsLa Fortuna Arenal Airport is a medium-sized airport serving La Fortuna, in Alajuela Province, Costa Rica. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is FON.
Key facts
- IATA code
- FON
- ICAO code
- MRAN
- City
- La Fortuna
- State or region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 10.4693° N, 84.5791° W
- Elevation
- 104 m (342 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 800 m (2,625 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, FON means La Fortuna Arenal Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: MRAN. ICAO codes that begin with M belong to Mexico and Central America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 10.4693° N, 84.5791° W. It stands 104 metres (342 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is San José, about 80 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Costa Rica, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
La Fortuna Arenal Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 800 metres (2,625 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 9 airports of Costa Rica on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 9.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 800 m 2,625 ft | not listed | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Juan Santamaría International AirportSan José (Alajuela) | SJO | 67 km |
| Tobías Bolaños International AirportSan Jose | SYQ | 75 km |
| Daniel Oduber Quirós International AirportLiberia | LIR | 106 km |
| Quepos Managua AirportQuepos | XQP | 124 km |
| Nosara AirportNicoya | NOB | 130 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 15,250 km | 18 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,903 km | 19 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,134 km | 17 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,693 km | 11 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,519 km | 4 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 4,316 km | 5 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 18,394 km | 22 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 13,098 km | 16 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,798 km | 17 h 05 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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