AirportsNosara Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Nicoya, in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is NOB.
Key facts
- IATA code
- NOB
- ICAO code
- MRNS
- City
- Nicoya
- State or region
- Guanacaste Province
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 9.9765° N, 85.6530° W
- Elevation
- 10 m (33 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,000 m (3,281 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, NOB means Nosara Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: MRNS. 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 9.9765° N, 85.6530° W. It stands 10 metres (33 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is San José, about 172 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
Nosara Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,000 metres (3,281 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 7.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/24 | 1,000 m 3,281 ft | 18 m | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Oduber Quirós International AirportLiberia | LIR | 70 km |
| La Fortuna Arenal AirportLa Fortuna | FON | 130 km |
| Juan Santamaría International AirportSan José (Alajuela) | SJO | 158 km |
| Tobías Bolaños International AirportSan Jose | SYQ | 166 km |
| Quepos Managua AirportQuepos | XQP | 177 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 15,347 km | 19 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 16,017 km | 19 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,257 km | 17 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,810 km | 11 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,604 km | 4 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 4,268 km | 5 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 18,364 km | 22 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 13,064 km | 16 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,670 km | 17 h 00 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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