AirportsPuerto Jimenez Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Puerto Jimenez, in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is PJM.
Key facts
- IATA code
- PJM
- ICAO code
- MRPJ
- City
- Puerto Jimenez
- State or region
- Puntarenas Province
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 8.5333° N, 83.3000° W
- Elevation
- 2 m (7 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 825 m (2,707 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, PJM means Puerto Jimenez Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: MRPJ. 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 8.5333° N, 83.3000° W. It stands 2 metres (7 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is San José, about 178 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Panama, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Puerto Jimenez Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 825 metres (2,707 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 8.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 825 m 2,707 ft | not listed | not listed | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Golfito AirportGolfito | GLF | 19 km |
| Enrique Malek International AirportDavid, Panama | DAV | 96 km |
| Changuinola Captain Manuel Niño International AirportChanguinola, Panama | CHX | 134 km |
| Quepos Managua AirportQuepos | XQP | 136 km |
| Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International AirportIsla Colón, Panama | BOC | 146 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 15,385 km | 19 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,983 km | 19 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,174 km | 17 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,771 km | 11 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,692 km | 4 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 4,566 km | 6 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 18,651 km | 23 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 13,353 km | 16 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,791 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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