Air travel to Costa Rica

air travel to costa rica

A simple way of calculating what your plane tickets "should" cost.

The price of air travel to Costa Rica obviously depends on the departure point. As a rule of thumb, for an economic class round trip air fare to San Jose, you can count between $150 and $200 for each hour of flight or 1000 kilometres.

Example: For a trip from Boston to San Jose, depending on the airline and the time of year, you might expect your air fare to cost you between $585 and $780:

3.9 hours x $150 = $585, and 3.9 hours x $200 = $780

Use the following table to compute the air travel to Costa Rica for a particular city. You can also find the distance between any two cities by using the measuring function of Google Earth.

Cities of the World

Distance
in km

Distance
in miles

Approx. flight time in hours

Americas

Atlanta

2646

1645

2.7

Boston

3840

2400

3.9

Buenos Aires

6010

3760

6

Calgary

5340

3340

5.4

Chicago

3580

2240

3.5

Dallas

2870

1800

2.9

Denver

3920

2450

4

Halifax

4340

2710

4.5

Houston

2480

1550

2.5

Lima

2560

1600

2.6

Los Angeles

4400

2750

4.5

Miami

1810

1130

1.9

Memphis

2860

1700

2.9

Mexico City

1920

1200

2

Montreal

4110

2570

4.3

New York

3560

2225

3.7

Oklahoma City

3160

1975

3.2

Ottawa

3990

2495

4.1

Quito

1290

805

1.4

Rio de Janeiro

5720

3575

5.8

Santiago (Chile)

5120

3200

5.3

Seattle

5530

3455

5.6

Toronto

3810

2381

3.9

Vancouver

5670

3544

5.7

Washington

3280

2050

3.4

Winnipeg

4610

2881

4.7

Europe

Berlin

9650

6031

9.8

Lisbon

8000

5000

8.1

London

8730

5456

8.8

Madrid

8480

5300

8.5

Moscow

10900

6812

11

Paris

8920

5575

9

Rome

9820

6138

9.9

Stockholm

9750

6094

9.8

Vienna

9950

6218

10

Asia

Bangalore

16700

10435

17

Delhi

15200

9500

15.5

Hong Kong

15900

9940

16.2

Seoul

13800

8625

14

Shanghai

14700

9190

15

Singapore

18500

11560

19

Sydney

13700

8560

14

Tokyo

13200

8250

13.5


Related links:

Best Costa Rica Cruises

Costa Rica Airports

You'll find important air travel information to prepare your flight at the FAA website, like travel tips, baggage allowance, delays and weather.




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