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 |
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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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