Nicoya Airport

Nicoya Guanacaste Airport

Miguel Angel Castillo Zumbado Airport
Nicoya Guanacaste Airport; Miguel Angel Castillo Zumbado Airport
	IATA: NCT; ICAO: MRNC;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	DGAC
Serves	Nicoya, Costa Rica
Elevation AMSL	394 ft / 120 m
Coordinates	10°08′22″N 85°26′45″W / 10.13944°N 85.44583°W
Map
	NCT Location in Costa Rica
Runways
Statistics (2014)
Passengers
Passengers	96
Passenger change 13–14	2.0%
	Source: DGAC SkyVector Google Maps

Nicoya Airport (IATA: NCT, ICAO: MRNC) is an airport serving the city of Nicoya in the Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica. The airport is owned and managed by the country's Directorate General of Civil Aviation.

The asphalt runway is 965 metres (3,166 ft) long, and has very basic facilities to receive small airplanes and passengers. There are nearby hills south and west of the runway.

The Liberia VOR-DME (Ident: LIB) is located 27.9 nautical miles (52 km) north-northwest of the airport.^[5]

Passenger Statistics

Although Nicoya Airport serves the main city in the Nicoya Peninsula, there are no scheduled domestic or international service to the airport.

These data show number of passengers movements into the airport, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Costa Rica's Statistical Yearbooks.

Year	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Passengers	129	112	110	106	131	98	96	T.B.A.
Growth (%)	56.86%	13.18%	1.79%	3.64%	23.58%	25.19%	2.04%	T.B.A.
Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks (Years 2008,^[6] 2009,^[7] 2010,^[8] 2011,^[9] 2012,^[10] 2013,^[11] and 2014^[2])

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Passengers	N.D.	N.D.	30	172	190	144	348	299
Growth (%)	N.D.	N.D.	N.D.	473.33%	10.47%	24.21%	141.67%	14.08%
Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks (Years 2000-2005,^[12] 2006,^[13] and 2007,^[14])

References

^ AIP of Costa Rica, Section III (Airstrips) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b DGAC 2014 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Miguel Angel Castillo Zumbado Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
^ "Nicoya Guanacaste Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
^ "Liberia VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
^ DGAC 2008 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ DGAC 2009 Archived 2016-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
^ DGAC 2010 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ DGAC 2011 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ DGAC 2012 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ DGAC 2013 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ Oficina de Planificación, Dirección General de Aviación Civil de Costa Rica
^ DGAC 2006 Archived 2016-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
^ DGAC 2007 Archived 2016-01-26 at the Wayback Machine

External links

OpenStreetMap - Nicoya
OurAirports - Nicoya Guanacaste Airport
Airport information for Guanacaste Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
Accident history for Nicoya-Guanacaste Airport at Aviation Safety Network

[1] AIP of Costa Rica, Section III (Airstrips) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

[Anuario_2014-2] DGAC 2014 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Miguel Angel Castillo Zumbado Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 2 March 2019.

[4] "Nicoya Guanacaste Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2 March 2019.

[5] "Liberia VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 2 March 2019.

[Anuario_2008-6] DGAC 2008 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

[Anuario_2009-7] DGAC 2009 Archived 2016-01-25 at the Wayback Machine

[Anuario_2010-8] DGAC 2010 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

[Anuario_2011-9] DGAC 2011 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

[Anuario_2012-10] DGAC 2012 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

[Anuario_2013-11] DGAC 2013 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

[Anuarios_Biblioteca-12] Oficina de Planificación, Dirección General de Aviación Civil de Costa Rica

[Anuario_2006-13] DGAC 2006 Archived 2016-01-25 at the Wayback Machine

[Anuario_2007-14] DGAC 2007 Archived 2016-01-26 at the Wayback Machine

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