| Tobías Bolaños International Airport | |
| Nativename: | Aeropuerto Internacional Tobías Bolaños |
| Iata: | SYQ |
| Icao: | MRPV |
| Type: | Public |
| Operator: | Dirección General de Aviación Civil |
| City-Served: | San José, Costa Rica |
| Location: | San José, Costa Rica |
| Elevation-F: | 3287 |
| Coordinates: | 9.9572°N -84.1394°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Label: | SYQ |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Costa Rica |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 10/28 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1620 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2017 |
| Stat1-Header: | Passengers[1] |
| Stat1-Data: | 32,164 |
| Stat2-Header: | Passenger change 13–14 |
| Stat2-Data: | 27.2% |
| Footnotes: | Source: AIP[2] GCM SkyVector[3] |
Tobías Bolaños International Airport (es|Aeropuerto Internacional Tobías Bolaños) is one of four international airports in Costa Rica, and the secondary airport serving the city of San José, after Juan Santamaría International Airport. It is located in downtown San José, in Pavas District, San José Canton. The airport is named for Costa Rican pilot Tobias Bolaños Palma (1892-1953).
The airport has one runway (1566mx23m). It lies at an elevation of 1002 meters AMSL. The airport has no instrument approach procedures and can only accept VFR flights.
This airport is the main base for general aviation in the country, as well as most private flight operations, charter flights, tourism, and aviation schools. Several companies offer charter services from this airport: Aerobell, CarmonAir, Prestige Wings,Taxiaereo among others.
There are eight flight schools operating out of Tobías Bolaños International Airport. Some offer additional aviation courses such as cabin crew training and dispatcher training. They have varying fleets of single and multi-engine aircraft for Ab initio pilot training.
These data show number of passenger movements into the airport, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Costa Rica's Statistical Yearbooks.
| Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers | 101,573 | 93,048 | 84,194 | 89,737 | 18,531 | 15,754 | 25,293 | 32,164 | |
| Growth (%) | 2.65% | 8.39% | 9.52% | 6.58% | 79.35% | 14.99% | 60.55% | 27.17% | |
| Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks (Years 2010,[4] 2011,[5] 2012,[6] 2013,[7] and 2014) | |||||||||
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers | 15,598 | 39,606 | 46,320 | 62,745 | 85,484 | 87,650 | 95,356 | 120,617 | 128,106 | 104,343 | |
| Growth (%) | N.A. | 153.92% | 16.95% | 35.46% | 36.24% | 2.53% | 8.79% | 26.49% | 6.21% | 18.55% | |
| Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks (Years 2000-2005,[8] 2006,[9] 2007,[10] 2008,[11] and 2009[12]) | |||||||||||