SYQMRPV

Tobías Bolaños International Airport

San Jose, Costa Rica · Latin America

Latin America America/Costa_Rica

1runway

1,566 mLongest runway

Tobías Bolaños International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Tobías Bolaños) (IATA: SYQ, ICAO: MRPV) is one of the 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.

Location

9.957°N, 84.140°O · 1.002 m s. n. m. (3.287 ft)

General data

CountryCosta Rica

CitySan Jose

IATA codeSYQ

ICAO codeMRPV

Coordinates9.957°N, 84.140°O

Elevation1.002 m s. n. m. (3.287 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Costa_Rica

Runways1

Longest runway1,566 m

Runways · 1

10/28

Length1,566 m5,138 ft

Width23 m75 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 3

Tower

118.300PAVAS TWR

Ground

121.700

Flight information

126.800COCO RDO

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Tobías Bolaños International Airport (SYQ). Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SYQ

MLA

“Tobías Bolaños International Airport (SYQ).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SYQ. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Tobías Bolaños International Airport (SYQ).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SYQ.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Tobías Bolaños International Airport (SYQ). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SYQ (Accessed: 25 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_syq,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Tobías Bolaños International Airport (SYQ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SYQ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SYQ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-25},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-25}
}

Wikipedia

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