Carrillo Airport Explained

Carrillo Airport
Nativename:Playa Sámara/Carrillo Airport
Iata:PLD[1]
Icao:MRCR
Type:Public/Private
Operator:DGAC
City-Served:Puerto Carrillo, Costa Rica
Elevation-F:50
Coordinates:9.8708°N -85.4806°W
Pushpin Map:Costa Rica
Pushpin Image:Costa Rica relief location map.jpg
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Costa Rica
Pushpin Label:PLD
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:09/27
R1-Length-M:1050
R1-Surface:Grass
Footnotes:Source: AIP[2] SkyVector[3]

Carrillo Airport is an airport serving Puerto Carrillo, a Pacific coastal village in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. The airport and village are 5km (03miles) east of Sámara village.

Facilities

The airport has a grass landing strip and a covered shelter that is occasionally used to weigh luggage before boarding. There are no amenities nearby. As of 2024, the airport has not been in use for several years and remains closed.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Airline and Airport Code Search. IATA. 8 April 2016.
  2. Web site: AIP Costa Rica: Part 3 Aerodromes . . Dirección General de Aviación Civil . 22 October 2009 . 28 September 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927005034/http://www.dgac.go.cr/ais/aip/ingles/AERODROMO%20ENG.pdf . 27 September 2011 .
  3. Web site: Carrillo Airport . SkyVector . 20 March 2019.