Bahía Drake Airport Explained

Bahía Drake Airport
Nativename:Drake Bay Airport
Iata:DRK
Icao:MRDK
Type:Public
Operator:DGAC
City-Served:Bahía Drake, Costa Rica
Elevation-F:26
Coordinates:8.7189°N -83.6417°W
Pushpin Map:Costa Rica
Pushpin Label:DRK
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Costa Rica
Metric-Rwy:Y
R1-Number:09/27
R1-Length-M:770
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2014
Stat1-Header:Passengers[1]
Stat1-Data:13,438
Stat2-Header:Passenger change 13–14
Stat2-Data:21.4%
Footnotes:Source: AIP[2] GCM SkyVector[3]

Bahía Drake Airport is an airport serving Bahía Drake, a Pacific coastal district with a long tradition as a tourist destination in Osa Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. The airport is also known as Drake Bay Airport.

The airport is located in the Bahía Drake District on the coast 4km (02miles) northeast of Agujitas de Drake, the largest village in the area. It is operated by Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC).

Passenger Statistics

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

Year20162017201820192020202120222023
Passengers 5,250 15,958 6,525 18,607 7,956 11,808 T.B.A. T.B.A.
Growth (%) 16.37% 4.64% 59.11% 185.17% 57.24% 48.42% T.B.A. T.B.A.
Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks
(Years 2006-2021)[4]
Year20082009201020112012201320142015
Passengers 13,935 10,747 9,552 9,267 9,927 11,073 13,438 13,105
Growth (%) 0.47% 22.88% 11.12% 2.98% 7.12% 11.54% 21.36% 2.47%
Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks
(Years 2008,[5] 2009,[6] 2010,[7] 2011,[8] 2012,[9] 2013,[10] and 2014)<		--DGAC Yearbook 2014-->
Year20002001200220032004200520062007
Passengers 2,560 1,736 3,570 7,565 11,208 12,408 11,401 13,870
Growth (%) N.A. 32.19% 105.65% 111.90% 48.16% 10.71% 8.12% 21.66%
Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks
(Years 2000-2005,[11] 2006,[12] and 2007,[13])

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DGAC Yearbook 2014 . 2016-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091959/http://www.dgac.go.cr/acercadgac/transparencia/plani/anuarios/ANUARIO%202014.pdf . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  2. Web site: Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) of Costa Rica, Section III (Airstrips) . 2016-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113105/http://www.dgac.go.cr/aeronautica/ais/aip/ingles/AD%20AMDT%20REG%2018%202014%20EV%20con%20clave.pdf . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  3. Web site: Drake Airport . SkyVector . 18 March 2019.
  4. Web site: DGAC Yearbook 2016 . 2023-11-04 . https://www.dgac.go.cr/transparencia/resumenes-estadisticos-y-anuarios/ . 2023-11-04 . dead .
  5. Web site: DGAC Yearbook 2008 . 2016-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112943/http://www.dgac.go.cr/acercadgac/transparencia/plani/anuarios/ANUARIO%202008.pdf . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  6. Web site: DGAC Yearbook 2009 . 2016-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160125200823/http://www.dgac.go.cr/acercadgac/transparencia/plani/anuarios/ANUARIO%202009.pdf . 2016-01-25 . dead .
  7. Web site: DGAC Yearbook 2010 . 2016-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074448/http://www.dgac.go.cr/acercadgac/transparencia/plani/anuarios/ANUARIO%202010.pdf . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  8. Web site: DGAC Yearbook 2011 . 2016-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065647/http://www.dgac.go.cr/acercadgac/transparencia/plani/anuarios/ANUARIO%202011.pdf . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  9. Web site: DGAC Yearbook 2012 . 2016-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092204/http://www.dgac.go.cr/acercadgac/transparencia/plani/anuarios/ANUARIO%202012.pdf . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  10. Web site: DGAC Yearbook 2013 . 2016-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092035/http://www.dgac.go.cr/acercadgac/transparencia/plani/anuarios/ANUARIO%202013.pdf . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  11. Oficina de Planificación, DGAC de Costa Rica
  12. Web site: DGAC Yearbook 2006 . 2016-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160125235808/http://www.dgac.go.cr/acercadgac/transparencia/plani/anuarios/ANUARIO%202006.pdf . 2016-01-25 . dead .
  13. Web site: DGAC Yearbook 2007 . 2016-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160126004648/http://www.dgac.go.cr/acercadgac/transparencia/plani/anuarios/ANUARIO%202007.pdf . 2016-01-26 . dead .

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Bahía Drake Airport".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2025, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.