| Tamarindo Airport | |
| Iata: | TNO |
| Icao: | MRTM |
| Type: | Private |
| City-Served: | Tamarindo, Costa Rica |
| Elevation-F: | 43 |
| Coordinates: | 10.3153°N -85.8139°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Label: | TNO |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Costa Rica |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 07/25 |
| R1-Length-M: | 890 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2017 |
| Stat1-Header: | Passengers[1] |
| Stat1-Data: | 26,624 |
| Stat2-Header: | Passenger change 16–17 |
| Stat2-Data: | 6.4% |
| Footnotes: | Source: AIP[2] GCM SkyVector[3] |
Tamarindo Airport is a private airport that serves Tamarindo, a coastal resort in Guanacaste province, Costa Rica. It receives daily scheduled flights from San José and Liberia, and private charter services are available. During the rainy season, the airport is frequently closed due to the weather.
Tamarindo airport is the fifth-busiest in the country by passenger traffic, the third-busiest domestic-only airport after Puerto Jiménez and Quepos, and the busiest privately managed airport in Costa Rica.
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 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers | 20,755 | 17,807 | 16,548 | 15,436 | 30,108 | 18,209 | 25,012 | 26,624 | |
| Growth (%) | 21.15% | 14.20% | 7.07% | 6.72% | 95.05% | 39.52% | 37.38% | 6.44% | |
| Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks (Years 2010,[4] 2011,[5] 2012,[6] 2013,[7] 2014,[8] 2015,[9] 2016,[10] and 2017[11]) | |||||||||
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers | 29,748 | 27,132 | 29,762 | 35,434 | 40,633 | 36,679 | 41,400 | 40,118 | 34,143 | 26,321 | |
| Growth (%) | N.A. | 8.79% | 9.69% | 19.06% | 14.67% | 9.73% | 12.87% | 3.10% | 14.89% | 22.91% | |
| Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks (Years 2000-2005,[12] 2006,[13] 2007,[14] 2008,[15] and 2009[16]) | |||||||||||