Tortuguero Airport Explained

Barra de Tortuguero Airport
Iata:	TTQ
Icao:	MRBT
Type:	Public
Operator:	DGAC
City-Served:	Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Elevation-F:	7
Coordinates:	10.5694°N -83.5153°W
Pushpin Map:	Costa Rica
Pushpin Label:	TTQ
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Costa Rica
Metric-Rwy:	y
R1-Number:	15/33
R1-Length-M:	900
R1-Surface:	Concrete
Stat-Year:	2014
Stat1-Header:	Passengers
Stat1-Data:	11,577
Stat2-Header:	Passenger change 13–14
Stat2-Data:	80.8%
Footnotes:	Source: AIP^[1] DGAC^[2] GCM SkyVector^[3]

Barra de Tortuguero Airport, is an airport serving Tortuguero village and Tortuguero National Park in Pococí Canton, Limón Province, Costa Rica. The runway lies on a narrow strip between the Tortuguero River and the Caribbean shoreline, 3km (02miles) northwest of Tortuguero village.

Tortuguero Airport is managed by Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation. In 2014, the airport registered 11,577 passengers.

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.

Year	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Passengers	11,523	7,487	7,613	6,767	5,630	6,404	11,577	T.B.A.
Growth (%)	10.70%	35.03%	1.68%	11.11%	16.80%	13.75%	80.78%	T.B.A.
Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks (Years 2008,^[4] 2009,^[5] 2010,^[6] 2011,^[7] 2012,^[8] 2013,^[9] and 2014)

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Passengers	4,694	6,488	7,824	13,381	12,506	12,133	11,048	12,904
Growth (%)	N.A.	38.22%	20.59%	71.03%	6.54%	2.98%	8.94%	16.80%
Source: Costa Rica's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Statistical Yearbooks (Years 2000-2005,^[10] 2006,^[11] and 2007,^[12])