Getting There

There are two main airports in Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Liberia, Costa Rica, CR (LIR) and San Jose, Costa Rica, CR (SJO)

Airlines that have flights to Costa Rica include the following:

American Airlines

To San Jose (only):

Departing cites include:
Los Angeles: one stop in Dallas, Texas. Other Houston: one stop in Dallas or Miami
Detroit: one stop in Dallas or Miami
Chicago: one stop in Dallas, Fort Lauderdale, or Miami
New York: stops in Dallas, Fort Worth, or Miami.

International Flights to San Jose include:

Rome, Italy to San Jose: two stops in both New York and Miami
Barcelona, Spain: one stop in New York
London, England: one stop in New York and another in Miami

Continental (Lasca)

To Liberia:
Flights out of Houston, Texas

To San Jose:
Flights out of Houston, Texas and Newark, New York

International flights to San Jose and Liberia:
Originating from locations including London, France, Italy, and Spain, these flights first arrive in New York or Houston.


Spirit

To San Jose:
Flights fly out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. These flights originate from locations such as Los Angeles, Detroit, San Antonio, New York/Liguardia, and Chicago/ O’Hare.

International flights to San Jose:
Spirit flights to Costa Rica depart from Ft. Lauderdale. Most major international airports don’t have flights to Florida, but connections can be made from New York, Los Angeles, or Houston.

Delta

To Liberia:
Delta flys from New York Liguardia (LGA) and JFK airports to Costa Rica with one layover in Atlanta, Georgia (ATL). Flights originating out of Detroit (DTW) stop in either Atlanta or Charleston, North Carolina (CHS). Los Angeles (LAX) has direct flights to Liberia. Chicago (ORD and (MDW) have one layover in Atlanta.

To San Jose:

Detroit has layovers in Greensborough, Atlanta, or New York.
New York with one stop. Los Angeles has one stop in Atlanta. Chicago via New York, Greensborough or Atlanta.

International flights:
Foreign flights must first arrive at New York city, Detroit, or Los Angeles before then flying to Costa Rica.