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The airport is named after the Arenal Volcano, one of the major tourist attractions in the country. Arenal Airport is a private-managed airstrip, currently served by daily flights from Quepos and the capital city, San José. Located in the countryside 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of La Fortuna, it can be reached by Route 141.
Map of Costa Rica. This is a list of airports in Costa Rica, sorted by location.. Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Caribbean Sea to the east.
Arenal is often cited by scientists as being in the top 10 or top 20 of the world's most active volcanoes. [5] [6] [7] La Fortuna is less than 10 kilometres (6 mi) from the 5,480 feet (1,670 m) peak of Arenal and less than 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Arenal Volcano National Park entrance, which is west of the peak, whereas La Fortuna is east of the peak.
1968 to 2010. Arenal in November 2006. Arenal Volcano (Spanish: Volcán Arenal) is an active andesitic stratovolcano in north-western Costa Rica around 90 km (56 mi) northwest of San José, in the province of Alajuela, canton of San Carlos, and district of La Fortuna. The Arenal volcano measures at least 1,633 metres (5,358 ft) high. [2]
Location in Costa Rica. Arenal Volcano National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal) is a Costa Rican national park in the central part of the country, part of the Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area. The park encompasses the Arenal Volcano, the most active in the country, which was believed to be dormant until a major eruption in 1968.
La Fortuna Waterfall ( Spanish for "the fortune") is in central Costa Rica, in the Alajuela Province. In Spanish, it is known as Catarata Fortuna. The waterfall drops about 70−75 meters and is at the base of the dormant Chato volcano, about 5.5 km outside of the town of La Fortuna, near the Arenal Volcano. It is fed by the Fortuna River, [ 1 ...
Cocos Island is a prime ecotourism destination. A World Heritage Site, ranked among the top 77 nominees for the world's New 7 Wonders of Nature. [1] Tourism in Costa Rica has been one of the fastest growing economic sectors of the country [2] and by 1995 became the largest foreign exchange earner. [3][4] Since 1999, tourism has earned more ...
The flight left La Fortuna again at 12:05 for a 35-minute flight to Tamarindo. The aircraft collided with the active 5380 feet (1650 m) high Arenal volcano, at around 656 feet (200 m) below the crater.