Carrillo Airport
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Carrillo Airport is an airport
serving Carrillo
, a town in Guanacaste
province, Costa Rica
. The airport is situated between Playa Carrillo and Playa Sámara. It is also known as Carrillo (Samara) Domestic Airport.
of 2 foot (0.6096 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
designated 09/27 which measures 1200 by 20 m (3,937 by 65.6 ).
The airport consists of a simple, grassy landing strip and a covered shelter that is occasionally used to weigh luggage before boarding. There are no amenities nearby in the immediate vicinity.
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
serving Carrillo
Puerto Carrillo
Puerto Carrillo, situated along the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica's Guanacaste Province, is known for its jewel among Pacific beaches. The town itself is very small and is predominantly a sport-fishing village with a variety of nice hotels, restaurants and tour operators...
, a town in Guanacaste
Guanacaste Province
Guanacaste is a province of Costa Rica located in the northwestern part of the country, along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. To the north it borders Nicaragua. To the east is the Alajuela Province, and to the southeast is the Puntarenas Province. It is the most sparsely populated of all the...
province, Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural 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....
. The airport is situated between Playa Carrillo and Playa Sámara. It is also known as Carrillo (Samara) Domestic Airport.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 2 foot (0.6096 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
designated 09/27 which measures 1200 by 20 m (3,937 by 65.6 ).
The airport consists of a simple, grassy landing strip and a covered shelter that is occasionally used to weigh luggage before boarding. There are no amenities nearby in the immediate vicinity.