Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 15 m / 49 ft 2,200 7,218 Elevation 15 m | Location Osa Canton N/A 2,200 7,218 asphalt | |
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Southern Zone International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de la Zona Sur) (this is a provisional name, as the project has not received a formal name yet) is an airport planned for construction in Osa Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. The airport will be located in the region known as Southern Zone, where several national parks and other touristic attractions are located. The airport was a promise of former President Laura Chinchilla to boost the economic development of the region, and its construction was slated to start during her term, which ended in 2014.
Initially, it was projected to build a large airport with a long runway capable of receive the Airbus A380, but this project has been recently rejected by the government because of the high cost and the environmental impact such an airport can cause.
The project will have a total cost of US $42 millions and the environmental impact and other assessment studies are under way. When open, the airport will be the third largest in the country, after Juan Santamaría International Airport and Daniel Oduber International Airport