Islita Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Serves | Punta Islita, Costa Rica | ||||||||||
| Location | Corozalito | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 7 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 9°51′25″N 85°22′15″W / 9.85694°N 85.37083°W | ||||||||||
| Website | Punta Islita Airport | ||||||||||
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  PBP Location in Costa Rica | |||||||||||
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Islita Airport (IATA: PBP, ICAO: MRIA) is an airport that serves the communities of Punta Islita in the Nandayure Canton of Costa Rica. The airport is at the village of Corozalito, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of Punta Islita. It is the main access to a series of secluded beaches in southern Nicoya Peninsula.
The airport is owned by a private administrator and currently has four weekly scheduled flights from San José and Nosara.
On December 31, 2017, a plane operated by Nature Air crashed shortly after takeoff from Punta Islita.
- ^ DGAC Yearbook 2014 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) of Costa Rica, Section III (Airstrips) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Airport information for Islita Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Google Maps - Punta Islita
- ^ "Islita/ Nandayure Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 12 March 2019.