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| image = AeropuertoJuanSantamaría.jpg | image-width = 200 | IATA = SJO | ICAO = MROC | type = Public | owner = Government of Costa Rica | operator = Aeris Holdings Costa Rica under ADC & HAS and Andrade Gutiérrez Concesores | city-served = San José, Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago | location = Alajuela Province | Hub for = Sansa Airlines | elevation-m = 921 | website = (www.fly2sanjose.com ) | latd = 09 | latm = 59 | lats = 38 | latNS = N | longd= 084 | longm= 12 | longs= 32 | longEW= W | coordinates_region = CR-A | pushpin_map = Costa Rica | pushpin_label = MROC | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Costa Rica | metric-elev = y | metric-rwy = y | r1-number = 07/25 | r1-length-m = 3,012 | r1-surface = Asphalt | footnotes = Source: Costa Rican AIP〔(AIP - Part 3 Aerodromes )〕 | stat-year = 2010 | stat1-header = Passengers | stat1-data = 4,257,606 }} Juan Santamaría International Airport ((スペイン語:Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría)) is the primary airport serving San José, the capital of Costa Rica. The airport is located near the city of Alajuela, 20 km (12 miles) west of downtown San José. It is named after Costa Rica's national hero, Juan Santamaría, a courageous drummer boy who died in 1856 defending his country against forces led by US-American filibuster William Walker. The airport is hub of local airline (Nature Air ) and Sansa Airlines, and focus city airport for Copa Airlines and Avianca. It was the country's only international gateway for many years, but nowadays there is also an international airport in Liberia, Guanacaste. Both airports have direct flights to North and Central America and Europe, with the difference that Juan Santamaría International Airport also serves cities in South America and the Caribbean. The airport's main runway allows for operations of large, widebody aircraft. Currently, some scheduled flights are operated with Airbus A330 and A340, and Boeing 747 and 767, for both passengers and freight. A Concorde landed in 1999 for that year's airshow. The airport has also a small hangar (called the "NASA" hangar) where research aircraft are kept that operate in Costa Rica including the Martin B-57 Canberra high altitude aircraft. (This hangar has since been removed as the mission was completed.) Juan Santamaría International Airport was once the busiest airport in Central America, but currently (2013) it is ranked second after Tocumen International Airport in Panamá. In 2010, Juan Santamaría International Airport received 4.3 million passengers, most of them from international flights. In 2011, the airport was named the 3rd ''Best Airport in Latin America - Caribbean'' from the Airport Service Quality Awards by Airports Council International〔("ASQ Award for Best Airport in Latin America - Caribbean" ) ''Airports Council International''. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-13〕 Only passengers with a confirmed reservation and boarding passes are allowed to enter the terminal. ==History== The airport was built to replace the previous one in downtown San Jose where Parque La Sabana is located today. Funding was secured by the government in 1951 and construction proceed slowly until it was officially inaugurated on May 2, 1958. It was initially called "Aeropuerto Internacional el Coco" after its location of the same name in the province of Alajuela. It would later be renamed in honor of Juan Santamaría. In 1961 funding was secured to build the highway that connects the airport to downtown San José. No major changes were made to the terminal until November 1997 when the government issued a decree requesting participation of private companies to manage the operations of the airport. After a few years of legal challenges and contract negotiations Alterra Partners was given a 20-year concession and started managing the facilities in May 2001.〔 It was also expected that the company would finish the necessary expansion and construction of new facilities, however in March 2002 Alterra announced it would cease any further construction due to disagreements over financing and airport use fee billing with the government. The dispute was extended for a few years and problems started at the terminal; in 2005 the International Civil Aviation Organization pointed out that the airport did not comply with safety regulations.〔 In July 2009 Alterra yielded the contract to a consortium composed of Houston-based Canadian-American company ADC & HAS and the Brazilian company, Andrade Gutierrez Concessoes (AGC) - subsidiary of the conglomerate Andrade Gutierrez. In December 2009 Alterra Partners changed its name to AERIS Holdings, S.A.〔 In November 2010 Aeris announced it had finished the expansion and construction of new facilities with the installation of the 9th boarding bridge. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Juan Santamaría International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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