# Chacarita Airport (JAP / MRCH)

**Chacarita Airport** (IATA: JAP, ICAO: MRCH) is a small airport in Puntarenas, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. It has one runway, 1,500 m (4,921 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrch

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JAP / MRCH
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Puntarenas, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
- Elevation: 2 m / 7 ft
- Coordinates: 9.9814, -84.7727
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,500 m / 4,921 ft
- Time zone: UTC-6 · America/Costa_Rica
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chacarita_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20467018
- Weather station: MRCH
- Ident: MRCH

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | 15 m / 50 ft | Asphalt | 096° / 276° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | =6,995 of 29,858 | =2,732 in North America | #5 in CR |
| Elevation | 2 m / 7 ft | =42,809 of 43,403 | =19,248 in North America | =124 in CR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in CR |

## Nearby airports

- [MRAJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mraj.md) Aranjuez Airport · 9.3 km / 5.8 mi
- [MRST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrst.md) San Agustin Airport · 15 km / 9.1 mi
- [MRPP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrpp.md) Playa Pájaros Airport · 16 km / 10 mi
- [MRSM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrsm.md) Santa Marta Airport · 19 km / 12 mi
- [MRDM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrdm.md) Dos Marías Airport · 25 km / 15 mi
- [TMU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrtr.md) Tambor Airport · 38 km / 24 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrch/data