LIR

Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport

ICAO MRLB10.5933°N 85.5444°W82 m / 270 ftLarge airport
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Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (IATA: LIR, ICAO: MRLB) is a large airport in Liberia, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. It has one runway, 2,750 m (9,022 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 827 thousand passengers.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal de Pasajeros
07/25070° / 250° · LIT
LENGTH2,750 m9,022 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2008–2021
443K
396K
444K
540K
669K
680K
780K
878K
1.2M
1.1M
480K
827K
080910111213141516182021

Routes

32 destinations · 4 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km10,000 km2,500 mi5,000 miTNO · Tamarindo Airport · 43 km / 27 miNOB · Nosara Airport · 70 km / 43 miTMU · Tambor Airport · 111 km / 69 miSJO · Juan Santamaría International Airport · 161 km / 100 miXQP · Quepos Managua Airport · 201 km / 125 miMIA · Miami International Airport · 1,779 km / 1,105 miFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 1,812 km / 1,126 miHOU · William P. Hobby Airport · 2,347 km / 1,458 miIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 2,383 km / 1,481 miATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 2,565 km / 1,594 miDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 2,745 km / 1,706 miCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 2,777 km / 1,726 miJFK · John F. Kennedy International Airport · 3,535 km / 2,197 miYYZ · Toronto Pearson International Airport · 3,723 km / 2,313 miYUL · Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · 4,037 km / 2,508 miLAX · Los Angeles International Airport · 4,230 km / 2,628 miYYC · Calgary International Airport · 5,195 km / 3,228 miBNA · Nashville International Airport · 2,841 km / 1,765 miBWI · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport · 3,298 km / 2,049 miPHL · Philadelphia International Airport · 3,411 km / 2,119 miORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 3,497 km / 2,173 miDTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 3,523 km / 2,189 miEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 3,528 km / 2,192 miDEN · Denver International Airport · 3,762 km / 2,338 miBOS · Boston Logan International Airport · 3,805 km / 2,364 miMSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · 3,883 km / 2,413 miYOW · Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · 3,975 km / 2,470 miYWG · Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport · 4,502 km / 2,797 miSFO · San Francisco International Airport · 4,743 km / 2,947 miSEA · Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · 5,348 km / 3,323 miYVR · Vancouver International Airport · 5,518 km / 3,429 miZRH · Zürich Airport · 9,446 km / 5,869 miZRHYVRSFOYWGLAXYULMSPDENJFKBNACLTDFWFLLYYCYYZORDIAHXQPSEABOSDTWBWIATLYOWPHLSJOLIR
Year-round17
TNOTamarindo AirportCosta Rica · SANSA43 km27 miNOBNosara AirportCosta Rica · SANSA70 km43 miTMUTambor AirportCosta Rica · SANSA111 km69 miSJOJuan Santamaría International AirportCosta Rica · SANSA161 km100 miXQPQuepos Managua AirportCosta Rica · SANSA201 km125 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,779 km1,105 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways1,812 km1,126 miHOUWilliam P. Hobby AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,347 km1,458 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,383 km1,481 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,565 km1,594 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,745 km1,706 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,777 km1,726 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways3,535 km2,197 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Canada, Air Transat3,723 km2,313 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Transat4,037 km2,508 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines4,230 km2,628 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet5,195 km3,228 mi
Seasonal19
BNANashville International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,841 km1,765 miBWIBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines3,298 km2,049 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,411 km2,119 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, American Airlines3,497 km2,173 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines3,523 km2,189 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,528 km2,192 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, American Airlines3,535 km2,197 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines3,723 km2,313 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Southwest Airlines3,762 km2,338 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines3,805 km2,364 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines3,883 km2,413 miYOWOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines3,975 km2,470 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada4,037 km2,508 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines4,230 km2,628 miYWGWinnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International AirportCanada · WestJet4,502 km2,797 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Alaska Airlines4,743 km2,947 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines5,348 km3,323 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Canada5,518 km3,429 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Edelweiss Air9,446 km5,869 mi
Most destinationsAmerican Airlines 6United Airlines 6Delta Air Lines 6SANSA 5WestJet 5Southwest Airlines 4

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LIR. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Guanacaste Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers827K (2021)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#903of 3,974 · #218 North America · #2 CRLongest runway2,750 m9,022 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,734of 29,823 · #356 North America · #2 CRElevation82 m270 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=32,013of 43,341 · =14,716 North America · =34 CRRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =1 CR
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
APPLIBERIA APP119.800
GNDGND121.700
RDOCOCO RDO126.800
TWRLIBERIA TWR118.800