# Tambor Airport (TMU / MRTR)

**Tambor Airport** (IATA: TMU, ICAO: MRTR) is a small airport in Nicoya, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. It has one runway, 830 m (2,723 ft) long, asphalt. In 2015 it handled 39 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TMU / MRTR
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Nicoya, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
- Elevation: 10 m / 33 ft
- Coordinates: 9.7393, -85.0162
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 830 m / 2,723 ft
- Passengers: 38,699 (2015)
- Time zone: UTC-6 · America/Costa_Rica
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambor_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3545319
- Weather station: MRCH
- Ident: MRTR

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 830 m / 2,723 ft |  | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 29,014 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 28,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 19,382 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 38,699 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [SJO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mroc.md) Juan Santamaría International Airport · Costa Rica · 93 km / 58 mi · SANSA, Costa Rica Green Airways
- [SYQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrpv.md) Tobías Bolaños International Airport · Costa Rica · 99 km / 62 mi · Aerobell Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from TMU, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- Aerobell Airlines · 1
- GW [Costa Rica Green Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/costa-rica-green-airways) · 1
- RZ [SANSA](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sansa) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 39K (2015) | #2,190 of 3,974 | #506 in North America | #3 in CR |
| Longest runway | 830 m / 2,723 ft | =18,255 of 29,858 | =7,802 in North America | #24 in CR |
| Elevation | 10 m / 33 ft | =40,220 of 43,403 | =18,195 in North America | =91 in CR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in CR |

## Nearby airports

- [ACO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cr-0006.md) Cóbano Airport · 9.7 km / 6.0 mi
- [MRTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrts.md) Santa Teresa Airport · 19 km / 12 mi
- [MRDM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrdm.md) Dos Marías Airport · 21 km / 13 mi
- [MRPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrpt.md) Agropecuaria Playa Caletas Airport · 26 km / 16 mi
- [MRPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrpa.md) Palo Arco Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [MLLJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mllj.md) La Javilla Airport · 32 km / 20 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Tambor Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tambor_Airport&oldid=1363136681), revision of 8 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/mrtr/data