A good option to travel in Costa Rica is the regular scheduled domestic flights or the charter flights, which represent a considerable saving of travel time.

There are two domestic airlines: SANSA and Nature Air. Both offer regular flights to most important tourist destinations and to Bocas del Toro in Panama. Nature Air also provides flights to the City of Granada in Nicaragua during high season, departing from San Jose and Liberia International Airport. SANSA hub is located at the Juan Santamaria International Airport, while Nature Air is based at the Tobias Bolanos Airport in Pavas, just few minutes away from central San Jose.

SANSA has six Cessna Grand Caravan 208B aircrafts for up to 12 passengers and the daily flights San Jose - Liberia – San Jose are operated on their ATR 42-300 with 46 seats and more capacity for luggage.

Nature Air counts with five Twin Otter Vistaliner. These roomy 19-passenger planes are climate controlled and known as the limousine of sight seeing aircrafts. Also provides two Islander aircrafts with a maximum capacity of six passengers.

The maximum baggage limit is 25 pounds per person. Excess baggage will be charged extra and be transported depending on the weight capacity of the airplane. From San Jose there are flights to the following destinations: Barra del Colorado, Bocas del Toro (Panama), Coto 47, Drake Bay, Granada (Nicaragua) by Nature Air, Golfito, Liberia, Limon, Nosara, Palmar Sur, Puerto Jimenez, Punta Islita, Quepos, Samara, Tamarindo, Tambor, Tortuguero.

Flights between destinations (mostly during high season and are subject to change):

• Quepos – Palmar Sur
• Puerto Jimenez – Drake Bay
• Tamarindo – Liberia – Granada
• Arenal – Liberia – Granada
• Arenal – Liberia – Tamarindo
• Bocas del Toro – Limon
• Liberia – Tamarindo – Punta Islita