El Cerrito Airport

MRCO · Guanacaste, Costa Rica

About El Cerrito Airport

ICAO MRCO
FIR Central American FIR
Region Guanacaste
Country Costa Rica
Runways 8/26
Type Small airport
Coordinates (ARP) 10.4536, -85.5582   102713N 0853330W
Coordinates (Center) 10.45256, -85.56114   102709N 0853340W
Variation 1.9° W (2024)
Timezone Costa_Rica (-6 h)
Local time May 4, 2024 17:42

El Cerrito Airport

El Cerrito Airport is a small airport in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The airport is located at latitude 10.45256 and longitude -85.56114. The airport has one runway: 8/26. The ICAO airport code of this field is MRCO. Nearby other airfields are Catsa Airport, La Guinea Airport, La Zopilota Airport, Las Trancas Airport and Guanacaste Airport.

El Cerrito Airport does not publish a METAR, the nearest weather station is Guanacaste Airport, which is 16 km away. The flight information region (FIR) is Central American.

El Cerrito Airport is in the timezone of America/Costa_Rica. Difference with UTC is -6 h. Today the sun rises at 05:23 and sets at 17:54. This applies to El Cerrito Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is -6 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

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Do not use for flight planning
The airport may be closed or require prior permission. True headings and the coordinates of runway ends may be an estimation. Magnetic headings are calculated from true headings using the WMM 2020 model.

Runways

ID True Heading Magnetic Heading Latitude Longitude Approx. length
8 079° 080° 10.4535 -85.5562 1,108 m
26 259° 260° 10.4516 -85.5661

Do not use for flight planning.
True headings and the coordinates of runway ends may be an estimation. Runway lengths are calculated as the distance between the coordinates of the runway ends. Magnetic headings are calculated from true headings using the WMM 2020 model.

Nearby airports

Airport ID Distance Direction
Catsa Airport MECT 7.4 km 004°
La Guinea Airport MRLN 10 km 109°
La Zopilota Airport MRLZ 11 km 072°
Las Trancas Airport MRLT 13 km 341°
Guanacaste Airport MRLB 16 km 006°
Pelon Nuevo Airport MRPN 16 km 076°
Talolinga Airport MRTL 19 km 146°
Peñas Blancas Airport MRPS 20 km 218°
Santa Cruz Airport MRSC 20 km 189°

Navigational aids

Name Ident Type Distance Direction
Liberia LIB VOR-DME 16 km 005°
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