About Peñas Blancas Airport

ICAO	MRPS
FIR	Central American FIR
Region	Guanacaste
Country	Costa Rica
Runways	9/27
Type	Small airport
Coordinates (ARP)	10.3156, -85.678 101856N 0854041W
Coordinates (Center)	10.3151, -85.67384 101854N 0854026W
Variation	1.8° W (2024)
Timezone	Costa_Rica (-6 h)
Local time	May 11, 2024 03:55

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Peñas Blancas Airport

Peñas Blancas Airport is a small airport in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The airport is located at latitude 10.31510 and longitude -85.67384. The airport has one runway: 9/27. The ICAO airport code of this field is MRPS. Nearby other airfields are Santa Cruz Airport, Tamarindo Airport, Flamingo Airport, El Cerrito Airport and Cabo Velas Airport.

Peñas Blancas Airport does not publish a METAR, the nearest weather station is Juan Santamaría International Airport, which is 164 km away. The flight information region (FIR) is Central American.

Peñas Blancas Airport is in the timezone of America/Costa_Rica. Difference with UTC is -6 h. Today the sun rises at 05:21 and sets at 17:56. This applies to Peñas Blancas 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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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
9	091°	092°	10.3149	-85.6679	1,294 m
27	271°	272°	10.3153	-85.6798	1,294 m

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

	ID	Distance	Direction
Santa Cruz Airport	MRSC	10 km	117°
Tamarindo Airport	MRTM	15 km	270°
Flamingo Airport	MRFL	17 km	314°
El Cerrito Airport	MRCO	20 km	038°
Cabo Velas Airport	MRCV	20 km	282°
Talolinga Airport	MRTL	23 km	091°
La Guinea Airport	MRLN	25 km	061°
Catsa Airport	MECT	26 km	029°
La Zampoña Airport	MRLA	27 km	101°

Navigational aids

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