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Why should you care that a small airport terminal in Central America is about to get larger? Well, U.S. tourists – lots of them – fly through there.

Tico Times reports that Liberia, Costa Rica’s new terminal, will handle up to 1,500 passengers. Formerly the capacity was 900. Right now lines are long, and waiting areas cramped. The new facility will sport a food court, a pair of boarding areas, and a new sports bar. It will cost some $27 million, and is due to open this November.

The demand is certainly there for an upgraded airport and with Costa Rica real estate on the rise, this can only get better. According to OAG there are eight nonstop routes from the United States to the Central American vacation spot. Delta offers nonstop Atlanta flights to Liberia. US Airways fields Saturday-only Charlotte flights to Liberia. United Airlines lofts Saturday-only Chicago flights to Liberia. American Airlines offers weekend Dallas/Fort Worth flights to Liberia. Frontier Airlines operates Sunday-only Denver flights to Liberia. American offers Miami flights to Liberia in Guanacaste, and Continental Airlines offers New York/Newark flights to Liberia.

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The Airports Council International (ACI) announced Wednesday that that Juan Santamaría International Airport in Alajuela, northwest of San José, is the 3rd best airport in the Latin American and Caribbean region.

At Wednesday’s annual ACI ceremony to honor the recipients of Airport Service Quality (ASQ) awards, the Juan Santamaría International Airport was recognized as the third best airport in the Latin American and Caribbean region, as well as the region’s “best improved” airport. The top two airports in the region went to Cancun, Mexico and Guayaquil, Ecuador.

In 2010, the Juan Santamaría Airport underwent significant expansion, adding an immigration terminal with 28 positions as well as a new security checkpoint.

“The first and last thing a tourist sees in Costa Rica is the airport," Transportation Minister Francisco Jiménez said at a ceremony at the airport in November. “We now have a world class one.” (TT Nov. 28, 2010)

The ACI determines its award recipients based on over 300,000 passenger surveys. In 2010, 153 airports were surveyed by ACI.

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COSTA RICA. Coriport SA, the concessionaire for the airport development project at Daniel Oduber Quiros International Airport (LIR), has land available for commercial development, and is seeking expressions of interest (EOIs) for long-term leasing opportunities.

The property is currently the location of the LIR passenger terminal building (PTB), and located just west of the site of the new constructed PTB, currently under construction.

The land will become available concurrently with the opening of the new passenger terminal building (PTB) in August 2011.

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