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Costa Rica is a republic in southern Central America, bordered on the north by Nicaragua, on the east by the Caribbean Sea, on the southeast by Panama, and on the southwest and west by the Pacific Ocean. The uninhabited and densely wooded tropical Cocos Island, about 480 km (about 300 mi) to the southwest in the Pacific Ocean, is under Costa Rican sovereignty. The total area of Costa Rica is 51,060 sq km (19,714 sq mi). The country's capital is San José.

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Airline Operating Dates IATA : ICAO Tree Status Update Reason

 ACASA (Aerovias Cariari)

1978* - 1979*     Status?  

 ACS (Air Cargo Services)

1997* - 2000     Inactive  

 Aero Costa Rica

1991 - 1997 -- : AEK   Inactive  

 Aero Costa Sol

1999* - 2006*     Status?  

 Aerobell Air Charter

1988* - 2012>     Active  

 Aerolineas Exaco (Expres Aereo Costaricense)

1978* - 1978     Inactive  

 Aeropostal Alas de Centroamerica

2005 - 2006     Inactive  

 AeroPuma

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Aerovias Sur

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 ANSA (Aerolineas Nacionales SA)

1958 - 1960     Inactive  

 APSA (Aeroservicios Puntarenas SA)

1971 - 1979     Inactive  

 ASCA (Aerovias San Carlos)

1978* - 1979*     Status?  

 ATSA (Aviones Taxi Aereo S.A ) (Air Charter Service)

1970* - 2010*     Status?  

 AVE Airlines (Aerovias del Valle)

1951 - 1979*     Status?  

 Aviones Taxi Aereo

2004* - 2009*     Status?  

 Carga Expresa

1983 - 1983     Inactive  

 Compania Sinuana de Transporte Aereo Costa

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Costa Rica Skies

2006* - 2008     Inactive  

 CRAFT (Cargo Rica Air Freight Transport)

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 ENTA (Empressa Nacional de Transportes and Aerovias

1939* - 1939   >TACA Costa Rica Renamed  

 General Air Cargo

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 JHM Cargo Express (Airlines)

1996 - 2000 -- : JHM   Inactive  

 LACSA (Lineas Aereas de Costarricenses)

1946 - 2004 LR : LRC >TACA Costa Rica Renamed  

 LADECA (Lineas Aereas del Caribe)(Caribbean Airways)

1966 - 1967     Inactive  

 Lineas Areas Trans Costa Rica

1979 - 1988   >Trans Costa Rica Renamed  

 Nationales de Costa Rica

1939* - 1939   >TACA Costa Rica Renamed  

 NatureAir (Nature Air)

2003 - 2012> 5C : NRR Natureair Active  

 Paradise Air

2000* - 2010*     Status?  

 RANSA (Ruta Aerea Nacional SA)

1979 - 1980   >SANSA Renamed  

 SAISA

1996* - 1997*     Inactive  

 SANSA (Servicos Aereos Nacionales)

1980 - 2012> RZ : LRS Sansa Active  

 SERCA Costa Rica (Servicios de Carga SA)

1982 - 1982     Inactive  

 Servicios Aereos Nacionales

1990* - 1990*     Status?  

 TACA Costa Rica (LACSA (Lineas Aereas de Costarricenses))

2004 - 2006*   TACA Costa Rica Status?  

 TACA de Costa-Rica Transportes Aereos Centro-Americanos

1939 - 1952   >TACA Costa Rica Renamed  

 TACSA (Taxi Aereo Centroamericana) (Air Charter Service)

1970* - 2010*     Status?  

 TAISA (Transportes Aereos de Integracion SA)

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 TANSA (Transportes Aereos Nacionales SA)

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Trans Costa Rica

1988 - 2000 -- : TCR Trans Costa Rica Inactive  

 TransCarga

1988 - 1992     Inactive  

 TravelAir

1991 - 2003   >Natureair Status?  

 VEL (Vuelos Especiales Liberianos)

1983 - 1986     Inactive  

 West Caribbean Costa Rica

2003* - 2005 0W : WCR   Inactive  

 Wiggins International (ALA)

**** - ****     Status?  

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