Costa Rica receives the most flights from the United States

According to information from the General Directorate of Civil Aviation and the airlines, as of September 13, United Airlines will fly daily from Houston, Texas to the Juan Santamaría International Airport (AIJS) and three times a week (Thursday, Saturday and Sunday) at the Daniel Oduber Quirós air terminal, in Liberia with the alternative of increasing frequencies in October.
Additionally, the aforementioned US airline announced that as of October, they also project scheduled flights from Newark, New Jersey, four times a week to AIJS (daily from October) and once a week (Saturdays) to Liberia, from same destiny.
In total, this increase represents 15 flights per week starting in September, increasing to 18 weekly in October.
Finally, United confirmed that they will fly from Colorado at the end of October.
Added to this positive news about the gradual increase in flights is the confirmation of five weekly American Airlines flights to Liberia from Miami, Florida and once a week from Dallas, Texas.
For its part, Delta Airlines plans to fly to Guanacaste from Atlanta, Georgia.
 
"We receive these hopeful announcements with great joy and approval, especially due to the increase in flights in September and October to both international airports, coming from the United States, our main source of tourists market," said Gustavo Segura, Rector Minister of Tourism.
Segura added that these new announcements are significant and represent safe steps for the reactivation of the Costa Rican tourism sector.
 
Authorized cities
As of September 1, in addition to residents of New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine and Connecticut, those who live in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia can enter.
While as of September 15, residents of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Colorado will also be allowed to enter.
 
Entry requirements
For people residing in the aforementioned states of the United States, four requirements apply to enter Costa Rica:
-Complete the epidemiological digital form called HEALTH PASS.
-Perform the PCR test and obtain a negative result; The test must be taken a maximum of 72 hours before the flight to Costa Rica.
-A mandatory travel insurance that covers accommodation in case of quarantine and medical expenses due to COVID illness. Said insurance can be international or purchased from Costa Rican insurers.
-Demonstrate through your driver's license or State ID that you live in one of the states that are being authorized.

Possibility of stopovers at unauthorized destinations
Tourists from authorized states will be able to reach the country, even if they stop at an unauthorized destination, as long as they do not leave the airport. For example, a tourist who takes a flight from the Newark airport in New Jersey and makes a stopover in Panama will be able to enter the country.
 
Private flights for citizens originating from unauthorized places
As of September 1, private flights from the United States are allowed into the country, given that due to their size and nature they have a much lower epidemiological risk.
For those who come aboard private flights, the same requirements already described will apply and if they come from a place of origin that is not authorized, they must receive prior approval from the Ministry of Health and the General Directorate of Migration and Immigration. Interested parties must send an application document containing the following elements:

-Full names of the passengers.
-Nationalities and ages.
-Readable copy of the biographical sheet of the passport of each of the passengers.
-Date of arrival, airport of arrival and origin of the flight.
-Strategic reason for its admissibility (investment analysis; property in Costa Rica; humanitarian reasons; etc).