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Location
Sixaola · L · Costa Rica
Position
9.504°, -82.631° · 26 ft elev.
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Small border airstrip serving the remote Sixaola frontier region.
Location
Sixaola, Costa Rica
Sixaola Airport (ICAO: MRSX) is a small general aviation airstrip located in Sixaola, a town in the Talamanca canton of Limón Province, Costa Rica. The airport sits near the Costa Rica–Panama border, adjacent to the Sixaola River, which forms the international boundary between the two countries.
The facility serves primarily light aircraft and occasional charter or cargo operations, supporting the local banana plantation economy and remote communities in the region. It does not currently handle scheduled commercial passenger services and has no assigned IATA code.
Getting to & from
Road access to Sixaola is available via Route 36, connecting the town to Limón and other parts of Costa Rica's Caribbean coast.
Airlines here
No scheduled commercial airlines operate at Sixaola Airport; it serves general aviation and charter traffic only.
Notable facts
- ›Located in Talamanca canton, Limón Province, near the Panama border.
- ›Positioned adjacent to the Sixaola River, which marks the Costa Rica–Panama international boundary.
- ›No IATA code has been assigned to this airport.
- ›The surrounding region is economically dependent on banana and cacao cultivation.
- ›Sixaola is a key land border crossing point between Costa Rica and Panama.
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