Jet Charter Costa Rica arranges team flights between Costa Rica and the US, Canada and the rest of the region, for professional, college, school and club teams traveling to games, tournaments and training camps.
Moving the whole traveling party
A team travels as one group. Players, coaches, trainers and support staff all move together, and the schedule comes from a season calendar that nobody can change. The equipment is bulky and heavy, and on some trips the bags and cases matter as much as the number of seats.
Send us the full traveling party and an equipment list at the same time. Your advisor will look at both before recommending an aircraft, so the team and its gear travel on the same flight.
Larger squads and airliner-size aircraft
Most private charter flights operate under FAR Part 135, the FAA’s rules for on-demand, for-hire charter. When your total passenger count outgrows a heavy jet and the group consists of more than nineteen passengers, the aircraft required would fall into regional airliner, or airliner-size. These trips would no longer fall under the FAR Part 135 standards but possibly operate under FAR Part 121 or foreign equivalent standards. Part 121 and equivalent generally carry stricter crew and operating requirements than FAR Part 91 and FAR Part 135.
A full roster with staff often goes past nineteen, so please give us the headcount early.
Training camps and tournaments in Costa Rica
If your team is coming to Costa Rica for a training camp or a tournament, the flight from abroad lands first at one of the country’s international airports. Tell us where the team will be staying and training, and your advisor will suggest the airport that suits it best. Every player and staff member needs a valid passport, and your advisor will tell you what else each person needs.
Planning a full season
If you have a run of away games, send us the schedule for the season. Knowing the dates ahead of time lets your advisor plan the aircraft and crews around them, subject to scheduling and aircraft availability. Our VIP airliners page shows the larger aircraft used for full team travel.
Vetting Behind Every Trip
Every operator, aircraft, and crew goes through our internal due diligence before we present any options. Our internal standards meet or exceed what the FAA requires:
- FAR Part 135 charter operators for traditional private aircraft, or FAR Part 121 for airliner-size and group trips (or the foreign equivalent on international legs)
- Operator subscription to Wyvern and ARGUS reviewed where the operator participates.
- Pilot experience and operator incident history reviewed before we recommend an aircraft.
- Fewer than 60 brokers worldwide hold Premium Wyvern Broker Member status, and Air Charter Advisors is one of them.
Costa Rica-Specific Patterns We Plan Around
A private flight from abroad lands first at one of Costa Rica’s international airports, most often Juan Santamaría International near San José or Guanacaste Airport in Liberia, which is the closer of the two to the Guanacaste beaches and is not open overnight. The flight on to a smaller beach or rainforest airstrip, such as Tamarindo, Nosara or Quepos, is a separate leg in a smaller aircraft, usually flown by a Costa Rican operator, and your advisor will tell you how that leg works for your trip. The busy season runs from Thanksgiving to April, when ramp space for private aircraft is limited, and the holidays, spring break and Semana Santa book up first. The dry season on the Pacific side runs from late November to April, and from May to November afternoon rain is common.
Contact
For a quote on a charter to or from Costa Rica, send the trip through our contact page or call an advisor at 1-888-987-5387. Our safety page sets out how we review operators and crews, and the aircraft gallery covers every category we arrange. We are also a member of the National Business Aviation Association.