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  "address": {
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    "addressCountry": "Costa Rica",
    "addressLocality": "Tortuguero"
  },
  "airlines": [
    "Sansa Airlines"
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      "name": "Domestic to Domestic Connection Time",
      "value": "45 minutes"
    },
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      "@type": "LocationFeatureSpecification",
      "name": "Domestic to International Connection Time",
      "value": "90 minutes"
    },
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      "name": "International to Domestic Connection Time",
      "value": "90 minutes"
    },
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      "value": "120 minutes"
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      "name": "Interline Connection Time",
      "value": "120 minutes"
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  "city": "Tortuguero",
  "code": "TTQ",
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  "connection_tips": "Barra del Tortuguero works best when the flight and the boat transfer are treated as one itinerary. Sansa flights from San Jose are the usual way in, but the real planning starts with your lodge or guide confirming how you will be collected at the airstrip. A pre-arranged pickup or host contact is the useful backup, because the airport is really the handoff into Tortuguero rather than a place to wait around. The meaningful alternates are Juan Santamaria International, Barra del Colorado Airport, and Limon International Airport, so a missed flight is more of a logistics problem than a terminal problem.\n\nOnce you land, the transfer usually moves quickly from aircraft to canal boat. That is normal for this part of Costa Rica, where roads do not reach the village and the water routes do the heavy lifting. Keep baggage manageable, keep your lodge's contact details handy, and make sure someone on the other end knows your arrival time. Scheduled service is carried by Sansa Airlines, so the first bank of the day is the one to watch, especially if you still need same-day water transport deeper into the national park area.\n\nIf weather or timing causes a change, do not expect a large airport-style recovery area or a long list of backup services on site. The better fallback is to have your host already prepared to adjust the boat pickup, reschedule the transfer, or point you toward an overnight stop on the mainland if needed. For connection planning, a pre-arranged pickup or host contact is the useful backup, and that is especially true here because the airport is the start of the last leg, not the place where the journey should end.",
  "country": "Costa Rica",
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  "flight_search_affiliate_link": "https://book.beatthatflight.com.au/?currency=CRC",
  "frequent_traveler_tip": [
    "Check latest schedules when connecting through Barra del Tortuguero.",
    "Check your flight status before leaving for the airport.",
    "Allow extra time during peak travel periods at this airport.",
    "Keep important documents easily accessible at this airport.",
    "Download your airline's mobile app for updates at this airport."
  ],
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  "iataCode": "TTQ",
  "icao": "MRBT",
  "international": false,
  "last_modified": "May 2026",
  "last_updated": "2026-03-30",
  "latitude": 10.569,
  "layover_planner_info": "Limited amenities; arrange layover needs in advance.",
  "longitude": -83.5149,
  "mct_domestic_to_domestic": 45,
  "mct_domestic_to_international": 90,
  "mct_interline": 120,
  "mct_international_to_domestic": 90,
  "mct_international_to_international": 120,
  "missed_connection_help": "Contact airline service desk for missed connections.",
  "name": "Barra del Tortuguero",
  "region": "Central America",
  "related_airports": [
    {
      "code": "SJO",
      "name": "Juan Santamaria International"
    },
    {
      "code": "BCL",
      "name": "Barra del Colorado Airport"
    },
    {
      "code": "LIO",
      "name": "Limon International Airport"
    },
    {
      "code": "RFR",
      "name": "Rio Frio / Progreso Airport"
    }
  ],
  "terminal_info": "Barra del Tortuguero is a small coastal access airfield serving Tortuguero, one of Costa Rica's best-known canal and turtle-watching destinations. The airport exists to connect a boat-oriented rainforest community to the domestic network, so operations stay simple and tourism-focused. Facilities are modest, but that is part of the point: the airfield acts as a practical transfer node rather than a full-service passenger complex.\n\nThe setting is shaped by water, mangroves, and low-lying terrain, so the airport feels closer to a dockside outpost than a conventional inland terminal. Travelers usually arrive with a lodge pickup, a local guide, or a pre-arranged transfer already in mind, because the onward journey is almost always by boat. That makes the airport function less like a place to linger and more like the start of a coordinated handoff into the national park area.\n\nFor most visitors, the airfield's value is in speed and simplicity. Sansa's domestic flights keep the connection brief, and the limited scale reduces the amount of planning needed once the schedule is confirmed. If you are headed to Tortuguero for wildlife viewing or a canal lodge stay, the airport is best understood as the last short aviation link before the waterborne part of the trip begins.",
  "terminal_map_url": "https://skyvector.com/airport/MRBT/Barra-del-Tortuguero"
}