Overview

• An electrical failure before dawn disabled the primary radar at San José’s Juan Santamaría International Airport, triggering the shutdown.
• Authorities stopped all takeoffs and landings nationwide from 6 a.m. until just before 11 a.m. local time, when airspace reopened.
• Operations at Guanacaste’s Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport were affected as the outage extended beyond the capital.
• Airlines advised travelers via social media to contact carriers to rebook as service restarts.
• Airport operator Aeris reported at least 44 flights affected at Juan Santamaría, and the transport ministry said a probe will examine how to prevent a repeat.