Airports / Costa Rica / BAI
Buenos Aires Airport
MRBA / BAIPunta Arenas, Costa RicaELEV 1,214 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
15 nm
To the nearest alternate
Palmar Sur Airport (PMZ) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Buenos Aires Airport (MRBA / BAI) is a mid-sized airport serving Punta Arenas, Costa Rica. The airport sits 1,214 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into BAI for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Palmar Sur Airport (PMZ, 15 nm), Golfito Airport (GLF, 32 nm), and Puerto Jimenez Airport (PJM, 38 nm).
Charter pricing from BAI depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Punta Arenas.
Field capability
ICAO
MRBA
IATA
BAI
FAA / Local
MRBA
Elevation
1,214 ft
Coordinates
9.1639° N · 83.3302° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Costa Rica fields
state range 3–3,287 ft
At 1,214 ft, BAI sits higher than 82% of the 17 Costa Rica fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 15nmPMZPalmar Sur AirportPalmar Sur
- 32nmGLFGolfito AirportGolfito
- 38nmPJMPuerto Jimenez AirportPuerto Jimenez
- 40nmOTRCoto 47 AirportCorredores
- 50nmXQPQuepos Managua AirportQuepos
- 51nmLIOLimón International AirportLimón
Location
Open the full mapMRBA · Buenos Aires Airport · Punta Arenas, Costa Rica