Airports / Costa Rica / PMZ
Palmar Sur Airport
MRPM / PMZPalmar Sur, Costa RicaELEV 49 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
15 nm
To the nearest alternate
Buenos Aires Airport (BAI) — 5 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Palmar Sur, Costa Rica, Palmar Sur Airport (MRPM / PMZ) operates as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 49 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 PMZ for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Buenos Aires Airport (BAI, 15 nm), Golfito Airport (GLF, 25 nm), and Puerto Jimenez Airport (PJM, 27 nm).
Charter pricing from PMZ depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Palmar Sur.
Field capability
ICAO
MRPM
IATA
PMZ
FAA / Local
MRPM
Elevation
49 ft
Coordinates
8.9510° N · 83.4686° 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 49 ft, PMZ sits lower than 59% 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.
- 15nmBAIBuenos Aires AirportPunta Arenas
- 25nmGLFGolfito AirportGolfito
- 27nmPJMPuerto Jimenez AirportPuerto Jimenez
- 36nmOTRCoto 47 AirportCorredores
- 49nmXQPQuepos Managua AirportQuepos
- 64nmCHXChanguinola Captain Manuel Niño International AirportChanguinola
Location
Open the full mapMRPM · Palmar Sur Airport · Palmar Sur, Costa Rica