{"id":179308,"date":"2025-09-24T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/?p=179308"},"modified":"2025-09-25T11:48:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:48:46","slug":"costa-rica-reopens-airspace-after-radar-blackout-halts-flights-for-five-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2025\/09\/costa-rica-reopens-airspace-after-radar-blackout-halts-flights-for-five-hours.html","title":{"rendered":"Costa Rica Reopens Airspace After Radar Blackout Halts Flights for Five Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Costa Rica <\/strong>restored normality to its airspace this Wednesday after a power outage caused the national radar systems to fail, forcing the suspension of all flights for at least five hours. The failure brought both domestic and international aviation to a halt, according to a report by Luis Diego Sabor\u00edo, Deputy Director of Civil Aviation, to the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Affected International Airports<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Transport confirmed that the country&#8217;s two main airports were directly impacted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Juan Santamaria, located on the outskirts of San Jose.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Daniel Oduber Quiros, in the province of Guanacaste.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Both terminals, crucial for the country&#8217;s connectivity with the region, later reported via their social media channels that operations had resumed once the radar system was restored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2025\/09\/panama-tocumen-airport-surpasses-13-7-million-passengers-in-first-eight-months-of-2025.html\">Panama: Tocumen Airport Surpasses 13.7 Million Passengers in First Eight Months of 2025<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Over 40 Flights Disrupted<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Aeris, the concessionaire managing Juan Santamaria International Airport, detailed that at least 44 flights were directly affected by the blackout. 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