Liberia Airport
Traveller Comments....
"The bathrooms remind you of a jail (as there are bars on the windows and it's completely painted white) " (Venus)
Recent Review
by krowe
"The Liberia (LIR), Costa Rican airport is completely open to the outdoors. There really is no where inside to sleep overnight and from the looks of it I am not sure they would let you stay at the airport anyway. Mid-August is the beginning of the slow season and most of the airport employees go home around 1pm local time. I rode the 1 bus into Liberia with them. I am not sure if the airport officially closes or if you would be officially kicked out but it is not a real promising situation unless youre extremely desperate. Additionally, there are two restaurants. One outside of security with seating and one inside security which really is only a walk-up bar, not a sit-down eatery. The bathrooms are clean enough but in some spots there is toilet paper plugging up holes in the walls and the faucets do not always turn off completely. The boarding areas are outdoors as well and only red bucket seats exists throughout the airport. Additionally, on the website for the airport it says the departure tax is 17 but it is actually 26 US dollars. Overall, I felt safe at the airport during the day at least and the locals working there were very helpful and nice. This was certainly not the worst airport experience I have had and I would not mind flying to Liberia again. (The cheapest room (which I stayed at) in town was only 9. Add a 1 for the bus and your looking at 10 for the night).
Other tips: The bus to Liberia (Pulmitan Bus Terminal) comes around 1 pm when the employees get off work during the slow season. I am not sure if this changes at other times of the year. I had three locals tell me the bus would arrive in about 10 minutes but it took at least 20-25 minutes. I was perfectly fine waiting a bit, and as long as you are too this is a good and cheap mode of transportation. I gave the bus driver 1 US dollar and I received a few Colones back so the ride is less than a dollar. It takes only about 20 minutes to reach town. Returning to the airport the bus leaves around 9:30 am from the same place it drops off (as of Aug. 2011).
**From what I could tell from the plane window it looks like a brand new modern terminal is almost done being built right next to the old terminal. This one looks like there would be plenty of indoor overnight sleeping for all. The airport website has not been updated in a while so I could not find out for certain. [ more photos from krowe ]
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