There are 7 ways to get from Costa Rica to Utah by plane, bus, train, car, or shuttle
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Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)plane SJO - SLC
11h 16m$253–1,005Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Provo
cheapest- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Provo (PVU)plane SJO - PVU
12h 54m$164–655Bus, train
- Take the bus from Terminal NicaBus to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Managua to Los Angelesbus
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Emeryvilletrain
- Take the train from Emeryville to Salt Lake Citytrain
5d 22h$778–1,299Drive 3,420.9 mi
- Drive from San José to Salt Lake Citycar 3,420.9 mi
2d 21h$739–1,067Shuttle, shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to Salt Lake City International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Puntarenas to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)plane LIR - SLC
14h 28m$606–1,782Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)plane SJO - LAS
- Take a shuttle bus from Harry Reid International to Mesquite, NV - Eureka Casino
- Take the bus from Mesquite, NV to St. Georgebus
11h 49m$339–1,397Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to St. George Regional
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to St. George Regional (SGU)plane SJO - SGU
14h 32m$236–838
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Utah is to fly which costs $160 - $700 and takes 12h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Utah is to fly which takes 11h 16m and costs $250 - $1,000.
The distance between Costa Rica and Utah is 2745 miles. The road distance is 3440.9 miles.
The best way to get from Costa Rica to Utah without a car is to bus and train which takes 5 days 22h and costs $750 - $1,300.
It takes approximately 11h 16m to get from Costa Rica to Utah, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Costa Rica to Utah is 3441 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 21h to drive from Costa Rica to Utah.
There are 752+ hotels available in Utah.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Utah, USA?
United Airlines, American Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) 5 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to St. George Regional via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to St. George Regional via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Provo via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to St. George Regional via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Provo via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to Emeryville
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–310
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Emeryville to Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $260–550
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +505 2222 2276
- Nicabusinternacionalsa@gmail.com
- Website
- nicabus.com.ni
Bus from Terminal NicaBus to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $37–38
- Website
- https://nicabus.com.ni/en/
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Managua to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $330–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Puntarenas to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $209
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +1 800-933-8320
- info@stgshuttle.com
- Website
- stgshuttle.com
Shuttle from Harry Reid International to Mesquite, NV - Eureka Casino
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.stgshuttle.com/
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Mesquite, NV to St. George
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $28–50
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