There are 7 ways to get from Leeds to Costa Rica by plane or train
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Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport
best- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LBA - SJO
17h 25m$702–1,089Train to Newcastle, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Leeds to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane NCL - SJO
35h 8m$334–1,306Train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MAN - SJO
18h 37m$571–1,157Train to Durham Tees Valley Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leeds to Darlingtontrain
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MME - SJO
18h 51m$667–2,477Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leeds to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LGW - SJO
16h 53m$533–1,253Train, train to Humberside Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leeds to Doncastertrain
- Take the train from Doncaster to Barnetbytrain
- Fly from Humberside Airport (HUY) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane HUY - SJO
19h 48m$341–1,298Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leeds to King's Crosstrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LHR - SJO
20h 3m$516–1,238
Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leeds to Costa Rica is to train and fly which costs $500 - $1,300 and takes 20h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Leeds to Costa Rica is to train and fly which takes 16h 53m and costs $500 - $1,300.
The distance between Leeds and Costa Rica is 8644 km.
It takes approximately 17h 25m to get from Leeds to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 6h behind Leeds. It is currently 4:16 AM in Leeds and 10:16 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 764+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Leeds, England and Costa Rica?
KLM, Jet2.com, and two other airlines fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 4 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Humberside Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Humberside Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Humberside Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Humberside Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Newcastle to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 33m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Newcastle to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 24m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Newcastle to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Newcastle to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cancun, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Newcastle to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 22m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Newcastle to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Newcastle to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 29m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Leeds to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–60
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–45
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Doncaster to Barnetby
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–65
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–70
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–70
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–31
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–100
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Leeds to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–26
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $21–23
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Leeds to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–18
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
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