There are 8 ways to get from Newcastle upon Tyne to Costa Rica by train or plane
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Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane EDI - SJO
19h 1m$546–1,332Fly from Newcastle
cheapest- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane NCL - SJO
31h 46m$315–1,206Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Newcastle to Leedstrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LBA - SJO
21h 28m$440–1,628Train to Durham Tees Valley Airport, fly
- Take the train from Newcastle to Darlingtontrain
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MME - SJO
21h 49m$622–2,548Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Newcastle to Yorktrain
- Take the train from York to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MAN - SJO
20h 52m$566–942Train, train to Glasgow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane GLA - SJO
22h 41m$334–1,276Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Newcastle to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LGW - SJO
17h 34m$583–1,173Train, train to Humberside Airport, fly
- Take the train from Newcastle to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Barnetbytrain
- Fly from Humberside Airport (HUY) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane HUY - SJO
21h 5m$424–1,475
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Newcastle upon Tyne to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $310 - $1,300 and takes 31h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Newcastle upon Tyne to Costa Rica is to train and fly which takes 17h 34m and costs $550 - $1,200.
The distance between Newcastle upon Tyne and Costa Rica is 8733 km.
It takes approximately 19h 1m to get from Newcastle upon Tyne to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 6h behind Newcastle upon Tyne. It is currently 7:51 PM in Newcastle upon Tyne and 1:51 PM in Costa Rica.
There are 730+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Newcastle upon Tyne, England and Costa Rica?
TUI Airways, Volaris Costa Rica, and five other airlines fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 3 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Humberside Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Humberside Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Newcastle to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
Flights from Newcastle to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Newcastle to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 48m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Newcastle to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 41m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Newcastle to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 37m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Newcastle to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 44m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to York
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–100
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–29
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from York to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Barnetby
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–45
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Barnetby
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
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