There are 9 ways to get from Phoenix to Playas del Coco by plane, bus, car, shuttle, taxi, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Phoenix to Liberia International Airport
best- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane PHX - LIR
11h 36m$388–1,011Fly Phoenix to Nosara Airport, shuttle
cheapest- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane PHX - NOB
- Take a shuttle bus from Nosara to Playas del Coco
14h 45m$215–775Bus
- Take the bus from Phoenix Bus Station to Moreliabus
- Take the bus from Morelia to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Nortebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Tapachulabus
- Take the bus from Tapachula to San Salvadorbus
- Take the bus from El Salvador to Liberiabus
3d 21h$304–556Drive 4,558.6 km
- Drive from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport/44th Street Sky Train Station to Playas del Cococar 4,558.6 km
2d 9h$612–883Fly Phoenix to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane PHX - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Playas del Coco
12h 46m$578–1,139Shuttle to Tucson, fly to Liberia International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Sky Harbor International Airport to Tucson Amtrak Station
- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane TUS - LIR
13h 41m$581–1,944Fly Phoenix to Managua Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Managua Airport (MGA)plane PHX - MGA
- Take a shuttle bus from Managua Airport to San Juan del Sur
- Take a shuttle bus from San Juan del Sur to Plaza Santa Rosa
15h 5m$621–1,141Fly Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)plane PHX - TNO
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Playas del Coco
13h 45m$242–834Taxi, train, bus, drive
- Take the taxi from Baseline/Central Ave to Maricopa Amtraktaxi
- Take the train from Maricopa Amtrak to Los Angelestrain
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Managua to San Juan del Surbus
- Drive from San Juan del Sur to Playas del Cococar
4d 23h$482–599
Phoenix (PHX) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Phoenix to Playas del Coco is to bus which costs $300 - $600 and takes 3 days 21h.
The fastest way to get from Phoenix to Playas del Coco is to fly which takes 11h 36m and costs $380 - $1,100.
The distance between Phoenix and Playas del Coco is 3732 km. The road distance is 4558.6 km.
It takes approximately 11h 36m to get from Phoenix to Playas del Coco, including transfers.
The best way to get from Phoenix to Playas del Coco is to fly which takes 11h 36m and costs $380 - $1,100. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $300 - $600 and takes 3 days 21h.
Playas del Coco is 1h ahead of Phoenix. It is currently 8:46 AM in Phoenix and 9:46 AM in Playas del Coco.
Yes, the driving distance between Phoenix to Playas del Coco is 4559 km. It takes approximately 2 days 9h to drive from Phoenix to Playas del Coco.
There are 821+ hotels available in Playas del Coco.
What companies run services between Phoenix, AZ, USA and Playas del Coco, Costa Rica?
United Airlines, American Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Phoenix Bus Station to Playas del Coco via Morelia, Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte, Tapachula, San Salvador, El Salvador, Liberia, Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia, and Terminal Pulmitan Playas Del Coco in around 3d 21h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,800
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Phoenix to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Tucson to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Tucson to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
Flights from Phoenix to Managua Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Phoenix to Nosara Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Phoenix to Nosara Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Phoenix to Nosara Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Denver, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,900
Flights from Phoenix to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Tucson to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,900
Flights from Tucson to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Phoenix to Managua Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Phoenix to Nosara Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Denver, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 18m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 1m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,800
Flights from Phoenix to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Tucson to Liberia International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,900
Flights from Phoenix to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Tucson to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Phoenix to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Phoenix to Managua Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Maricopa Amtrak to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +52 664 299 0487
- servicios@acnautobuses.com
- Website
- acnautobuses.com
Bus from Phoenix Bus Station to Morelia
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–160
- Schedules at
- acnautobuses.com
- Book at
- acnautobuses.com
- Phone
- 800 622 22 22
- buzondeatencion@gho.mx
- Website
- autovias.com.mx
Bus from Morelia to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://www.autovias.com.mx/english/
- Phone
- +52 800 800 0386
- atn_clientes@etn.com.mx
- Website
- etn.com.mx
Bus from Morelia to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://etn.com.mx/english/
- Phone
- +52 477 710 0060
- Website
- primeraplus.com.mx
Bus from Morelia to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Schedules at
- primeraplus.com.mx
- Book at
- primeraplus.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Tapachula
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +𝟓𝟎𝟑 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟒 𝟔𝟓𝟒𝟖
- elcondorinternacional@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tapachula to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- info@ticabus.com
- Website
- ticabus.com
Bus from Tapachula to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
Bus from El Salvador to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Alajuela to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $176
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Playas del Coco
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $211
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Sky Harbor International Airport to Tucson Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $134
- Website
- https://airportshuttleofphoenix.com
- Phone
- +1 267 248 0844
- info@iskratravel.com
- Website
- iskratravel.com
Shuttle from Managua Airport to San Juan del Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $80
- Website
- https://iskratravel.com/
- Phone
- +1 586 310 8389
- info@easyridecostarica.com
- Website
- easyridecostarica.com
Shuttle from Managua Airport to San Juan del Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $179
- Schedules at
- easyridecostarica.com
- Phone
- +506 2750 0626
- info@caribeshuttle.com
- Website
- caribeshuttle.com
Shuttle from San Juan del Sur to Plaza Santa Rosa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
Shuttle from Nosara to Playas del Coco
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Playas del Coco
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Los Angeles to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $340–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Managua to San Juan del Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Estimated price
- $70–90
Yellow Cab AZ
- Phone
- +1 480-888-8888
- Website
- yellowcabaz.com
VIP Taxi
- Phone
- +1 602-300-3000
- Website
- viptaxi.com
Downtown Taxi
- Phone
- +1 602-800-2417
- Website
- downtowntaxi0.godaddysites.com
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