There are 8 ways to get from Stafford to Costa Rica by plane, train, or taxi
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Fly Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MAN - SJO
18h 53m$524–852Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Stafford to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane BHX - SJO
34h 7m$318–1,243Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Stafford to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LGW - SJO
15h 58m$575–1,202Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Stafford to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LHR - SJO
18h 15m$541–1,193Train, train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Stafford to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Leedstrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LBA - SJO
22h 9m$457–1,621Train to Liverpool, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Stafford to Liverpool South Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LPL - SJO
21h 35m$361–1,368Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Stafford to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LTN - SJO
18h 14m$360–1,301Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Quepos La Managua Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Stafford to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane LGW - XQP
- Take the taxi from Quepos-Airport-XQP to San Isidrotaxi
30h 31m$594–1,460
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Stafford to Costa Rica is to fly which costs $500 - $850 and takes 18h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Stafford to Costa Rica is to train and fly which takes 15h 58m and costs $550 - $1,200.
The distance between Stafford and Costa Rica is 8663 km.
It takes approximately 18h 53m to get from Stafford to Costa Rica, including transfers.
Costa Rica is 7h behind Stafford. It is currently 10:49 AM in Stafford and 3:49 AM in Costa Rica.
There are 749+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Stafford, England and Costa Rica?
Virgin Atlantic, Delta, and three other airlines fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) 3 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Liverpool to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Liverpool to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 46m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 31m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Liverpool to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Liverpool to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 46m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 31m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Toronto, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Montreal, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via New York JFK, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 51m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 21m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 4m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 58m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
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
- jetblue.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dublin, Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 51m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,000
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–28
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $17–45
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–160
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–65
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.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
- $24–40
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–28
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
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