September 9, 2019

New airfield shoots visitation
And arrival of flights to drake

• from January to July, 12.727 passengers arrived, almost twice as much as reported throughout 2018.

• Average operations per month went up from 89 to 281, since the facilities were inaugurated last January.

• “we are seeing the positive effects of investment in infrastructure in the development of the economy and the growth of tourism for the benefit of the people of the area”, said guillmo hoppe, director general of civil aviation.

Tourism and economic revival in the drake district, South of the osa peninsula, begins to be dynamism after the positive increase in the amount of operations and passengers reported since the entry into operation of Drake’s new airfield, last January .

As explained by the director general of civil aviation, Guillermo Hoppe, the number of passengers using the facilities of the new drake airfield in the first seven months of this year is 12.727, almost twice as much as recorded in all 2018 That was from 6.525.

On average monthly, the visitation tripled from 543 in the year before 1.818 January to July of this year.

Hoppe added that the amount of flights entering and leaving drake in the first six months of 2019 is 1.686, while the registered in 2018 was 1.073. on average monthly, operations went up from 89 At 281.
” we are able to positively impact the lives of many people through projects that enhance the tourist and economic reactivation of rural areas.

We consider that the visitation to the area will be increased even more, which comes to prove that the investment in aeronautical infrastructure carried out by the technical council of civil aviation with own resources, is dynamic the economy of the country “, he said with enthusiasm hoppe.
He added that “the connectivity and reduction of times of displacement with the modernization of the country’s airfields will make the experience of visitors better, so that they stay for longer in our territory and motivate them to return”.

He stressed that operational security, user care, resource optimization, continuous improvement and innovation will remain the fundamental pillars of institutional management.

The investment made in the modernization of Drake’s airfield ascended to the ₡ 3.400 million from own resources of the technical Civil Aviation Council (Cetac) General Directorate of civil aviation.

This air terminal consists of an area of 260 m2 to house about 162 people. Within the improvements that were made highlights the specific extension of the landing track (from 10 to 18 meters wide and 770 m to 1004 m long), the construction of a platform of Parking for three type b aircraft and the improvement of security stripes and perimeter mesh.
Like Drake, in order to bring development to the south area, important investments have been made in the aerodromes of palmar sur, pérez zeledón and golfito.