Find flights
Deals
When to book
FAQs & Tips
Airlines

Find cheap flights from Atlanta to Costa Rica from $110

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Atlanta to Costa Rica departing on 5/20. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
1 adult
0 bags
Sat 5/18
Sat 5/25

Search hundreds of travel sites at once for deals on flights to Costa Rica

In the last 7 days travelers have searched 44,553,814 times on KAYAK, and here is why:

Save 22% or moreCompare multiple travel sites with one search.

Track pricesNot ready to book? Create a price alert for when prices drop.

Filter your dealsChoose cabin class, free Wi-Fi and more.

Bundle and saveSave money when you bundle your flight + hotel.

Best Costa Rica Flight Deals

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

San José
San José1 stop$186
Liberia
Liberianonstop$534

Good to know

Low season

October

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$110
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 1% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 14% increase in price.
Flight from Atlanta to San José

FAQs - booking Costa Rica flights

  • Which airlines fly from Atlanta to Costa Rica?

    United Airlines, Delta, American Airlines, JetBlue, Frontier, and Spirit Airlines operate from Atlanta to Costa Rica and are the leading flight providers. They offer different onboard services depending on the flight and the flight ticket you book.

  • Which is the cheapest route from Atlanta to Costa Rica?

    Atlanta to Costa Rica via San Jose is the cheapest route when traveling from Atlanta to Costa Rica. However, you should check the days when the flight follows this route before booking. Again, the flight ticket price varies depending on the time of booking.

  • Which airlines offer direct flights from Atlanta to Costa Rica?

    Delta is the only airline that offers direct flights to Costa Rica. Thus, it takes a shorter time to reach Juan Santamaria International Airport. This is your best choice if you need to get to your destination faster. The other airlines make one or two stops along the way and take longer to reach the final destination. These are the best choices if you want to have fun and adventure along your journey.

  • Which is the leading airline from Atlanta to Costa Rica?

    JetBlue is the highest-rated airline offering services between this route. It’s comfortable, has a friendly crew, and offers onboard entertainment.

  • What are the legal requirements for car seats in Costa Rica?

    Car seats for children are mandatory in Costa Rica. The law requires toddlers to children aged 12 years to sit in car seats or booster seats for safety. Therefore, you should be careful when choosing a rental car from the airport to avoid violating the law. If found sandwiching your kids in a car or carrying your baby on your lap, you can get fined.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Atlanta to Costa Rica?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Atlanta to Costa Rica.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Atlanta to Costa Rica?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Costa Rica from Atlanta is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Atlanta to Costa Rica?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Costa Rica with an airline and back to Atlanta with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Atlanta to Costa Rica?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Costa Rica from Atlanta up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

See more FAQs

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Costa Rica

  • Morning departure is around 37% more expensive than an evening flight, on average*.
  • Flights from Atlanta to Costa Rica depart from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. This airport has showers where travelers can freshen up before departure. It also provides wheelchair services. All you need to do is submit a special request to receive unique services to get in and off the plane.
  • Flights from Atlanta to Costa Rica also serve airports in Liberia and San Jose cities. However, flight ticket prices vary among flights arriving in these cities.
  • After arriving at Juan Santamaria International Airport, you can use elevators after a long flight. There are luggage carriers, especially if you have a piece of heavy luggage.
  • You can book a direct flight from Atlanta to Costa Rica. However, some airlines offer indirect flight services. Direct flights fly nonstop, while indirect flights make one or two stops in major cities during the journey.
  • Many airlines fly via Liberia or San Jose to the Costa Rica route. They arrive in various terminals of different arrival airports. Most of these airports have storage lockers where passengers can store luggage for a certain period of time.
  • Citizens of the United States of America don’t require a visa to enter Costa Rica. You only need a valid passport during entry and a return ticket when exiting Costa Rica. However, these documents are only valid for 90 days.
  • You can book the cheapest route by booking a flight offering indirect services. Not only is an indirect route cheaper, but you can also enjoy historical attractions. If you book a flight making a changeover, you’ll enjoy some adventure along your trip.
See more tips
*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

Top 5 airlines serving from Atlanta to Costa Rica

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Atlanta to Costa Rica? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 11104 reviews
8.0entertainment
7.9comfort
8.6crew
8.2boarding
7.5food
Airline reviews

I usually have a positive experience with Delta. Complimentary upgrades are always nice!

10.0 ExcellentShayla, Apr 2024ATL - ORD
Read more about Delta reviews

I usually have a positive experience with Delta. Complimentary upgrades are always nice!

The experience was good and the flight departed on time and landed early

Boarding was good, was able to get on early and get settled in . Loved the glass of wine before take off. Once in the air the service was amazing, from the snacks, drinks and the food was good. The flight attendants were very good and attentive. Love flying with Delta..

On 2 different flights the wifi was horrible and there was no drink or snack service.

Inflight entertainment stopped working as we taxi to runway and never worked again until landing and taxi to gate. Grrrr

Boarding was a sh!t show. JFK BOARDING was awful. The agent called three sections at a time Clogging the area then yelling at people to not block the walk way. How are you going to call delta one , premium select and comfort plus at once and the yell at highest paying passengers. Need to do a lot better and the flight attendants in the galley need to understand that their voices travel. They were talking about others and everyone in the cabin heard them

Please see my lengthy description on MSP to Atlanta survey. Tailbone is killing me from old hard seats. Seat would not recline and were not near exit row. Entertainment did not work properly and couldn’t use. No audio and touch screen failed. 3 plus hours of discomfort in narrower seats than previous flight not in comfort plus. Very dissatisfied and deserve comfort plus charges refunds, at the very least, for both my wife and I. The plane needs to be retired. Please feel free to contact me directly for further details.

I had a great travel experience as there weren't any delays and I was able to get to Mexico City on time for conference.

Quick flight on older aircraft. Sat in last row…really noisy. No video available

Terrible. Delta delays caused us to miss our flight and they did nothing to fix it.

Terrible. Flight was cancelled due to the weather in the east and sout east(florida). Did not get any compesation of any kind. According to them, it was not under their control so I lost all the money paid for the 2 fairs from Raleigh, NC to Orlando, Fl.

great flight. Pilot was communicative, flight attendants were excellent. Really nice experience except my tv didn’t work.

Overall, the flight was better than the flight I took to go to Florida, which had a bunch of problems. The crew is really nice and the plane was new so it had a small problem when we were on the runway, but the flight itself was great. They even made some time back up, which is always a good thing.

at the time for boarding the lady just call Group A and no other goups and everybody from A to F go inside without the right turn,and when we get in theres no more spsce for carry on , the ones that get in at not correct group from the back occupy our space !!!!! a mess !!!!

There were multiple delays but JetBlue tried to make the boarding and departure process as quick and efficient as possible. The crew was as detached from reality as could be, meaning: not very friendly and just doing things by the numbers.

I had back trouble prior to my flight and everyone was great about helping me.

Jetblue needs to improve on Onboarding as it seems to always be behind on departing. It never leaves on time. I would recommend to have an earlier Onboarding in order to leave on time and respect your customers time as well.

40 minute delay before take off after boarding flight. Bright lights throughout night flight due Issues with light panels. In flight Entertainment nonfunctional

Everything was good except for deplaning in NY. Took way too long!!

Jet Blue keeps getting iit wrong. 4 hour mechanical delay followed by terrible boarding experience. This is my third horrific jet blue flight in 2024. I am going to try to avoid this loser in the sky

i suspect i caught flu on this flight as i could hear someone coughing a few rows back and ended up with flu a few days later. also tiresome to have to watch movies on my device by holding up smartphone screen, would have liked to have in seat display.

Flight was fine. It took an unusually long time to have baggage delivered to the carousel in ORD.

No problems with flight. Even though I had a short layover in DFW, I was still able to easily make my connection.

American Airlines continues to price it can provide the least comfortable passenger experience in the air. This legacy carrier rivals the budgets for both terrible seats and inadequate amenities. I am a 5’7” woman who is not wider than a coach seat (even on these narrow bodied aircraft). My 3.5 hour flight was terribly uncomfortable because the leg room is inadequate (my knees hit the seat on front of me even when it was not reclined); the seat barely reclines; and the foam padding is worn thin to the extent one can feel the metal supports of the seat. Add to this the fact that the aisle is super narrow, so that the drink cart literally scrapes the arm rest of the aisle seat. It’s basically torture.

Food options were limited which is absolutely embarrassing for a Flight of this size The staff did not come around as much and I am not accustomed to such poor service from American Airlines Drinks I believe were limited to soda and water

Plane took off without me, my stepdad and a dozen other passengers. It went from an hour delay to boarding in 15 montures without notifying anyone. Names were not called overhead. Now I’m missing a day of work and stuck in Charolette overnight paying for a hotel and Ubers out of pocket

I arrived to the airport 2 hours before my American Airlines flight was scheduled to take off. I have TSA pre-check. The airport was crazy packed when I arrived. After momentarily standing in the pre-check line, the TSA agent said that I am not pre-check. Of course I said that I am because I entered my KTN number on all my traveling sites and programs. I had to get out of line and go back to the AA counter to discover that American Airlines did not add my KTN to my boarding pass. I had to call TSA to find out my number, then have AA enter it onto my boarding pass. The emblem would not load onto my boarding pass. By this time, I decided to use my Clear in order to get through TSA but the line was ridiculous long. By the time I made through TSA, I missed my 11:08am flight and was re-booked for the 5:30pm. This is after the AA employee told me I should have gotten to the airport early. AA use to be a dependable airline not I use them only if I have too.

Average - flew with Jet Blue internal and it was far more comfortable and better food and entertainment. Notable difference

Flight from SBP to DFW 1. They rerouted us through PHX 2. Delayed flight out of SBP for 3 hrs so we missed our connection Downgrade on rerouted flight. Back of the plane, center seats, didn't sit together 4. Return flight out of DFW same exact thing. Delayed, missed connection, Downgrade + they lost our luggage! A complete mess.

On the new 319 NEO? seatback entertainment system did not work even when the flight attendant rebooted it. At least I had my cell phone to connect with wifi.

On time and fast. Overall it was a pleasant experience.

The weight limit per bag was really low - 40 lbs - so we had to pay extra. Then, they said their carry on size was 14x18x8, and we measured our bag very carefully. It was within the limit, yet they said it was too big, so we ended up paying an extra $100 for that too!! So it wasn’t the cheap flight we thought it would be. Then, they moved up our initial flight to depart 3 hours earlier which meant we had to be out on the road by 7 am and then have a 6 hour layover and we got home at 2am. It was a grueling day. I won’t be flying with them again.

Overall it was a good experience. Stewards were very kind and professional. The departure and arrival times were as promised. Plane was clean.

The seat are terrible. Don’t even think of sleeping on a Spirit flight. The kids that run the plane aka flight attendants are pretty rude and straight forward. They get the job done but without class.

No frills, limited comfort, no food, no entertainment, but fine

Flight was late taking off. I think the crew and pilots did a good job. It definitely worked for me. I would fly spirit again thank you.

Never made it to Atlanta due to the horrible policy of having to be at the gate 1 hour prior to departure. I was at the airport and the plane had not left Baltimore, but was not allowed to board.

Flight left very close to original projected time. Paid for checked bag weight overage (my fault). Plane was literally brand new & this was its 2nd flight. Seats were alittle uncomfortable (I'm 5'11 * 175lbs and was alittle cramped, & brand new seats had little cushion). Food options were good. Main thing was flight took off & landed on time.

Flight left very close to original projected time. Plane was literally brand new & this was its 2nd flight. Seats were alittle uncomfortable (I'm 5'11 * 175lbs and was alittle cramped, & brand new seats had little cushion). Food options were good. Main thing was flight took off & landed on time.

Horrible experience. 1st we were over an hour late. 2nd waited to board for 2hrs 3rd got off/on plane 2 times 4th each time we got on the plane we sat in rhe plane for 1 to 2 hours with no updated or water 5th we were given literally 4 different answers as to why we werent in the air yet

Not have to pay for every single item to take a flight. Seating and delays sucked.

Flight was cancelled and I had to spend the night in the airport lugging my suitcase around

If you don’t check in 24 hours in advance, they will charge you $110 to check your bag instead of the $30. I did not get an email with this information and did not check in. In addition, my flight home was cancelled at layover and I had to spend the night in the airport, and then have another layover at another airport before making it home. Will not fly frontier again.

Terrible. Seats are bad and the baggage policy is inconsistent

Flight delayed 3 times, resulting in late arrival, rental car place gave car away resulting in increased BS charges because I was late. Frontier blows.

I paid for extra leg room. The flimsy plastic seat underneath the floatation seat did not line up with the arm rests. It seemed as if the plastic part was zip tied on but immovable. This caused severe uncomfortable for the duration of the flight.

Left Denver late, then sat on tarmac 30 min after arrival

Better than I expected but I did pay for a seat and carry on bags ahead of time.

Crew members are very rude and not cooperate with passengers.

30 minute delay due to boarding and settling of a family.

Book cheap flights from Atlanta to Costa Rica

Recent round-trip flight deals

5/8Wed
1 stopSpirit Airlines
15h 36mATL-SJO
5/15Wed
1 stopSpirit Airlines
27h 03mSJO-ATL
$186
5/8Wed
1 stopSpirit Airlines
15h 36mATL-SJO
5/14Tue
1 stopSpirit Airlines
7h 54mSJO-ATL
$187
5/9Thu
nonstopFrontier
4h 01mATL-SJO
5/12Sun
nonstopFrontier
4h 13mSJO-ATL
$204
6/9Sun
nonstopFrontier
4h 09mATL-SJO
6/20Thu
nonstopFrontier
4h 06mSJO-ATL
$206
7/9Tue
nonstopDelta
3h 58mATL-LIR
12/11Wed
nonstopDelta
4h 07mLIR-ATL
$534
7/12Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
6h 14mATL-LIR
7/17Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
16h 15mLIR-ATL
$543
5/15Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
8h 30mATL-LIR
5/21Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 28mLIR-ATL
$546
5/15Wed
nonstopDelta
3h 55mATL-LIR
5/21Tue
nonstopDelta
3h 58mLIR-ATL
$558
5/13Mon
1 stopJetBlue
8h 15mATL-LIR
6/20Thu
1 stopJetBlue
15h 51mLIR-ATL
$561
6/7Fri
1 stopJetBlue
15h 39mATL-LIR
6/15Sat
1 stopJetBlue
16h 16mLIR-ATL
$611

Search by stops

Search by airline

Search by price

Recent one-way flight deals

5/20Mon
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
16h 39mATL-SJO
$110
6/1Sat
1 stopSpirit Airlines
5h 47mATL-SJO
$111
5/22Wed
1 stopSpirit Airlines
11h 47mATL-SJO
$112
5/16Thu
3 stopsSpirit Airlines
28h 43mATL-SJO
$114
7/14Sun
1 stopCopa Airlines
17h 42mATL-SJO
$201
4/25Thu
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
11h 58mATL-SJO
$204
5/23Thu
nonstopFrontier
4h 06mATL-SJO
$218
7/15Mon
nonstopDelta
3h 58mATL-LIR
$297
7/15Mon
1 stopAmerican Airlines
8h 20mATL-LIR
$300
7/14Sun
nonstopDelta
3h 58mATL-LIR
$343

Search by stops

Search by airline

Search by price

Last minute flights from Atlanta to Costa Rica

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

4/23Tue
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
7h 11mATL-SJO
4/23Tue
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
16h 43mSJO-ATL
$243
4/23Tue
multi-stop
22h 36mATL-SJO
4/25Thu
nonstop
4h 13mSJO-ATL
$247
4/23Tue
multi-stop
22h 36mATL-SJO
4/26Fri
multi-stop
23h 52mSJO-ATL
$258
4/23Tue
multi-stop
22h 36mATL-SJO
4/26Fri
multi-stop
23h 52mSJO-ATL
$259
4/23Tue
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
26h 38mATL-SJO
4/24Wed
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
6h 27mSJO-ATL
$260
4/21Sun
nonstopFrontier
4h 01mATL-SJO
3/23Sun
nonstopFrontier
4h 00mSJO-ATL
$413
4/20Sat
nonstopDelta
4h 01mATL-SJO
4/24Wed
nonstopDelta
4h 13mSJO-ATL
$668
4/19Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
6h 12mATL-LIR
4/22Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 00mLIR-ATL
$731
4/19Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 08mATL-LIR
4/22Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
15h 47mLIR-ATL
$734
4/22Mon
nonstopDelta
4h 03mATL-SJO
4/25Thu
nonstopDelta
4h 13mSJO-ATL
$914

Search by stops

Search by airline

Search by price

Atlanta - Costa Rica Flights

Departure:

Atlanta (ATL)United States

Return flight deals:

Costa Rica - Atlanta

Cabin classes:

$1,957
$1,159
$233