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Cheap Flights from New York to Costa Rica

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
San José
San José3 stops$272
Liberia
Liberianonstop$311
San José
San José3 stops$272
Liberia
Liberianonstop$311

Book Cheap New York to Costa Rica Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from New York to Costa Rica that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from New York to Costa Rica

Wed, Mar 4 - Wed, Mar 11
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 11:40 am
LGA
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SJO
28h 40m
3 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:05 am - 8:00 pm
SJO
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LGA
10h 55m
1 stop
$272Multiple Airlines
Tue, May 19 - Tue, May 26
Avianca Logo
3:35 am - 11:30 am
JFK
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SJO
9h 55m
1 stop
Avianca Logo
3:10 pm - 2:05 am
SJO
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JFK
8h 55m
1 stop
$272Avianca
Thu, May 7 - Mon, May 11
United Airlines Logo
8:20 pm - 12:21 pm
LGA
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SJO
18h 01m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
1:25 pm - 12:36 pm
SJO
-
LGA
21h 11m
1 stop
$276United Airlines
Sat, Apr 25 - Sat, May 2
American Airlines Logo
6:34 pm - 1:08 pm
JFK
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SJO
20h 34m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 8:44 pm
SJO
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JFK
12h 14m
1 stop
$276American Airlines
Mon, Mar 9 - Tue, Mar 10
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 11:22 am
LGA
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SJO
7h 22m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
12:31 pm - 11:48 pm
SJO
-
LGA
9h 17m
1 stop
$280Spirit Airlines
Wed, Mar 4 - Sat, Mar 7
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 12:22 pm
LGA
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SJO
7h 22m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
1:31 pm - 11:48 pm
SJO
-
LGA
9h 17m
1 stop
$281Spirit Airlines
Tue, May 5 - Wed, May 13
JetBlue Logo
6:45 pm - 10:14 pm
JFK
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SJO
5h 29mnonstop
JetBlue Logo
11:59 pm - 7:00 am
SJO
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JFK
5h 01mnonstop
$289JetBlue
Tue, Apr 14 - Wed, Apr 22
United Airlines Logo
5:00 pm - 8:19 pm
EWR
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SJO
5h 19mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
12:44 pm - 8:07 pm
SJO
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EWR
5h 23mnonstop
$307United Airlines
Tue, May 5 - Thu, May 14
American Airlines Logo
5:05 am - 11:35 am
EWR
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SJO
8h 30m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
12:10 pm - 10:53 pm
SJO
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EWR
8h 43m
1 stop
$308American Airlines
Thu, May 28 - Tue, Jun 2
JetBlue Logo
8:50 am - 12:15 pm
JFK
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LIR
5h 25mnonstop
JetBlue Logo
1:45 pm - 9:00 pm
LIR
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JFK
5h 15mnonstop
$311JetBlue
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for New York to Costa Rica flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from New York to Costa Rica to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest New York to Costa Rica flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to Costa Rica from New York found in the last 72 hours was to San José, at $263 round-trip. The most popular route is from Newark Airport (EWR) to San José (SJO), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $324.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from New York to Costa Rica?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $414 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from New York to Costa Rica?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from New York to Costa Rica, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from New York to Costa Rica is October, when tickets cost $297 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and April, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $650 and $579 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from New York to Costa Rica?

The average price of all round-trip flights from New York to Costa Rica clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

For New York to Costa Rica, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Friday is the most expensive. Flying from Costa Rica back to New York, the best deals are generally found on Sunday, with Friday being the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from New York to Costa Rica?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from New York to Costa Rica, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from New York to Costa Rica, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 8 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$98
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 19% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 29% increase in price.
Flight from Newark Liberty Airport to San José

FAQs - booking Costa Rica flights

  • What Costa Rica airport should I fly to from New York City?

    Many tourists will visit San Jose because it is the capital of and the largest city in Costa Rica. Juan Santamaria Airport is just 20min from the center of the city. It is also within driving distance of San Ramon, located an hour away. Liberia Airport is about 17min from the city of Liberia. It is in the northwestern region of the country and a short drive from the city of Guardia and popular tourist destinations like Del Coco Beach.

  • How do I get from the airports in Costa Rica into the city?

    There is a bus that goes from Liberia Airport to the heart of the city. The bus picks up outside of the departure lounge and it will take about 27min to get to Liberia. If you'd prefer, you can also hail a taxi to get you to your hotel. For tourists traveling to San Jose Airport, there is a bus that you can catch to San Jose or nearby cities. For ease and convenience, the bus picks up passengers at the Ground Transportation Center, which is across the road from the arrival hall. There is also a taxi stand outside of the airport.

  • Where can I park my car at JFK Airport?

    If you need to park your car while you're traveling to Costa Rica, you can do so in the airport's long-term parking lot. The lot is located on Lefferts Boulevard (exit 18B on Belt Parkway West). Once you park your vehicle, you can take the AirTrain JFK to your terminal.

  • Is there a lounge at San Jose Airport?

    While waiting for your plane to leave San Jose, you can relax in the VIP Lounge. The lounge has a separate bar, comfortable seating and a workstation for individuals traveling on business. You can reach the VIP Lounge just outside of Gate 5. There is a fee for each passenger visiting the lounge.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from New York 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 New York to Costa Rica.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from New York to Costa Rica 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 New York 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 from New York to Costa Rica with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from New York 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 from New York to Costa Rica up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Costa Rica?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Costa Rica is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $419 on average. Morning departures are around 2% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Costa Rica is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $459.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Costa Rica

  • There are just two airports in Costa Rica that offer international flights. This includes the Juan Santamaria/San Jose Airport (SJO) in Alajuela (a suburb of San Jose, Costa Rica) and the Liberia Airport (LIR) in Liberia, Costa Rica.
  • You can fly non-stop to both San Jose and Liberia, Costa Rica from New York City's JFK Airport. If you have a layover on your flight plan, it will likely be in Panama City, Miami, Charlotte, or Atlanta.
  • JFK, New York International Airport is less than an hour from Newark International Airport (EWR). You can also check flights from EWR to Costa Rica.
  • There are car rental agencies at both San Jose Airport and Liberia Airport. At Liberia Airport, the car rental offices are across the street from the airport. You can rent a car at San Jose Airport close to Terminal B.
  • At JFK Airport, there are four different chapels where you can go to pray or meditate, located in Terminal 4. There is one dedicated to the Catholic faith and the others cater to followers of Judaism, Islam and the Protestant faith.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from New York to Costa Rica

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from New York 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.
7.4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 9336 reviews
7.1Entertainment
7.3Comfort
7.7Boarding
8.1Crew
6.6Food
Airline reviews

Once boarding started it was pretty quick. Food was inedible; cold and salty..

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Feb 2026
EWR - EDI
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Once boarding started it was pretty quick. Food was inedible; cold and salty..

Much better than Spirit. I was please by the easy fast check in and boarding

Same thing as flight from Pheonix to Newark. Uograded and Promised extra leg room and when I got to the seat it had none.

Everything except the food and entertainment. It was a great experience though

The attendant on board was amazing. She should be doing business/first international long haul.

Although our flight was delayed the overall boarding process was very smooth and the crew was accommodating.

Perfect flight. Smooth flight. Arrived 20 minutes early at destination. Excellent service.

Aircraft was noisy, old and never dimmed the lights on a night flight even on business class! I flew 17 times on United and probably another 40 on other airlines United USA /Europe flights were the worst to include luggage delayed once going to europe and once coming back

Check how old the airframe is, some older ones have inoperable seat back entertainment or power.

Flight was delayed 8 times. We were sitting at the airport for 14 hours. We got 2 hours of sleep (if that) on what was not meant to be a red-eye.

The gate agent had a really bad attitude and refused to help me get on the standby list. She just handed me a card and said I needed to call a number. I asked her to help with the AA app on my phone and she just shrugged and said she didnt know. After a few phone calls, I eventually just went to a different gate agent on the other side of the terminal and got the help I needed.

One day, I do so hope for a gluten free snack! Seems like with the rest of the world FINALLY figuring out what gluten free is, American Airlines would too. Fingers crossed!!

I would like the crew to talk LESS over the PA and specifically about credit card offers. I am trying to work, sleep, watch a movie and the PA was booming about a credit card offer. Could we go back to the days when the customer was more important than selling a credit card?

There were no TV screens - even in Business class. 5 delays, and only given $12 meal voucher! Terrible!

My seat tv didn’t work the whole trip. And the seat space is too small despite being seated at the front.

On the plus side, crew was attentive, drinks were cold, and in-flight entertainment selection was better than some other airlines. On the negative aide, Plane was delayed almost an hour, either no announcements from the gate crew. Biscoff cookies are gross, appreciate airlines that give a choice. Also, crew had no personality or enthusiasm at all.

Baggage handling poor. Second time this has happened. My bag went to San Francisco instead of Fiji. No apology. Luckily Nadi airport staff are fantastic. My bag arrived in Fiji the next day.

Disliked having to wait a little longer to disembark from the plan when we landed in London

Food should be better quality. Video screens have poor resolution and the library of movies is poor. The other airlines are much better.

They only offered water for Group 6. Awful announcements from the Crew. Couldn't understand a single word. Barely came by for the trash afterwards. Man, I love water for a premium flight. Wow. Water in a cup.

Automated scanning was slow and somewhat haphazard. Too many people were unfamiliar with the tech and were forced to learn on the fly. The hands off approach of the gate staff made it more uncomfortable. This needs work. Overall the flight and cabin crew were excellent.

Crew were fantastic and so catering and wonderful! Full score for the entire crew!

Terrible. They canceled our early morning flight after midnight on the day of and had no available flights to rebook my family on for the next 72 hours. Yet they still had other flights that were not cancelled from JFK so it couldn’t be based on the weather. It felt like they canceled the flight based on it not being profitable enough for them. I am not interested in traveling with the again. The absolute worse customer service and lack of accountability.

First time flying with JetBlue and never again. I went to the counter to request meet and assist because I'm 74 and my wife is 79. I walk with a cane and my wife is handicapped and has her own wheel chair. I told the agent that my wife and luggage was at the entrance door. The ticketing agent said to me that they don't offer meet and assist. I need to bring them our luggage and then go back and get my wife in order to get my boarding pass. As I went back to get my luggage a Southwest agent along with a TSA agent recognized the situation and came over and took my wife and luggage to the JetBlue ticketing counter alongside the line and told the JetBlue agent to issue to take our luggage as soon as they could.

Flight was fine, price was good but food onboard was abysmal. I was on there for breakfast and lunch and dinner 845am EST to 845pm GMT and all I got was a yoghurt parfait, fruit and a piece of cake. Later snacks included an ice-cream brownie and a pizza twist. I was hungry by the time I landed and the airport amenities were closed. Not happy.

Not a pleasant experience, service was poor. Didn't like it

Everything was great. I liked the text updates so that I never miss a gate change & I have all the latest info.

No internet on a flight over three hours in this age is criminal. Staff inattentive and dismissive

Worst flight experience ever flights canceled. JetBlue told us just did not even bother standing in line to come back in one and a half hours then without any information we had to go pick up all of our luggage and spend over $2000 in accommodation just to get home. JetBlue said that the next flight available for us to get home would be three days later. Absolutely absurd hasn’t offered to give us any compensation do not fly JetBlue horrible company. They said it was based on the weather and the weather is great in all locations that we would’ve been flying to total hoax. I think it’s a conspiracy theory.

flight was delayed for hours with no explanation. The plane was a very old aircraft.

It was delayed and I lost my connection flight to Cali and I missed my Mom's funeral

I actually upgraded to the medium level of seats from basic and even doing that it may have been physically the most uncomfortable flight I have ever had. They packed everyone like is a train to death camp. It was a red eye so I hoped to get some sleep but it was physically impossible to find a comfortable way to rest. I met other folks on the same flight and they said the same thing. It was an utterly miserable flight and if I have any other options I will never fly with them again

Provide free food and drinks on an international flight. Add updated head rests

Boarding was late due to the company’s that cleaned the aircraft (very poorly done) and the catering company. The entertainment system was not working for this six hour flight, uncomfortable seats in business (barely any cushion or recline). The airline staff is very good but the planes are horrible and not well maintained.

Deplaning was a mess, I sat in business (seats are horrible) and the front door had a problem so we had to deplane from the rear exit. The stairs were not tall enough to reach so there was a large step down from the plane to the top of the stairs.

Staff are the rudest in the industry … awful customer service … will never fly Avianca again

Pros: we leave and arrive on time Cons: the most uncomfortable seats ever. You cant recline at all your seats. No entertainment No TVs flight attendants didn't provide even a glass of water. You have to go to back of the airplane and ask for one. I am Colombian and I remember seeing the flight attendants very neat, elegants which is or was a staple of Avianca.it was one with tennis shoes, no male up, the hair was messy... that was really odd.

Here we have another airline flying to Guatemala but doesn't have a plus or a less, just in the middle. Why? Well, first we don't have even free water Movie selection is poor Seats don't recline in some places Food selection is carb based Forgot to mention, customer service on the web is the worst. Good things; Very reliable on schedule Kind crew

Last seat of Bussines Class it does recline but passenger seating behind kept pushing since they did not have space once my seat was reclined

I like the crew they're very friendly. I don't like. on five hour flight they not offered snacks. Any drink. Not even coffee

The flight was delayed over an hour which got us into DFW at approximately 2:20 am

Kayak and Spirit could not meaningfully share itinerary data, leading to many hours of remediation.

Do not fly with Spirit. They will leave you canceled if their flight is not 110% booked.

Terrible Flight was cancelled last minute with no other flights available

More comfortable seats, free snacks and soft drinks, some sort of entertainment or WiFi.

They cancelled my flight last minute, forcing me to rebook with another airline.

My flight was at 11:34am at February 4th don’t know the names of the crew, but they were the best, My first great flight. Loved it 😊🥰 Thank you!!

That gate is like a ducking shelter at Newark No where to sit Outlets that don’t work Bathrooms that are dirty

A bottled or canned drink, whether water or soda would have been appreciated upon settling in and flying, without being charged for it.

I waited for 4+ extra hours to even board when i was fighting off a cold. So i was sitting there in the airport with a fever and chills while spirit wasted my time. Then once on the plane we had at least an extra hour of taxiing before and after takeoff. Really poor airline, no amenities to speak of, and a lack of organization that will just ruin your experience.

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