For years, one of the best seats in Nosara has been the second row seat in the Sansa prop plane, which gives an unexcelled view of the last-second ‘hop-over’ maneuver required to clear the trees at the end of the runway on approach, before the pilot cuts the engine completely and dives for the concrete. Rookie Sansa co-pilots with cheap dark sunglasses have been sweating this move for years – but soon no more.

KLM has contracted with NOB to extend the runway another 750 feet in order to allow their Airbus 330 to land here in Nosara. As part of the agreement – negotiated by a coalition of local business owners and the Nosara Conservation Alliance (NCA)  – eight houses will be leveled, the trees will be cut, five families will be relocated to Santa Cruz, and Mi Abuela relocated to the pet store locale between Rinde Mas and the Italian market. This well-tuned demographic refinement will allow pilots and the Airbus A330 a larger margin of error while the landing is being worked out in the first years.

Contacted for comment, Sansa Airlines had this to say: “We welcome our colleagues from KLM to beautiful Nosara, and have worked out a pilot sharing agreement =that will significantly lower their initial costs.”

Rumors abound that Prendas Loria has been tapped to design the new KLM frequent flier lounge at the Nosara Airport. As many of our readers know, the current concrete building next to the runway was designed by Donald Loria when he was just 23 years old, and was hailed by critics worldwide as a triumph in Costa Rican minimalism.