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Fort Lauderdale to San José (Alajuela)

1 operator run this water, from 2 h 48.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

JetBlue Airways, Spirit Airlines FLL → SJO 1838 km non-stop 320 in the air 4 h 18 est. rate not held 657 km/h average

Other ways to reach San José (Alajuela)

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach San José (Alajuela) without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

La Fortuna – San José (Alajuela) 35 min CAL Cargo Air Lines
Quepos – San José (Alajuela) 35 min CAL Cargo Air Lines
Tortuguero – San José (Alajuela) 36 min CAL Cargo Air Lines
Liberia – San José (Alajuela) 42 min American Airlines
Nicoya – San José (Alajuela) 42 min CAL Cargo Air Lines
Puntarenas – San José (Alajuela) 42 min CAL Cargo Air Lines
Golfito – San José (Alajuela) 44 min CAL Cargo Air Lines
Puerto Jimenez – San José (Alajuela) 44 min CAL Cargo Air Lines
Isla Colón – San José (Alajuela) 47 min CAL Cargo Air Lines
Managua – San José (Alajuela) 54 min CAL Cargo Air Lines

And other ways to reach Fort Lauderdale

Hollywood Amtrak Station – Fort Lauderdale 14 min Amtrak
Deerfield Beach Amtrak Station – Fort Lauderdale 17 min Amtrak
South Bimini – Fort Lauderdale 37 min Silver Airways (3M)
Freeport – Fort Lauderdale 42 min Bahamasair, Balearia Caribbean
Orlando – Fort Lauderdale 51 min Silver Airways (3M)
Treasure Cay – Fort Lauderdale 51 min Silver Airways (3M)
Nassau – Fort Lauderdale 52 min Bahamasair
Marsh Harbour – Fort Lauderdale 53 min Silver Airways (3M)
Tampa – Fort Lauderdale 54 min AirTran Airways
North Eleuthera – Fort Lauderdale 57 min Silver Airways (3M)

Where else these quays go

Also from Fort Lauderdale

Aguadilla · Albany · Amsterdam · Asheville · Atlanta · Atlantic City · Austin · Baltimore · Barcelona · Bimini · Bogota · Boston · Bridgetown · Buenos Aires

Also from San José (Alajuela)

Atlanta · Bogota · Charlotte · Chicago · Dallas-Fort Worth · Denver · Dulles · Golfito · Guatemala City · Houston · Isla Colón · La Fortuna · Liberia · Lima

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Fort Lauderdale–San José (Alajuela) crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.