The airport is at the village of Corozalito, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of Punta Islita.

It is the main access to a series of secluded beaches in southern Nicoya Peninsula.

The airport is owned by a private administrator and currently has four weekly scheduled flights from San José and Nosara.

On December 31, 2017, a plane operated by Nature Air crashed shortly after takeoff from Punta Islita.

These data show number of passengers movements into the airport, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Costa Rica's Statistical Yearbooks.