The General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) saw many weaknesses in the way the Tobias Bolaños Airport is being managed that gave cause to irregularities and many times suspicious activities.

So far this year the authorities discovered 27 unauthorized small airplanes in the hangars of the Pavas national airport; also, several cases of airplane owners trying to take fuel from the planes, among other anomalies that are a result of nonexistent or misapplied security protocols that have ended up many times in investigations for possible drug trafficking.

The DGAC has forbidden hangar operators to take out fuel by air or ground transportation or get their fuel from outside sources, users must fill their tanks using exclusively the station located in the airport; they also requested the gates to each hangar to be removed or changed by other installation that allows to have clear visibility of the entire space (only a few have complied at this point), and finally, they requested the evicting of the 27 hangars where they found unauthorized planes.

The airplane hangars are property of the Costa Rican State, but they are offered for the use of companies or private parties in exchange for a pay of $2.7 per square meter every month; users are asked to provide a list of the equipment kept in the hangar, stay up to date with their social security payments and cannot sublet spaces or allow others to use them, however, the DGAC has enough reasons to suspect of many cases of subleases but have not been able to prove it.

The Tobias Bolaños Airport has a total of 94 lots for hangars, out of which only 82 are currently occupied.

In the past year the authorities have proceeded with the request of eviction of the 27 hangars where they found unauthorized planes or helicopters, but out of this list, only four processes have been completed .