Assignments are offered, never assigned. The desk sends the routing, the timings and the fee for one specific trip out of SJO, and you accept it or you do not. Living 3 hours 34 minutes from the terminal simply means you see more of them, because the offers go out in order of who can physically make the flight.
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On Board Courier, Limón
Courier assignments for people based in Limón, Limón Province. The drive to SJO is 3 hours 34 minutes, the flight is booked and paid before you leave, and applying costs nothing.
OnBoard Courier is a United Arab Emirates company, contracted by ICSL FZE and run from Dubai. A city named on this site is a place we cover and route through, not a separate company in that city. Assignments are contracted under UAE law, and the terms are published in full under legal and policies.
Based inLimón, Limón Province
Nearest gateSJO · San José
Drive to the aircraft174 km · 3 hours 34 minutes
Nonstop from SJO35 airports
EngagementFreelance · per assignment
Fee per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600
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Applying is free. Freelance · self-employed ·
posted 7 September 2026 · open until 7 March 2027
What the work pays
The fee for an assignment is agreed with you in writing before you accept it. These are the figures the site publishes, and what the desk covers on top of them.
Top published feeAED 2,000The highest fee the site shows for a single assignment: sealed medical samples in a cooled case, Dubai to Singapore.
Published band, per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600A document pouch to London is AED 1,200, an aircraft part to Frankfurt AED 1,500, an escorted watch on the Berlin lane AED 1,800.
What the flight costs youAED 0The desk books and pays the ticket, the transfers and, where the routing needs it, the hotel. A courier never fronts the fare.
The one payment you makeAED 199, returnedThe Academy, paid once. It comes back in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. Applying itself is free.
Fees vary with the lane, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate, so the desk quotes each assignment individually rather than pretending one number fits every trip. You are self-employed and there is no minimum: accept or decline whatever you like, and declining costs you nothing. Earnings are paid per delivery by bank transfer, they appear in your courier portal, and you can request a payout once the balance reaches AED 200. Apply and see the flight board.
You fly as a passengerOne consignment in the cabin, one handover against signature. No warehouse, no van, no round.
The desk books and pays the ticketFlight, transfers and, where the routing needs it, a hotel are booked before you leave for the airport.
Paid per assignmentA fee agreed in writing before you accept, paid to your bank account after the signature. Applying is free.
How to start, in four steps
1
Apply once
One application covers every country desk. Tell us which passports you hold and where you can travel.
2
Verification and the Academy
Identity and background check, then a short course on customs, handovers and chain of custody.
3
Your first offer
The desk sends the routing, the dates and the fee in writing. You accept or decline, nothing is automatic.
4
Fly, hand over, get paid
Collect, board, clear customs in person, hand over against signature, and the fee is paid to your account.
The assignment
You travel light and you travel as yourself. Passport, phone, the consignment and whatever you need for one or two nights away from Limón. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of MAD, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. The drive from Limón to SJO is 3 hours 34 minutes, and the desk builds the timings around it rather than around the timetable alone.
Getting to the aircraft from Limón
The airports a courier in Limón can actually use are listed below, nearest first by driving time. SJO leads at 3 hours 34 minutes and 174 km.
A 3 hours 34 minutes drive changes how an assignment out of Limón is planned rather than whether it happens. The notice is longer, and the desk pays for a room by SJO when the departure is early. SJO is the whole of the Limón picture: 35 nonstop destinations, 3 hours 34 minutes of road, and no fallback gate within reach.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJO | San José Juan Santamaria | 174 km | 3 hours 34 minutes | 35 |
Limón is a city of 63,000 people in Limón Province, and the clock there runs 10 hours behind the Emirates all year. Road distances are measured driving routes rather than straight lines, and nonstop counts come from the scheduled route data this site publishes. Only airports this site publishes a scheduled nonstop board for are listed, so a smaller field nearer Limón may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What SJO reaches without a change
Nonstop reach decides how quickly a consignment leaves Limón. SJO serves 35 airports directly in 15 countries, and these are the routes with the most departures.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTY | Tocumen | Tocumen | about 12 departures a day | 2 operators: Avianca, Copa Airlines |
| SAL | Santa Clara | Santa Clara El Salvador | about 5 departures a day | 1 operator: Avianca |
| MEX | Mexico City | Mexico City Licenciado Benito Juarez | about 4 departures a day | 3 operators: Avianca, Aeromexico |
| BOG | Bogotá | Bogotá El Dorado | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: Avianca |
| GUA | Guatemala City | Guatemala City La Aurora | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: Avianca, Copa Airlines |
| IAH | Houston | Houston George Bush | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: United Airlines |
| XQP | Quepos | Quepos Managua | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator |
| MIA | Miami | Miami | about 2 departures a day | 2 operators: Avianca, American Airlines |
| MCO | Orlando | Orlando | about 2 departures a day | 3 operators: JetBlue, Southwest Airlines |
| MAD | Madrid | Madrid Adolfo Suárez-Barajas | about one departure a day | 2 operators: Iberia |
Counting every airport a courier in Limón can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 35 airports. Frequencies are average daily flights and change with the season, so the desk checks the live schedule before it offers you anything.
What moves out of Limón
This site keeps a public register of industrial sites for some airports, and SJO is not one of them. Rather than guess, the honest statement is that assignments from Limón are driven by deadlines rather than by any one factory: contracts, components, samples and valuables.
Why a courier in Limón is useful to the desk
The desk would rather use a courier who already lives in Limón than fly one in. It costs less, it is faster, and it removes an entire positioning flight into SJO from the timeline. That is the whole commercial case for keeping names in Limón, 3 hours 34 minutes from SJO.
The Gulf routing out of SJO is a connection, and the desk plans it as one. From Limón the best single change is Madrid (MAD), and MAD to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 19h 15m gate to gate, so an assignment between Limón and the Emirates is planned as a connecting itinerary and the desk books the whole thing on one ticket.
The nearest other cities on the Costa Rica list
Show the 3 closest, and how far each is from Limón
All 4 Costa Rica cities are listed on the Costa Rica courier desk, which stays the general application for the country.
The engagement, and who we are looking for
The engagement
- Type: freelance, self-employed. You are an independent courier accepting individual assignments, not an employee, and you decide which ones you take.
- Where it runs: assignments are flown out of SJO, between Costa Rica and wherever the consignment is going, with the return leg agreed per mission.
- Hours: variable. An assignment is a single trip, not a shift or a roster.
- How you are paid: a fee per completed assignment, agreed in writing before you accept it. The fees published on this site run from AED 1,200 for a document pouch to AED 2,000 for a cooled medical consignment, and the figure for your assignment reflects the lane, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate.
- What the desk pays: the flight, the transfers and, where the routing needs it, the hotel. A courier never pays for the ticket and never fronts the fare.
- Applying is free. No payment is required to apply, to be screened or to be placed on the courier list. The Academy costs AED 199, paid once, and is returned in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. It is the only payment a courier ever makes to us.
What we look for
- A passport with comfortable remaining validity and free pages, and the right to enter the country on the routing. The desk checks the visa position for your specific passport before any assignment is offered.
- A clean background check and a willingness to be verified. Couriers carry other people’s property.
- Availability at short notice, and a realistic view of the 3 hours 34 minutes drive to SJO. Most assignments are confirmed hours, not days, before departure.
- Presentable, calm and articulate at a customs counter. The consignment is only as smooth as the person carrying it.
- A working phone, reachable on the number you gave us, for the whole assignment.
What we provide
- The ticket. Always. A courier never pays for the flight and never fronts the fare.
- The paperwork, prepared before you reach SJO, and a named contact at the desk on both ends.
- A briefing on the consignment, the consignee and what the customs position at the far end looks like.
- A fee per completed assignment, agreed with you in advance and paid by bank transfer after the handover.
Questions about the Limón list
01How far is Limón from SJO?
A measured 174 km and about 3 hours 34 minutes from Limón to SJO. The desk works back from the check in deadline, so the leaving time it gives you will look early and is meant to.
02What can I reach from Limón without a change of aircraft?
SJO serves 35 airports nonstop across 15 countries with 22 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Limón can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 35 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Limón to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Limón the best single change is Madrid (MAD), and MAD to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 19h 15m gate to gate, so an assignment between Limón and the Emirates is planned as a connecting itinerary and the desk books the whole thing on one ticket.
04Do I have to live in the UAE to be on this list?
No. Living 3 hours 34 minutes from SJO is the qualification. If the desk only wanted people in Dubai it would not keep a Limón list at all.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Applying from Limón is free and stays free. One payment exists in the whole process, the AED 199 Academy, and that amount is added back on top of the fee for your first completed assignment.
06How is my fee agreed?
The desk sends the routing, the timing and the fee for that specific assignment in writing. You accept or decline it. Nothing is deducted or charged without your written agreement.
Apply to fly out of SJO
Join the Limón list and see the offers as they come. The desk works Limón Province through SJO, and the fee is written down before you agree to anything.
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