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FAQs - booking El Salvador flights

  • Is it possible to find direct flights to El Salvador?

    Traveling from the United States, it’s possible to find nonstop routes to the Central American country of El Salvador. These direct flights arrive at El Salvador Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport (SAN) in San Salvador, the country’s capital. There are year-round nonstop flights with Avianca Airline and others, from Los Angeles Airport (LAX), San Francisco Airport (SFO), Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Dulles International Airport (IAD) in Washington DC, among others.

  • What are the common stopover options for flights from the US to El Salvador?

    Most flights from the US to El Salvador have one or two layovers en route. The layover options for these flights vary depending on your departure city and airline. If you’re flying from New York (JFK) to SAL with American Airlines, you will have your stop in Miami (MIA) while those flying with Delta should expect a stop in Atlanta (ATL). Other airlines flying this route have a common layover in Tocumen Panama City (PTY). Most airlines flying from San Francisco (SFO) have common stops in Houston (IAH), Los Angeles (LAX), PTY, and San Jose (SJO).

  • Do you need a visa to travel to El Salvador?

    As a U.S. citizen, you are not required to obtain a tourist visa prior to your trip to El Salvador as long as your visit does not exceed 90 days. However, all U.S. citizens not born in El Salvador must purchase a tourist card upon their arrival at El Salvador Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport (SAN) in San Salvador. You can expect to pay about $12 for the tourist card.

  • Is Salvador Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport accessible?

    Yes, El Salvador International Airport is an accessible facility. All airlines flying through the airport run their wheelchair assistance program. You can request wheelchair assistance services from your airline by visiting its check-in counters or using any airport assistance phone to call them. The airport also offers accessible restrooms, stair-free options, and accessible ground transportation options to ensure passengers with reduced mobility get equal and easy travel through the airport. We recommend reserving these special assistance services at least 48 hours before your travel to avoid any inconveniences.

  • Which airport should I arrive at to visit Cerro Verde National Park?

    Cerro Verde National Park is a large park known for housing three volcanoes. El Salvador, in general, is known as the land of volcanoes and this fact attracts plenty of visitors. The closest commercial airport to Cerro Verde National Park is El Salvador Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport (SAN) in San Salvador. The popular park is just about a 2h drive from the airport.

  • What is the best way to San Luis Talpa city center from El Salvador International Airport?

    The distance from El Salvador Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport to San Luis Talpa city center is just about 3.5 miles. One of the most recommended options for getting to the city center from El Salvador Airport is using a taxi. Taxis are available 24/7 and are a great option if you're traveling with lots of luggage. Alternatively, you can get a rental car from the airport.

  • What child seat laws exist in El Salvador?

    For those traveling to El Salvador with children who plan on renting a vehicle, it may be best to bring a child seat with you from the United States. In El Salvador, there aren’t any defined laws as to child restraints or seats, only that children under the age of 12 cannot sit in the front seats. Nonetheless, travelers can check beforehand with their car rental agency to see if they have child seats available.

  • What is the best airport to fly into El Salvador for flights from the US?

    El Salvador International Airport and Ilopango International Airport are the two airports that serve most of the international flights to El Salvador. Of the two airports, consider flying into El Salvador Airport as the other airport serves fewer commercial flights and majorly serves as a military base. Flying into SAL will give you more flight options, including direct flights from various cities in the US.

  • How long is the flight to El Salvador?

    An average nonstop flight from the United States to El Salvador takes 6h 26m, covering a distance of 1908 miles. The most popular route is Los Angeles - San Salvador with an average flight time of 4h 50m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to El Salvador?

    The cheapest ticket to El Salvador from the United States found in the last 72 hours was $41 one-way, and $132 round-trip. The most popular route is from Los Angeles to San Salvador and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $132.

  • Which airlines fly to El Salvador?

    Avianca, United Airlines & Air Canada fly the most frequently from the United States to El Salvador.

  • What is the most popular destination in El Salvador?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is San Salvador (100% of total searches to El Salvador).

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    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a given destination and date is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to El Salvador

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest El Salvador flight deals.
  • When looking to book tickets to visit El Salvador, you’ll want to look for flights arriving at El Salvador Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport (SAN) in San Salvador. This is the commercial airport serving the whole country.
  • Most flights from the US to El Salvador usually land at Salvador Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport (SAL). It has a massive, single terminal that serves both international and domestic flights. Getting around the airport is quite easy.
  • To find more affordable flights to El Salvador, look for tickets with a layover in between. There are cheaper routes, for instance, stopping in Fort Lauderdale Airport (FLL) and operated by Spirit Airlines.
  • If you're looking for a free space where you can relax upon arrival at Salvador Airport, we recommend trying the Observation Deck on the Third Floor. This spot is usually peaceful and quiet and has chairs fitted with armrests.
  • If you wish to rent a car during your visit to El Salvador, the airport has car rental agencies onsite. This way you won’t need to worry about finding a ride to pick up your car rental.
  • Ilopango International Airport (ILS) was the main international airport that served the city of San Salvador until it was replaced by the more modern SAL. Whenever you find flights from the US to ILS, consider them as this will help you avoid the long queues at SAL.
  • Fly into the main El Salvador Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport (SAN), southeast of San Salvador, and you’ll be near some of the top attractions in the country. The airport is near the coast and just a half-hour away from the popular Costa del Sol Beach.
  • If you’re planning to travel with your pet or service animal, you will be happy to learn that Salvador Airport is a pet-friendly facility. You can travel with your pet through the airport provided you keep it in a pet carrier when within the airport.
  • All U.S. citizens must travel to El Salvador with a valid passport with at least one blank page for any entry or exit stamps.
  • Ilopango Airport is ideal for exploring Lake Ilopango, a volcanic caldera located on the borders of La Paz, San Salvador, and Cuscatlán. You can fly from the US to SAL and then connect using a domestic carrier to this airport.
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Top 5 airlines flying to El Salvador

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United States to El Salvador? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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Paid premium for Delta only to be on safe but tired old 767 with ancient cabin in mediocre condition. Poor wifi and horrible inflight entertainment. Hardly a premium experience. Should have flown SW and had fun flight crew and no pretense

6.0 GoodPeter, May 2024SLC - HNL
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Paid premium for Delta only to be on safe but tired old 767 with ancient cabin in mediocre condition. Poor wifi and horrible inflight entertainment. Hardly a premium experience. Should have flown SW and had fun flight crew and no pretense

Our flight to Zurich was delayed by almost 3 hours, so we missed our next flight. There was no indication it would be delayed this much. We were told the gate had changed and then it apparently took over 2 hours to load the "catering" on the plane. We were not compensated in any way for the trouble.

Rated entertainment as Mediocre as there were major problems with the Infotainment system that took probably a half hour for them to fix.

Your crew could maybe answer the call bell at least one of the times I pressed it. I pressed it first time with 2.5 hours left in our flight bc my partner was hungry and wanted a sandwich. We finally got the sandwich with 40 mins left in the flight.

Half the bathrooms assigned to economy were out of action

Delta crushed it. Flight attendant in first was attentive and just never stopped. Honestly one of the best domestic flights I’ve been on.

They were an hour late and they didn’t have my wheelchair for me

The Flight crew didn’t serve us until about 1.5 hours into the flight because of turbulence but after it ended it was fine to move around. They served us water only and snacks and then NEVER, NOT ONE TIME came through to collect trash until right before landing about 1.5 hours later. There was absolutely no need for that. They crew was just standing around talking and visiting with each other and really never tried to see if we might want something besides water or even try to come pick up trash. This is VERY unusual for a Delta flight but it was not what I would have expected for a 4 hour flight.

The 1st class male crew member was very pleasant - the short female with round glasses , maybe in 50’s had no personality- never spoke when delivering my food, drink, & never smiled the whole trip! In fact looked annoyed when the boarding proses was happening- I would never hire this woman - unfriendly . Have never dealt with a crew member like her-

5-hour delay due to storms in Tanoa and airspace restricted by Miami traffic controllers.

No water for a 5 hour flight entertainment not working seats with little room for knees when person in front of me reclined kept bumping my knees.

I don't think anyone actually reads these comments, so I won't spend much time on this submission. If you want to talk, you know how to reach me. The D/FW manager of Avianca (self-identified), Juan Calderon, insisted I buy an onward ticket from San Salvador even though I have diplomatic status in El Salvador and live here. It cost me $1,393 and Mr Calderon would not let me make the ticked flexible so I could get a refund. He went out of his way to be rude to me. He gave me seat 32K -- windowless window seat in the last row and did not offer to let me upgrade even though there were plenty of seats. I have flown well over a million miles in my life and this is the worst experience I have ever had. I would like a refund on the ticket I was forced to buy. Just awful!

This is the Spirit of Latino travel. And don’t even get me started on customer service.

Awful. I checked in online and there was no option to pay for baggage, at the airport when I checked in my baggage was received and Iwas not charged. When I got to LA during the boarding process I was told I didn't pay for baggage, the crew resolved I was let in the plane. When I got to my final destination my baggage was not there. It took me two days to receive my baggage. Bad service ever!

There was no food or drink service, couldn’t even get a glass of water for free. It was a long and expensive flight to not offer food or beverage on the plane.

It is better at the jfk than my home country. It was very easy and everything was on time.

There is no food. There is no in-inflight entertainment. The seats are cardboard. The airline is a living hellscape.

My experience was amazing! They helped my elderly mother board on early through a wheelchair and were accommodating to have us sit together since our seats were in different locations. When landing at the airport in GUA they were very helpful with full of hospitality.

They could offer food and drink without having to pay extra for it,

No complimentary snacks food, beverage (not even water), pillow and blanket on a 6 hours long flight (including economy comfort). A low form of nickeling an diming. Lost a recurring passanger over a soda. Avianca never again.

Friendly staff at all very easy check in and organize process

Horrible airline, upgraded to sit on seats made of stone. Staff were rude and on top of it they charge an arm and a leg for luggage 🧳 never again

The seats are the worst I upgraded to premium big mistake and it seems like no one likes there job very unpleasant

they don’t have TV Seat to Type in space

Fantastic. Smooth boarding with an infant. Never experienced it with any other carriers.

This was a flight operated by Lufthansa. See me prior comments, which were meant for this experience. The CSA, Ashley, should be reprimanded if not fired for incompetence, being rude, and very, very slow. She was whispering to other CSAs, blaming my flight change on others, unable to give me a seat assignment, telling me could not help without offering any advice (I travel 200,000 miles a year and am a consultant to the airlines, so I know how this gets done PRETTY DAMN WELL). Then, she gave me literally the worst seat on the airline (yes, there were other seats open) - the one right next to the bathroom that was so bad the other PAX next to me left to move to another seat. My seat kept getting rammed (3x) by the crew with their carts (no turbulence to speak of), other passengers grabbing the seat to get in or out of the bathroom, and listening to the bathroom flush all night.

This was a Lufthansa flight, not United. The CSA at the counter, Ashley, was not only incompetent, but quite rude. Me and two other PAX waited over 7 minutes standing in front of her and another CSA and they ignored us. We joked that we must have accidently taken invisibility pills. She could have at least said "I'll be with you in a moment, I'm currently....". I could go on about how rude she and the other CSAs were (whispering, not communicating with me, blaming the situation on others, etc.). She would not work for me. Then, she gave me literally the worst seat on the plane. the worst. My seat kept getting bumped (rammed twice by the crew with their carts and about every 5 minutes by someone using the bathroom), listening to the bathroom all night, crowded seat, etc.

My seat was broken. WiFi didn’t work. Gate crew at HOU were rude and condescending. Treated all the passengers badly. Bad experience, United.

First flight of the day… MINIMUM FUEL! 15 minute landing delay at HOU due to fog turned into a 2+ hour delay! Rather than circle, they had to divert to another city to refuel! Sat on tarmac at Austin to refuel. We ALL missed our connections! The crew, including pilots, were clueless. Crew was really a mess. At HOU, Untied employees were exceedingly rude to all. It was pitiful.

Food wasn’t very good, old business seating configuration on an old A340

An hour and a half late is UNACCEPTABLE. The negative impact to our family is unconscionable. And for the price we were forced to pay...

Standard flight experience, but there is only power at the seat to row 20 on the aircraft, on my initial check in it did not say that was the case

Not a fan of the diagonal partially enclosed business class seats or how they have to be converted to beds manually by crew. I prefer more isolation and user control for switching to lie flat.

No lounge access with “United First” ticket. False alarm about late flight, jeopardizing connection. Wrong meal. Loose power socket would not hold plug, could not charge device. In-flight access to text messaging did not work. Toilet seat on plane would not stay up.

Delayed so that missed connecting flight. Connecting flight was also delayed on the tarmac but they closed the gate before the rescheduled time.

Attendants were rude. Scowling. Seats were miserable and we paid extra.

Took off over an hour late with multiple mechanical issues. Gate agent in Dallas was lazy and was slow as molasses. Had a line 10 people long. Spirit bad..

The preferred seats where awful. Impossible to use them again

The flight was short. However, my bag was delayed and was put on another flight.

Flight attendant was incredible. Very efficient, friendly and pleasant. Patricia was one of the best I have ever seen. Please give her a big raise!

Delayed multiple times. Boarding was ok but getting off the aircraft was a mess. So disorganized with staff trying to help the elderly but completely blocking path for anyone else to move. Bathroom was disgusting, probably caused by one of the customers but staff couldn't care less to help clean it. No one wanted to use it since the floor was completely soaked so everyone just lined up the other restroom while the staff just chit chat with each other while looking at us.

LIT to DFW - 3 hours late; the entire plane had been boarded before they told us there was a delay due to a weather-related ground stop in Dallas. DFW to MAY - 2+ hours late due to A/C needing to be repaired after everyone had boarded, then when we finally reach the runway, the First Officer timed out and we had to taxi all the way back to the gate and wait for a new one. I arrived in New Orleans 5+ hours later than I should have. Return flights were completely cancelled; rebooked through the app to fly through CLT instead of DFW. MSY to CLT had no issues, but CLT to LIT was delayed 1.25 hrs because flight attendants had not arrived to the airport yet. At least they didn’t make us all sit on the plane to wait for them. I should have driven.

Tray table was filthy when I sat down. I needed to have someone come clean it because there was food and stains on it WiFi didn’t work after paying for in flight WiFi Food was terrible and was not filling at all Chicken was rubbery Flight attendant had an attitude, interrupted me and wasn’t able to answer basic questions about the food selection such as “does the chicken have red sauce in it”. If your flight attendants are not going to know what is in the meals so we can make an educated decision based on dietary restrictions, they shouldn’t be on the plane. My 1.5 year old niece was sleeping and dropped her binkie. I went on the ground under the chairs looking for it. It was at that time that she came up to me as I’m CLEARLY on all 4s with a flashlight and said “I need to get by”. I said one moment please I’m getting something from under the seat (while my head was literally under the seat). Her reply was “no you need to move now” and proceeded to almost push me out of the way. I looked up and all I saw was her toes under my eyes. When I looked in front of me, her private parts were inches away from my face. I then made a comment “you couldn’t waited 2 seconds?” and her response was, “no I need to use the bathroom”. I understand that and would never want to be the reason someone couldn’t get to the bathroom but I was under the seat. She could’ve gone around the other way instead of harassing me, basically placing her private parts on my head and borderline pushing me out of the way. You don’t pay (especially this much) for this deplorable experience. This was by far the worst experience I have ever had on American. I will be absolutely thinking twice and thrice about flying American Airlines again. I would rather pay more to fly delta because at least I know their WiFi will work and their flight attendants won’t have a terrible attitude for no reason, nor will they act the way this woman did. Unacceptable.

Tray table was filthy when I sat down. I needed to have someone come clean it because there was food and stains on it WiFi didn’t work after paying for in-flight WiFi. Food was terrible and was not filling at all Chicken was rubbery Flight attendant had an attitude, interrupted me and wasn’t able to answer basic questions about the food selection such as “does the chicken have red sauce in it”. If your flight attendants are not going to know what is in the meals so we can make an educated decision based on dietary restrictions, they shouldn’t be on the plane. My 1.5 year old niece was sleeping and dropped her binkie. I went on the ground under the chairs looking for it. It was at that time that she came up to me as I’m CLEARLY on all 4s with a flashlight and said “I need to get by”. I said one moment please I’m getting something from under the seat (while my head was literally under the seat). Her reply was “no you need to move now” and proceeded to almost push me out of the way. I looked up and all I saw was her toes under my eyes. When I looked in front of me, her private parts were inches away from my face. I then made a comment “you couldn’t waited 2 seconds?” and her response was, “no I need to use the bathroom”. I understand that and would never want to be the reason someone couldn’t get to the bathroom but I was under the seat. She could’ve gone around the other way instead of harassing me, basically placing her private parts on my head and borderline pushing me out of the way. You don’t pay that much for this deplorable experience. This was by far the worst experience I have ever had on American. I will be absolutely thinking twice and thrice about flying American Airlines again. I would rather pay more to fly delta because at least I know their WiFi will work and their flight attendants won’t have a shitty attitude for no reason, nor will they act the way this woman did. Unacceptable.

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