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$140 Find cheap flights from San Salvador to Managua

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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from San Salvador to Managua, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheap flight deals from San Salvador to Managua (SAL-MGA)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Salvador to Managua that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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9:45 am - 10:35 amSAL-MGA
0h 50mnonstop
11:35 am - 3:00 pmMGA-SAL
27h 25m1 stop
$252Avianca
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Mon, May 13 - Mon, May 20
7:35 am - 8:25 amSAL-MGA
0h 50mnonstop
10:35 am - 3:00 pmMGA-SAL
28h 25m1 stop
$264Avianca
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Mon, May 20 - Mon, May 27
12:59 am - 12:36 amSAL-MGA
23h 37m1 stop
1:43 am - 11:56 pmMGA-SAL
22h 13m1 stop
$293Spirit Airlines
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Wed, May 8 - Sat, May 11
12:59 am - 12:36 amSAL-MGA
23h 37m1 stop
1:43 am - 11:56 pmMGA-SAL
22h 13m1 stop
$311Spirit Airlines
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Thu, May 9 - Mon, May 13
9:45 am - 10:35 amSAL-MGA
0h 50mnonstop
1:43 am - 11:56 pmMGA-SAL
22h 13m1 stop
Mon, May 27 - Sun, Jun 2
9:45 am - 10:35 amSAL-MGA
0h 50mnonstop
1:43 am - 4:30 pmMGA-SAL
14h 47m2 stops
Mon, May 27 - Sun, Jun 2
5:03 am - 1:06 pmSAL-MGA
8h 03m1 stop
3:49 pm - 11:37 pmMGA-SAL
7h 48m2 stops
$404Copa Airlines
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Mon, May 6 - Thu, Jun 6
5:03 am - 1:06 pmSAL-MGA
8h 03m1 stop
3:40 am - 12:48 pmMGA-SAL
9h 08m1 stop
$440Copa Airlines
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Wed, May 15 - Sun, May 19
3:24 pm - 11:30 amSAL-MGA
20h 06m1 stop
12:30 pm - 2:10 pmMGA-SAL
25h 40m1 stop
$897Aeromexico
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Sat, May 4 - Fri, May 10
3:24 pm - 11:30 amSAL-MGA
20h 06m1 stop
12:30 pm - 2:10 pmMGA-SAL
25h 40m1 stop
$1,023Aeromexico
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Sat, May 4 - Wed, May 8

Flights from San Salvador to Managua - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San Salvador to Managua to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Salvador to Managua?

The average price of all flights from San Salvador to Managua clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Managua on a Saturday and more expensive on a Tuesday. On your return trip to San Salvador, you should consider flying back on a Friday, and avoid Saturdays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Salvador to Managua?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from San Salvador to Managua, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from San Salvador to Managua is September, where tickets cost $293 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are February and January, where the average cost of tickets is $738 and $710 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Salvador to Managua?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from San Salvador to Managua, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from San Salvador to Managua, you should book around 5 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 80 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from San Salvador to Managua?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
The best deals for a one-way ticket found by KAYAK users over the last 3 days were on Avianca ($140) and Spirit Airlines ($167). The cheapest round-trip tickets were found on Avianca ($252) and Spirit Airlines ($293).

Which airlines fly non-stop between San Salvador and Managua?

Airline and price data is aggregated from results in KAYAK’s search results from the last 2 weeks for flights from San Salvador to Managua.
There is just one airline that flies from San Salvador to Managua direct and that is Avianca. The best one-way deal found from Avianca for the route is $178.

How many flights are there between San Salvador and Managua per day?

Each day, there are between 3 and 5 nonstop flights that take off from San Salvador and land in Managua, with an average flight time of 0h 50m. The most common departure time is 10:00 pm and most flights take off in the morning. Each week, there are 31 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Wednesday, when 16% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Thursday.

Which cabin class options are there for flights between San Salvador and Managua?

The average price of flights for each cabin class for the route found by users searching on KAYAK over the last 2 weeks.
There is only one cabin class option available for the route, which is Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

How long does a flight from San Salvador to Managua take?

The duration of a nonstop flight to Managua from San Salvador is typically 0h 50m. The journey crosses a distance of 214 miles.

What’s the earliest departure time from San Salvador to Managua?

Early birds can take the earliest flight from San Salvador at 7:35 am and will be landing in Managua at 8:25 am.

What’s the latest departure time from San Salvador to Managua?

If you prefer to fly at night, the latest flight from San Salvador to Managua jets off at 10:15 pm and lands at 11:05 pm.

Good to know

Low season

January

High season

October

Cheapest flight

$140
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 69% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 29% lower on average.
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When to book flights from San Salvador to Managua

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Salvador to Managua based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
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FAQs for booking flights from San Salvador to Managua

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Salvador to Managua?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Salvador to Managua was $140 for a one-way ticket and $252 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San Salvador and Managua?

    Yes, you’ll need a passport to travel to Managua from San Salvador.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from San Salvador to Managua?

    San Salvador and Managua are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave San Salvador from San Salvador El Salvador Intl and will be arriving at Managua Augusto C Sandino.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from San Salvador to Managua?

    Only American Airlines offers inflight Wi-Fi service on the San Salvador to Managua flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Salvador to Managua?

    The Airbus A320-100/200 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the San Salvador to Managua flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Salvador to Managua?

    Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between San Salvador and Managua, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from San Salvador to Managua?

    There are nonstop flights from San Salvador to Managua on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Salvador to Managua, Copa Airlines or Avianca?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Salvador to Managua are Copa Airlines and Avianca. With an average price for the route of $772 and an overall rating of 7.8, Copa Airlines is the most popular choice. Avianca is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $358 and an overall rating of 7.5.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Salvador to Managua?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from San Salvador to Managua.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San Salvador to Managua?

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from San Salvador to Managua?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Managua with an airline and back to San Salvador with another airline. Booking your flights between San Salvador and MGA can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Salvador to Managua?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Managua from San Salvador up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding a cheap flight from SAL to Managua

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $177 or less one-way and $188 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly non-stop from San Salvador to Managua?

Find which airlines fly direct from El Salvador Intl to Augusto C Sandino, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Nonstop departures

San Salvador El Salvador Intl to Managua Augusto C Sandino

Monday

Avianca, Iberia

Avianca, Iberia

Tuesday

Avianca, Iberia

Avianca, Iberia

Wednesday

Avianca, Iberia

Avianca, Iberia

Thursday

Avianca, Iberia

Avianca, Iberia

Friday

Avianca, Iberia

Avianca, Iberia

Saturday

Avianca, Iberia

Avianca, Iberia

Sunday

Avianca, Iberia

Avianca, Iberia

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Nonstop returns

Managua Augusto C Sandino to San Salvador El Salvador Intl

Monday

Avianca, Iberia

Avianca, Iberia

Tuesday

Avianca, Iberia

Avianca, Iberia

Wednesday

Avianca, Iberia

Avianca, Iberia

Thursday

Avianca, Iberia

Avianca, Iberia

Friday

Avianca, Iberia

Avianca, Iberia

Saturday

Avianca, Iberia

Avianca, Iberia

Sunday

Avianca, Iberia

Avianca, Iberia

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Top 3 airlines serving from San Salvador to Managua

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Salvador to Managua. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Salvador to Managua? 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.
7.8
Copa AirlinesOverall score based on 2875 reviews
7.7comfort
8.1boarding
7.2entertainment
7.4food
8.3crew
Airline reviews

Captain and Crew were excellent. The Boeing 737-800 was showing its age. In flight entertainment system was sluggish and my Business Class seat on the outbound flight had some mechanical issues. Only real problem was the location of the Gate in Panama PTY. It was a 40 minute hike from Security to the Gate. There should have been some sort of warning about the distance.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Mar 2024PTY - BWI
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Captain and Crew were excellent. The Boeing 737-800 was showing its age. In flight entertainment system was sluggish and my Business Class seat on the outbound flight had some mechanical issues. Only real problem was the location of the Gate in Panama PTY. It was a 40 minute hike from Security to the Gate. There should have been some sort of warning about the distance.

This was my first time flying Copa but I'll definitely be back! Great service, professional agents, and delicious food for a fair price. Thanks for a great trip!

Very good, despite we had a delay because of some problems at the airport.

No boarding announcements leading to the usual confusion and people trying to board before their group number.

other than a slight delay in takeoff from Panama , the flights were excellent ..... we will continue to use Copa whenever possible for flights to and from Central and South America ....

Pros: "The flight was very calm. The crew was friendly all the time."
Cons: "The food"
Pros: "The seats in economy were confortable. The best thing was Copa gave us seats in the second line and my family traveled together."
Cons: "Coffe service could better the experience"
Pros: "You were on time, that is the most important thing in a fly"
Cons: "You could improve your entertainment, you are not a cheap company"
Cons: "The amount of turbulence experienced was ridiculous. The landing was rough. This was the same for every flight with Copa on my round trip from SJO to MDE. This was extremely concerning."
Pros: "good crew. great seats."
Cons: "I would like to have tv screens in flights from Bogota to Panama. No entertainment at all. But from Panama to Miami it was perfect."

At 15 mins after takeoff captain inform plane needs to return to Medellin because a technical situation. The change flight to next day directly to Puerto Rico. They'll pay for hotel (a specific one), dinner, next day breakfast and transfers from and to airport. But when get to the hotel, hotel administration informs they don't have rooms available and that they did not confirm 'anything' to the airline. We wait until night, and nothing happens. My group of four stay in a hotel nearby and pay for it. Next day during check-in we explain to de counter employees all details and they call and make 'some things' and pay us hotel and dinner expenses. This employees are super heroes for us. Airline keeps us waiting for hours to resolve the situation. They could tell us, right away, that we select any hotel, pay for it and bring receipts next morning.

Everything was good. But this airline doesn't give ANY food. You have to pay for everything, including water.

Sería bueno informar que el vuelo es de bajo costo y saber que hay que pagar a bordo para conseguir algo de comida.

First of all, we bought a non-stop trip and in writing it indicated a direct flight to Miami. We did not only stopped in Nicaragua, but were force to disembark and were processed again through security as delinquents just to get back to the same plane. We're American citizens and Nicaragua is a communist country and an enemy of the US. We were therefore kidnapped by illegally and unnecessarily disembarked. We were overcharged $190 for the luggage that went into the cargo area, though we had already paid for a round trip. We didn't buy food on the way back, because you charge even for coffee, imagine if we had asked for water. No internet. We didn't watch entertainment.

We have to pay extra to check in this have to be free

The worst experience I could have. They are not efficient

Half of the computers to print bags labels weren't working Not enough people to check bags I missed my flight

Seats don't recline. Took my water away at the gate, the one I got AFTER the security check. Said "no liquids", while others were carrying duty free without problems. Made me buy water on the plane for $3.

Everything was good except the seat that it doesn't recline and wasn't uncomfortable to seat straight all flight it should at least recline a little bit.

Tuvimos una hora de retraso en la salida de Madrid

I expected the plane to be as the one I took from manaos to Bogota and unfortunately it wasn’t as nice, the sits didn’t recline and there was not onboard entertainment.

I did not like anything, first time I use company and for sure it will be the last time, they charge for simple operations that any other average airline wouldn't charge.

The good thing is the flight was on time and the crew was really nice. They can work better the arriving with staff

The inflight entertainment did not work on a 6 hour flight The cel phone chargers did not work There was a 45 minute wait for the luggage to get off the plane.

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

They could offer free food and drink like other international flights.

Delay almost an hour which meant when we got to Guatemala there where 3 flights at the same time, you can imagine the caos in customs, avianca doesn’t care about passengers or schedules

I flew with my service dog unfortunately they didn’t allow it to flight on the canine, but ok, the only problem was that when I arrived to Quito it took 1 hour to deliver my dog, they were supposed to deliver it the moment we get off the airplane.

Flight attendants to show up on time, offer drinks and food.

Flight departure late. Got late in Colombia making us take a different flight next day. Avianca airport crew messed up my ticket so when a I got in Brazil I didn’t have a ticket for my destination. Had to buy a new ticket out of my pocket.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from San Salvador to Managua found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/24Fri
nonstopAvianca
0h 50mSAL-MGA
$140
5/3Fri
nonstopAvianca
0h 50mSAL-MGA
$141
5/24Fri
1 stopSpirit Airlines
23h 37mSAL-MGA
$167
6/15Sat
1 stopSpirit Airlines
23h 30mSAL-MGA
$176
4/29Mon
1 stopCopa Airlines
8h 00mSAL-MGA
$198
6/16Sun
2 stopsCopa Airlines
29h 16mSAL-MGA
$214
5/24Fri
2 stops
17h 06mSAL-MGA
$266
5/25Sat
2 stops
26h 11mSAL-MGA
$280
6/29Sat
1 stopAeromexico
20h 13mSAL-MGA
$529
6/25Tue
1 stopAeromexico
20h 13mSAL-MGA
$549

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Last minute flights from San Salvador to Managua

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from San Salvador to Managua that are departing in the next 10 days.
4/27Sat
nonstopAvianca
0h 50mSAL-MGA
5/6Mon
multi-stopAvianca
28h 25mMGA-SAL
$241
4/26Fri
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
23h 39mSAL-MGA
5/5Sun
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
22h 24mMGA-SAL
$293
4/26Fri
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
23h 39mSAL-MGA
5/2Thu
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
22h 24mMGA-SAL
$325
4/27Sat
nonstopAvianca
0h 50mSAL-MGA
5/3Fri
nonstopAvianca
0h 50mMGA-SAL
$349
4/27Sat
nonstopAvianca
0h 50mSAL-MGA
5/6Mon
nonstopAvianca
0h 50mMGA-SAL
$370
4/27Sat
nonstopAvianca
0h 50mSAL-MGA
5/3Fri
multi-stopAvianca
28h 25mMGA-SAL
$417
4/27Sat
nonstop
0h 50mSAL-MGA
5/6Mon
multi-stop
23h 11mMGA-SAL
$448
4/27Sat
nonstop
0h 50mSAL-MGA
5/5Sun
multi-stop
27h 37mMGA-SAL
$492
4/27Sat
multi-stop
26h 38mSAL-MGA
5/6Mon
multi-stop
23h 11mMGA-SAL
$608
4/28Sun
multi-stopAeromexico
20h 06mSAL-MGA
5/10Fri
multi-stopAeromexico
25h 40mMGA-SAL
$944

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San Salvador - Managua Flights

Departure:

San Salvador (SAL)El Salvador

Destination:

Managua (MGA)Nicaragua

Return flight deals:

Managua - San Salvador

Cabin classes:

$154

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