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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 California to Central America.

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

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 from California to Central America with an airline and back with another airline.

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 from California to Central America up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

California and Central America are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Avianca (64 flights per week), EVA Air (49 flights per week), and United Airlines (44 flights per week).

There are 36 airports in Central America. The busiest airport is Tocumen Airport, Panama (PTY), with 39% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Central America is Belize City Philip S.W.Goldson Airport (BZE), with an average flight price of $260.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Central America is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $524. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, where round-trip prices are $550 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Central America is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $453 on average. Morning departures are around 26% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Central America is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $609.

The cheapest ticket to Central America from California found in the last 5 days was to Guatemala City, at $304 round-trip. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to San Salvador (SAL) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $368.

The cheapest month for flights from California to Central America is February, when tickets cost $217 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $374 and $329 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to Central America, you should book around 6 weeks before departure, which saves you about 19% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to Central America from 5 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Los Angeles, with 202 direct flights each week.

There are around 43 direct flights from within California to Central America every day. Most flights (73%) depart at night.

Each week there are around 295 direct flights from within California to Central America. The most common day for departures is Saturday, with 17% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to Central America takes 8h 01m, covering a distance of 2592 miles. The shortest route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Belize City Philip S.W.Goldson Airport (BZE) with an average flight time of 4h 34m.

Each week, there are 25 long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration) and 270 medium-haul flights (3-6 hour flight duration) to Central America. There aren't any short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration).

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is San Salvador (47% of total searches to Central America). The next most popular destinations are San José (18%) and Panama City (12%). Searches for flights to Liberia (12%), to Managua (7%) and to San Pedro Sula (2%) are also popular.