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Cheap Flights from Houston to Central America

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
San Salvador
San Salvadornonstop$196
San José
San José1 stop$292
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop$253
Panama City
Panama City1 stop$424
Liberia
Liberianonstop$393
Managua
Managua1 stop$387
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula1 stop$270
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole3 stops$653
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa3 stops$724
San Salvador
San Salvadornonstop$196
San José
San José1 stop$292
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop$253
Panama City
Panama City1 stop$424
Liberia
Liberianonstop$393
Managua
Managua1 stop$387
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula1 stop$270
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole3 stops$653
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa3 stops$724

Book Cheap Houston to Central America Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Houston to Central America 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Houston to Central America

Sat, Apr 25 - Thu, May 7
Volaris El Salvador Logo
2:47 pm - 4:43 pm
IAH
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SAL
2h 56mnonstop
Volaris El Salvador Logo
9:11 am - 1:17 pm
SAL
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IAH
3h 06mnonstop
$196Volaris El Salvador
Thu, Apr 2 - Wed, Apr 8
Multiple Airlines Logo
5:45 am - 1:48 pm
IAH
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SAL
9h 03m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:38 am - 1:49 pm
SAL
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IAH
3h 11mnonstop
$198Multiple Airlines
Wed, Apr 8 - Mon, Apr 13
Frontier Logo
3:29 pm - 5:30 pm
IAH
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SAL
3h 01mnonstop
Frontier Logo
9:38 am - 1:49 pm
SAL
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IAH
3h 11mnonstop
$200Frontier
Mon, Apr 6 - Fri, Apr 10
Frontier Logo
3:29 pm - 5:30 pm
IAH
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SAL
3h 01mnonstop
Frontier Logo
9:38 am - 1:49 pm
SAL
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IAH
3h 11mnonstop
$202Frontier
Tue, May 5 - Tue, May 12
American Airlines Logo
4:18 pm - 12:19 pm
HOU
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SAL
21h 01m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
1:19 pm - 9:26 am
SAL
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HOU
19h 07m
2 stops
$265American Airlines
Sat, May 9 - Sat, May 16
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 12:52 pm
IAH
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SAP
7h 52m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
1:57 pm - 10:47 pm
SAP
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IAH
7h 50m
1 stop
$270Spirit Airlines
Sat, Apr 25 - Wed, Apr 29
American Airlines Logo
8:21 pm - 12:43 pm
HOU
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SAL
17h 22m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
1:19 pm - 9:26 am
SAL
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HOU
19h 07m
2 stops
$271American Airlines
Sun, Apr 12 - Sat, Apr 18
Spirit Airlines Logo
7:35 am - 12:47 pm
IAH
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SAP
6h 12m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
1:57 pm - 10:47 pm
SAP
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IAH
7h 50m
1 stop
$283Spirit Airlines
Tue, May 5 - Tue, May 12
Southwest Logo
5:50 am - 12:10 pm
HOU
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SJO
7h 20m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
1:10 pm - 6:00 pm
SJO
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HOU
3h 50mnonstop
$409Southwest
Tue, May 5 - Tue, May 12
Southwest Logo
8:50 pm - 12:10 pm
HOU
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SJO
16h 20m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
1:10 pm - 6:00 pm
SJO
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HOU
3h 50mnonstop
$414Southwest
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Houston to Central America flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Houston to Central America to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest Houston to Central America flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to Central America from Houston found in the last 72 hours was to San Salvador, at $148 round-trip. The most popular route is from Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport (IAH) to San Salvador (SAL), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $148.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Central America?

The average price for all round-trip flights from Houston to Central America depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Central America is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $310 on average. On average, there is no price difference when choosing to fly in the morning or the evening on this flight route. The most expensive time of day to fly to Central America is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $382.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Houston to Central America?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston to Central America, 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 Houston to Central America is September, when tickets cost $227 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and November, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $511 and $388 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Houston to Central America?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Houston to Central America clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from Houston to Central America, you should consider leaving on a Thursday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Houston, you’ll find the best rates on Thursdays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Houston to Central America?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston to Central America, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Houston to Central America, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 16% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 24 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Cheapest flight$70
Flight from Houston George Bush Airport to San Salvador

FAQs - booking Central America flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Houston to Central America?

    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 Houston to Central America.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Houston to Central America?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Houston to Central America 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 Houston to Central America?

    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 Houston to Central America with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Houston to Central America?

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

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Houston to Central America

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Houston to Central America? 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.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4318 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
7.0Food
Airline reviews

Long layover between flights to Long Island from BWI - need better coordination between flights

4.0 OkayKenny, Mar 2026
TPA - BWI
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Long layover between flights to Long Island from BWI - need better coordination between flights

I elected to pay for the upgrades and found very little difference

The new seating arrangement is so over priced for what you get.

The problem with the seat assignments is that there were a lot of rows in the front that were empty but my row at the back was full. Just not so pleasant.

No food or entertainment, just a quick 40 minute flight. A little bumpy due to Santa Ana winds but pilot has no control over that. Good flight and landing!

Good but I prefer choose your own seat. With the new assigned seats they should board from the back I see no advantage to this new boarding. Just like every other airline

I realize they are still working out kinks with the new boarding process, but by the time I boarded in group 5, most of the bins were full. All airlines should better enforce small bags and jackets going under the seats until everyone has boarded.

WiFi was not working and didn’t have a beverage service

Snacks are always pretzels. Why can't you also offer peanuts ?

Flight boarded late after announcing on time boarding. Flight arrived only a little late despite late departure. Had trouble connecting to WiFi

This airline always trick us so we end up paying again for the luggage’s. This airline is worthless and take advantage of travelers .

Now days most airlines flying to Central America have a really poor service, but if you buy first class they will treat you better. I miss those days when flying was fun.

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

Terrible because it was cancelled due to volcanic ash clouds in Guatemala while all other airlines kept flying. Had to pay for a hotel to stay overnight in Houston and try to fly next day.

Overall we had a good experience during our flight from San Francisco to Houston.

Airport terminal was outdated, flight was on a small jet with no wifi

The crew made our experience extremely bad. They were rude and didn’t have anything for kids.

The power at the seat didn't work and the seat itself was difficult to adjust - this was a business class seat. Flight attendant gave me miles to compensate. The attendant was very professional and on top of his game the entire flight.

I like flying first class, and United has a nice one

Unbelievably poor service from flight attendants. They didn’t even do water service on a four hour flight. Just disrespectful.

Seats had less pitch than a regional jet. Food was OK. Have to buy alcohol on US based carriers flying international. Boarding was a mess. Did not have bags but overhead space was gone quick. Would like to see the airlines enforce the one bag over and one bag under policy

Lately I like the planes have been exceptionally filthy. There’s lines of dust and dirt all across the ceiling in the vents, and the cracks in between the seats are literally full of food. It’s definitely not the quality of service that I was used to with United. I’m also very disappointed with the Wi-Fi! All I wanna do is knock out a few work jobs while I’m trapped in my seat And it spools so bad. They did provide me with a refund, but the process of getting that refund is so complicated. It’s unfortunate.

Crew was excellent. This was a relatively long flight though and had very little leg room, and no entertainment.

Horrible experience with Avianca, they delayed their flight and when we arrived to NYC, AVIANCA took 1 hr y 30 mins to park the airplane and all passenger get off the plane, it made me lost all my trains to get back home and I came back to my place at 3 am instead of 12 am. On the top of that their plane seat are so uncomfortable and is not enough space and killed my legs and knees, Avianca used to be good when it was a Colombian company, now after Brasilian company bought them, their service quality is bad and their flights are delayed and oversold.

It was delayed and I lost my connection flight to Cali and I missed my Mom's funeral and avianca lost my check in luggage

It was delayed and I lost my connection flight to Cali and I missed my Mom's funeral

I actually upgraded to the medium level of seats from basic and even doing that it may have been physically the most uncomfortable flight I have ever had. They packed everyone like is a train to death camp. It was a red eye so I hoped to get some sleep but it was physically impossible to find a comfortable way to rest. I met other folks on the same flight and they said the same thing. It was an utterly miserable flight and if I have any other options I will never fly with them again

Provide free food and drinks on an international flight. Add updated head rests

Deplaning was a mess, I sat in business (seats are horrible) and the front door had a problem so we had to deplane from the rear exit. The stairs were not tall enough to reach so there was a large step down from the plane to the top of the stairs.

Staff are the rudest in the industry … awful customer service … will never fly Avianca again

Pros: we leave and arrive on time Cons: the most uncomfortable seats ever. You cant recline at all your seats. No entertainment No TVs flight attendants didn't provide even a glass of water. You have to go to back of the airplane and ask for one. I am Colombian and I remember seeing the flight attendants very neat, elegants which is or was a staple of Avianca.it was one with tennis shoes, no male up, the hair was messy... that was really odd.

Here we have another airline flying to Guatemala but doesn't have a plus or a less, just in the middle. Why? Well, first we don't have even free water Movie selection is poor Seats don't recline in some places Food selection is carb based Forgot to mention, customer service on the web is the worst. Good things; Very reliable on schedule Kind crew

Last seat of Bussines Class it does recline but passenger seating behind kept pushing since they did not have space once my seat was reclined

When I arrived at the airport at 4:00 in the morning, I was notified that I "hadn't paid" for my ticket (I had paid and had a boarding pass). Then I was told that while I had paid, the ticket was $600 more than it actually was, and that I needed to pay that so I could board. None of this was true, of course, but it took 20 minutes, two crew members behind the desk, and one on the phone to clear up.

First off, I had a conversation with a flight attendant that was working this flight. I overheard her telling another flight attendant while we were in line for Chic-Fil-A that the flight was not going to land until 12:47 pm. I found this odd since the flight was to take off at 1:03. I commented to the flight attendant that was going to mess up the on-time take-off She said. if you fly alot you will notice that it's a good thing if the flight even arrives at all. I said that was a low bar. I think that flight attendants represent their airlines whether on board or in the airport ordering food. I was surprised to hear such negativity. However, I have noticed that Spirit flight attendants are usually in a sour mood.. Eventually the flight arrived and I boarded and the flight took off an hour late. There was no direction about the on-board wi-fi. Nor was there any info in the seat back pocket. I don't know if there was wi-fi or not, There were no complimentary snacks or drinks for my row 36 as there was turbulence and the captain asked the flight attendants to stop serving just as they were close to my row. When the turbulence stopped, they did have time to serve us but they did not. Upon arriving, the flight attendant asked anyone not having to catch a flight to Ft. Laudersle which was a tight connection to sit down and let those people pass. I complied but I could not help thinking that if Spirit would have took off on time that they would not have to inconvenience their passengers. All in all, I think Spirit is a mediocre airline at best. There are so many things they could do to improve. Yet, since I only fly Spirit infrequently preferring Southwest and Delta, I like to see if they are improving and sadly no, they are not. One good thing - nice modern seats and interiors.

My flight was cancelled I missed time at work and got a parking ticket

Went as planned. No wifi included and no screens. No free snacks. Didn't buy food so can't rate that. Unable to charge devices on plane. Staff were friendly and flight was fast, cheap and convenient.

I purchased extra legroom so I will be comfortable but the guy behind me is a big guy who keeps on moving and since he is big I can feel his movement at the back of my chair.

Spirit was on time. They maintained updates and information. The crew was friendly and professional. Because this is a budget friendly airline, they have dispensed with a lot of frills and part of that comes with a price, for example, the seats are not quite as comfortable as others. I am ok with a pay for beverage and snack service as I prefer my own anyway so this was not a concern. I thought overall, having a great flight crew and on time service was definitely worth losing some of the frills from other carriers.

Sadly there was a crew member very rude with my kid and with me.

They canceled the flight and didn't assist in getting a new flight on any airline. I had to spend 10 hrs in the airport after getting a ticket On Delta for twice as much. I've flown Spirit many times and this was my worst experience I've had.

Late taking off. ATC sent us circling around Chicago for almost an hour, after landing taxied for 40 minutes.

We had too many delays for the crew not the plane

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