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Cheap Flights from New York to Central America

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
San Salvador
San Salvadornonstop$164
San José
San José1 stop$228
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop$188
Panama City
Panama City2 stops$373
Liberia
Liberianonstop$250
Managua
Managua1 stop$234
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sulanonstop$181
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole1 stop$373
Flores
Flores2 stops$410
David
David1 stop$650
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa2 stops$511
San Salvador
San Salvadornonstop$164
San José
San José1 stop$228
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop$188
Panama City
Panama City2 stops$373
Liberia
Liberianonstop$250
Managua
Managua1 stop$234
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sulanonstop$181
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole1 stop$373
Flores
Flores2 stops$410
David
David1 stop$650
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa2 stops$511

Book Cheap New York 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 New York 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.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from New York to Central America

Mon, Sep 8 - Fri, Sep 19
Avianca Logo
3:35 am - 6:30 amJFK-SAL
4h 55mnonstop
Avianca Logo
7:30 pm - 2:10 amSAL-JFK
4h 40mnonstop
$184Avianca
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Wed, Sep 10 - Wed, Sep 24
Avianca Logo
6:55 am - 9:45 amJFK-SAL
4h 50mnonstop
Avianca Logo
10:55 pm - 5:35 amSAL-JFK
4h 40mnonstop
$186Avianca
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Sat, Sep 6 - Tue, Sep 16
American Airlines Logo
8:00 pm - 11:35 amJFK-SAL
17h 35m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
12:35 pm - 10:21 pmSAL-JFK
7h 46m1 stop
$220American Airlines
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Sat, Nov 1 - Sun, Nov 9
Copa Airlines Logo
2:16 am - 8:40 pmJFK-SAL
19h 24m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 2:17 pmSAL-JFK
8h 17m1 stop
$221Copa Airlines
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Sat, Sep 6 - Tue, Sep 9
American Airlines Logo
9:30 pm - 11:35 amJFK-SAL
16h 05m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
12:35 pm - 10:38 amSAL-JFK
20h 03m2 stops
$224American Airlines
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Sat, Nov 1 - Wed, Nov 12
Copa Airlines Logo
3:44 pm - 11:39 pmJFK-SAL
9h 55m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 2:17 pmSAL-JFK
8h 17m1 stop
$225Copa Airlines
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Tue, Sep 16 - Wed, Sep 17
JetBlue Logo
9:41 am - 1:00 pmJFK-SJO
5h 19mnonstop
JetBlue Logo
2:05 pm - 9:08 pmSJO-JFK
5h 03mnonstop
$231JetBlue
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Fri, Sep 5 - Tue, Sep 30
JetBlue Logo
9:41 am - 1:00 pmJFK-SJO
5h 19mnonstop
JetBlue Logo
2:05 pm - 9:08 pmSJO-JFK
5h 03mnonstop
$237JetBlue
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Wed, Oct 29 - Tue, Nov 4
United Airlines Logo
7:18 am - 10:44 amEWR-LIR
5h 26mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
5:15 pm - 11:17 pmLIR-EWR
5h 02mnonstop
$250United Airlines
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Sat, Nov 15 - Sat, Nov 22
United Airlines Logo
5:28 pm - 11:25 amLGA-SJO
18h 57m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
2:05 pm - 9:07 amSJO-LGA
18h 02m1 stop
$252United Airlines
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Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for New York to Central America flights

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

What is the cheapest New York 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 New York found in the last 72 hours was to San Salvador, at $113 round-trip. The most popular route is from New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport (JFK) to San Salvador (SAL), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $179.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from New York to Central America?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $788 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from New York to Central America?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from New York 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 New York to Central America is September, when tickets cost $266 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and August, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $622 and $479 respectively.

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

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

For New York to Central America, Sunday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Monday is the most expensive. Flying from Central America back to New York, the best deals are generally found on Tuesday, with Friday being the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from New York 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 New York 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 New York to Central America, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 31% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 10 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$70
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 23% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 59% increase in price.
Flight from New York John F Kennedy Airport to San Salvador

Flights from New York to Central America: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from New York to Central America 
Verified travelerFlew with AviancaJFK-SAPJul 2024
Get early to the airport, it make things easy
GabrielaFlew with AviancaJFK-GUAFeb 2024
Everything is self-handled. Machines register your bags and they must weigh what they are supposed to so you will not have ti pay extra

FAQs - booking Central America flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from New York 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 New York to Central America.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from New York 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 New York 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 New York 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 New York 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 New York to Central America up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Central America is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $331 on average. Morning departures are around 29% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Central America is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $689.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from New York to Central America

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from New York 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.
7.5
Copa AirlinesOverall score based on 1515 reviews
7.4Comfort
6.8Entertainment
8.1Crew
6.8Food
7.8Boarding
Airline reviews

horrible service, food was an embarrassment, no charging for cellphones, stay away

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Jul 2025PTY - IAD
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horrible service, food was an embarrassment, no charging for cellphones, stay away

I selected first class expecting excetional service. It was mediocre at best. The food service was cold, meal choices was poor and on one leg they did provide dessert. I did enjoy the lay day seat but the movies were old and nothing current. Boarding the plane is always hot. So boarding is quite warm until your in the air. I took a small personal air fan. Update the meals and movies.

Very happy with my flight. I would definitely recommend it.

Did upgrade, travel in business it was great (more room I could sleep)

Seats not reclining, no vegetarian food option, no snacks. 7.5 hr flight should have been more comfortable. Luggage limits are unusually small. Will never fly Copa again and will tell friends and family to avoid this airline.

We had a five hour layover in the way home from Colombia. I read the "bout your flight" email carefully before we checked bags. We had to go through security right at the gate. Almost lost our ground coffee because that airport only allows 16 ounce of coffee and we had 18. I've been to 48 countries and never heard of a coffee restriction. I can't follow a rule I don't know about. I requested they bring our coffee to our checked luggage. Instead tey gate checked our bag for free. Back to planning transfers in Dallas I guess

It was ok. However, the food was quite poor since I don't eat pasta.

Enforce the boarding process by group numbers. Tell people to stay seated during the meal/drink distribution. It took forever to get food and drinks because people would not stay out the isle and let the crew do their jobs. Everyone wanted to go to the bathroom forcing the crew to enter and leave the isle constantly so people can pass. Tell people to keep their electronics off speaker mode. No one wants to hear phone conversations and music playing.

Placed us in the last rear row of the plane so could not recline seats because of the rear wall, and also made it more of a tight space when the passenger in front reclined their seat. While understand seat assignments, every passenger should be afforded a reclining seat. The odor control scent from the restrooms was overwhelming strong. My wife and I could not deal with it, and she suffered a terrible headache as a result. I kept getting hit by the crew since I was on the ilse seat. No apologies, nothing. They made me feel like I was supposed to take the beating for a 3 hr flight.

There was no individual at the front check in when I arrived. I waited for at least 15 minutes and walked around asking security/janitors if they could help and they did not have a solution. So I had to take my checked bag through security and they threw away some of my items. I ended up making it to the gate only a few minutes before it closed due to my waiting for an agent at check in.

I had no checked baggage but was required to hand over carry on baggage at the door of the plane. There was a lot of overboard space in the plane and I was one of the last ones. I ran to get my carry on but it was gone. I was given back at the plane door in Toronto, so the wait was not as long as it would have been at the carousel.

This flight was perfect. No complaints and only the highest regard for the crew and ground staff and how they executed perfectly. I fly a lot with United and would request predictability and transparency in their operations instead of last minute changes.

The food should improve! And The flight should leave on time and not make the traveler wait.

We love united ! We would like to acknowledge Aimee in the lounge near gate 130

Survey sent before we actually left. Delay after delay. Now a crew problem.

I love flying with United. Unfortunately, I flew on an older plane with minimal upgraded technology (no Bluetooth functionality or handy charging ports). Otherwise, the flight was great and even arrived early.

They changed my seats after I checked in and I was stressed from the time I saw that information until just before boarding, when the gate attendant fixed it, but it shouldn't have happened. And if it couldn't be prevented, then the people on the phone I spoke with should have done something to help, which they did not, nor did they offer me compensation, just meaningless apologies.

The flight was operated by Lufthansa. You can't expect much from them anymore. They have a talent in getting something wrong.

Terrible. Out flight was delayed for 21 (twenty one) hours. United is a joke.

Smooth flight, especially take off and landing, and great crew on board. Really loved the stroopwaffles!

The comfort of the seats was great, the crew eased my child’s anxieties and the fact that I had full cans of my beverage choice was great.

Pathetic check in experience at JFK. Everything is self check in. Not enough staff present to help with when the check in process or the kiosk gets stuck. Staff present not welcoming or pleasant at all. On the other hand the NY based flight crew was great. Courteous and friendly throughout the flight. Special meals leave a lot to be desired. Kids meals should be made available when kids are flying and same goes for special kids meals too.

Waited on the runway for takeoff for 2.5 hours. Air traffic rerouted us. The plane didn't have enough fuel, so had to go back to the gate. Had to wait for a new pilot. Should have landed at 5:22. Didn't land until 9:10. Trash flight.

There were five broken seats on the plane. The crew was very rude in telling people they had to get off the plane and get a flight the next day. No call for volunteers, but telling people they had to get off. One woman was flying with her elderly mother and daughter and was told she had to leave or all three had to leave. Fortunately, a volunteer offered to stay. The situation was handled poorly.

Delays on all NY flights. There was no communication on why but they didn’t say it was weather. Other carriers were not delayed.

Extraordinary service in business class, and very good breakfast and snacks. A really lovely flight.

They cancelled our flight without warning OR a refund. Never doing business with American Airlines again! This is the second AA booked trip in a row that we've had challenges with.

I got bumped due to weight restrictions even tho there were empty seats on my flight. I got put on an other flight with a stopover. My flight that originally was going to take 5-6 hours ever up being 14+ hours and my luggage arrived to my destination without me because I was made to check in my luggage on my original flight when I was deemed ok to board only to be asked to deplane. Worst flight experience.

Flight cancelled. Added a day and a half to my travel. American Airlines DID put me in a hotel for two nights, but have not given any money back for any of this! I spent money on an apartment at my destination that I basically wasted because I could not arrive.

I was pleasantly surprised with an upgrade at boarding. I finally had a mostly gluten free food options and a very attentive attendant.

Worst flight experience ever flights canceled. JetBlue told us just did not even bother standing in line to come back in one and a half hours then without any information we had to go pick up all of our luggage and spend over $2000 in accommodation just to get home. JetBlue said that the next flight available for us to get home would be three days later. Absolutely absurd hasn’t offered to give us any compensation do not fly JetBlue horrible company. They said it was based on the weather and the weather is great in all locations that we would’ve been flying to total hoax. I think it’s a conspiracy theory.

flight was delayed for hours with no explanation. The plane was a very old aircraft.

The flight departed more than 1 hour late. Leg room is bigger than most airlines

Excellent. Although they used to greet me as a mosaic member and provide a free drink, early boarding helps me to keep coming back to JetBlue.

No music app working: no economy meal on five hour flight; hour on tarmac at the end waiting for a gate. Flight itself was smooth and easy.

Communication with the customer and stay is important. Staff off with a minor inconvenience but it worked out of course. Also this was a very old Mint Class plane. They snuck this one in on us. The updated aircraft are much better.

The flight itself was fine, but the boarding process was extremely frustrating. There is no one scanning boarding passes - passengers just scan themselves and enter the jetway. By the time my husband and I got on the plane and were halfway to our seats they determined there were too many bags on the plane and everything at that point needed to be checked. This created a lot of unnecessary chaos. They should have alerted people before getting on the plane that they would need to start checking bags instead of waiting until people were already on the plane.

In flight on demand didn't work at our seats. Only a single beverage/snack run.

Traveling with JetBlue from NYC was convenient as accessing JFK airport was straightforward via the LIRR to the AirTrain. Maneuvering through the terminal was hassle-free, which was a pleasant start to the journey. However, the flight experience itself left much to be desired. The seating arrangement was notably uncomfortable; despite securing a window seat, space felt cramped. This was exacerbated by the middle seat passenger encroaching on my area, which made the flight less enjoyable. Additionally, while the in-flight entertainment system initially seemed like a reprieve, the sound outlet on my seat was inoperable. This issue turned what could have been a manageable three-hour flight into a rather tedious ordeal, as I was unable to use the entertainment system effectively. While JetBlue provided a smooth process in terms of airport logistics, the on-board experience highlighted areas in need of improvement, particularly in terms of comfort and entertainment system maintenance.

Over 2 hour delay for a 50-minute flight is unacceptable, especially in normal weather. Very poor communication via app

The seats were uncomfortable and barely reclined at all. Very little leg room despite being business class. The crew was friendly and the food was good. Had to use my own phone for in-flight entertainment.

Boarding was excessively slow. They do it by groups in a way that it doesn’t make sense. After business class , ppl that need assistance and any other priority group they should have ppl board from the back to the front. First rows 20+. Then 15+. Then 10, etc. having ppl sitting in the back board last makes no sense. The libe backame long as soon as ppl on rows 10 or so where told to board. The line went all the way up the ramp and tunnel for 25 mins.

Seats are very tight even in Plus, no complimentary snacks or beverage

The chicken that was served in business class was cold!

Flight to Bogotá delayed by 3 h Missed connection from Bogotá to Guayaquil. Avianca unable to bring us to Baltra on time Overall delay 36h. We missed boat departure from galagos. Overall 10 day trip needed to be cancelled. Avianca was completely un-professional.

I receive a service for what I pay, so it is fair.

The seats were very uncomfortable. I would have upgrade or got different flight if I knew. I usually sleep in the plane but I couldn’t sleep at all. Very uncomfortable. Also no food or drink everything was to purchase, and that’s u usual for international flight.

There isn't much space in-between seats and even water needs to be paid for during the flight.

We did not know about the bag fees until check in. They are way too high. It’s insane. We also had a huge delay and everything costed extra which was very annoying.

Lounge for business was closed. Boarding was rush and stand by. Seat for business is just the middle seat blocked and some more leg room.

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