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Cheap Flights from San Jose to Central America

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
San Salvador
San Salvador2 stops$509
San José
San José1 stop$295
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop$400
Panama City
Panama City1 stop$426
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$419
Managua
Managua2 stops$665
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula2 stops$752
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole2 stops$626
David
David2 stops$1,349
San Salvador
San Salvador2 stops$509
San José
San José1 stop$295
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop$400
Panama City
Panama City1 stop$426
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$419
Managua
Managua2 stops$665
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula2 stops$752
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole2 stops$626
David
David2 stops$1,349

Book Cheap San Jose 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 San Jose 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 San Jose to Central America

Mon, Dec 8 - Tue, Dec 16
American Airlines Logo
2:37 pm - 12:13 pmSJC-SJO
19h 36m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
3:38 pm - 10:23 amSJO-SJC
20h 45m2 stops
$308American Airlines
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Mon, Dec 8 - Thu, Dec 18
Delta Logo
6:35 am - 10:20 pmSJC-SJO
13h 45m1 stop
Delta Logo
7:00 am - 10:55 pmSJO-SJC
17h 55m1 stop
$316Delta
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Mon, Dec 8 - Thu, Dec 18
Delta Logo
8:30 pm - 10:20 pmSJC-SJO
23h 50m2 stops
Delta Logo
2:31 pm - 9:10 amSJO-SJC
20h 39m2 stops
$320Delta
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Mon, Nov 10 - Fri, Nov 21
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:54 pm - 12:38 amSJC-SJO
27h 44m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
1:30 am - 10:59 pmSJO-SJC
23h 29m1 stop
$379Alaska Airlines
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Sat, Dec 6 - Sat, Dec 13
United Airlines Logo
8:45 am - 1:15 pmSJC-SJO
26h 30m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
7:30 am - 9:27 pmSJO-SJC
15h 57m1 stop
$408United Airlines
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Sat, Nov 15 - Fri, Nov 21
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:55 pm - 12:38 amSJC-SJO
28h 43m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
1:30 am - 10:59 pmSJO-SJC
23h 29m1 stop
$409Alaska Airlines
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Thu, Dec 11 - Tue, Dec 16
Southwest Logo
7:10 am - 8:30 pmSJC-SJO
11h 20m1 stop
Southwest Logo
9:00 am - 9:50 pmSJO-SJC
14h 50m2 stops
$421Southwest
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Fri, Dec 5 - Sun, Dec 14
United Airlines Logo
4:00 pm - 12:56 pmSJC-SJO
18h 56m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
6:40 am - 5:51 pmSJO-SJC
37h 11m2 stops
$423United Airlines
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Sun, Jan 11 - Wed, Jan 21
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:52 pm - 6:39 amSJC-LIR
9h 47m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:20 am - 3:29 pmLIR-SJC
30h 09m1 stop
$430Multiple Airlines
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Mon, Dec 1 - Fri, Dec 5
Multiple Airlines Logo
4:40 pm - 11:19 amSJC-GUA
16h 39m2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:30 am - 2:32 pmGUA-SJC
9h 02m1 stop
$439Multiple Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Jose to Central America flights

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

Which airlines fly non-stop between San Jose and Central America?

Airline and price data is aggregated from results in KAYAK’s search results from the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from San Jose to Central America.

There are 6 airlines that fly nonstop from San Jose to Central America. They are: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Avianca, Southwest, Delta and United Airlines. The cheapest price of all airlines flying this route was found with United Airlines at $324 for a round-trip flight to San José (SJO). On average, Avianca offers the best prices for nonstop flights between San Jose and Central America.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from San Jose to Central America?

The cheapest round-trip price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.

In the past 3 days, the cheapest round-trip tickets from San Jose to Central America were found on American Airlines ($308) and Delta ($316).

Good to know

Low seasonOctober
Cheapest flight$136
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 18% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 29% increase in price.
Flight from San Jose to San José

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

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Central America is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $562 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 $814.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Jose to Central America

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Jose 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
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 11210 reviews
7.8Comfort
7.0Entertainment
7.1Food
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
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I received the perfect seat. The cheese tray was delicious. Thank you!

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Oct 2025SFO - PVR
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I received the perfect seat. The cheese tray was delicious. Thank you!

Check in went pretty well and you didn't lose my bag. After I got a drink from the drink cart they charged me for it, and at the crazy overpriced airport rates. Never had that happen before, is that an american thing? what madness.

Kayak I had marked one carry on, one checked bag. Yet when it completed the purchase marked it as no carry on. Fail on kayaks side! Then extended flight delayed due to computer issues. Crew of the plane did awesome but fail on both kayak and alaskan

In both halves of the trip (going and returning) there were problems. Not exactly Alaska's fault, but still really difficult. Outgoing flight was canceled and rebooked twice due to a total ground stop of all Alaska's flights. This required me to change airports with minimal notice and I almost missed my flight transferring to the other airport (which was roughly an hour and a half away). On the return, the first leg was delayed by an hour, and the second leg was delayed by nearly 3 hours. This was a rough set of flights and the communication about all of these changes was minimal. Crew did their best however, so no fault there. Other thing to remember is there is no food on Alaska flights unless you pre-order. Take that into account when you choose airlines.

Check in online didn't accept my confirmation number so i could only check in with assistance at the airport and ended up with s creepy middle seat.

I was delayed several times. Missed a very important event. The airline only provided a $12 voucher after being delayed 3 times.

It was the most expensive Alaska Airlines ticket I’ve ever purchased. I had a middle seat with no legroom or space compared to any other middle seat I’ve hadThere was a silver box under the seat that took up 70% of my legroom on the most narrow 737 max the crew flat out would not help they would not help with bags they would not help with garbage there was no coffee,It was definitely not one of my better experiences on Alaska.

Sitting on the ground for 2 hours waiting for a gate wasn't fun.

It was a great experience, friendly staff and good snacks

Online check in didn't work. Somehow ended up with 2 Alaska rewards numbers and 1 for Hawaiian. No one at check in could figure out what to do. No one at check in could help me confirm an upcoming flight on Hawaiian Airlines.

Ever since Southwest starting charging for bags, passengers don't want to pay to check their bags, so the gate agents have to beg people to check their roller bags now because there's "not enough space". This was a terrible business move by Southwest.

Sacrament staff are always polite and helpful. Airport is easy to maneuver and boarding is straightforward.

As always, the entire Southwest experience was wonderful, from online booking to flight to baggage retrieval. Very grateful.

The weather could have been better. There was a 40 minute ATC delay in SFO because of marine fog and a micro cell storm delayed landing and take-off at Nashville. The gate was changed 5 minutes from boarding from gate B3 to gate C23 at Nashville airport.

The cabin was quiet for the redeye flight. The area was clean. The staff was great. The 787 Max was in good condition. Drawbacks were that the seat widths were tight for some passengers. The seat padding was at best average and for a long flight uncomfortable.

Delayed flight. Nicest crew member was a SW pilot flying seated next to me who kindly move to seat the final passenger. Flight extra delayed. My cup of refreshment of ginger ale was so packed with ice it was literally 2 sips.

No trays in our seats, we sat in first row, purchased a business class fare. Had to hold our drinks and snack in our hands. No plugs for our cell phones. Had to pay for it a drink cocktail each. Seats so uncomfortable.

Flight wasn’t even full, but too many carry-ons caused us to run out of bin space. New bag fee has folks who would usually check their bags carrying on. Watching Southwest morph into Spirit/Frontier is so sad to watch

Southwest is Southwest. No frills. If you're luck enough to get a happy crew (we did), then it makes for a nicer flight.

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Staff were friendly and happy. Delta could make sure passengers that don't have the app know of changes. Without Kayak I would not have known about the change of gate or the delay. Kayak was faster to notify me.

The flight used a B767 with a very old interior from before 2014. The entertainment system did not work at all during the flight despite attempts to reset the system. It was like they flew this route just to be competitive.

Delayed flight (1hour) plus a long layover after an overnight flight with no backup plane available.

Flight delayed for two and half hours and then canceled altogether due to mechanical issues. No mechanic onsite to fix so had to send one from LAX.

My husband upgraded our seats and I don't know if it was due to the type of planet was or if they didn't upgrade our seats. We were supposed to be in I believe comfort seats and they were just as tight as any other seat- no leg room and we are very tall people but at least it wasn't extremely cold. My husband did put in a complaint about our seating because he paid extra and if we would have known that the space and the tightness would have been the same, we just would have gotten the emergency row emergency row seats that we normally get. We love Delta but both our flights coming home we're not good. Oh I forgot to mention that on our flight to Hawaii our luggage wheels got broke and we had to purse new luggage on vacation then we never had this problem so we didn't know protocol and reported it after we got home only for them to tell is we only had 24hrs to report the damage. Not sure what was going on with Delta this vacation trip.

Crew was excellent. Comfort seats not as nice as other kinds of planes.

It was a great flight and the stewards and stewardess were all kind and accommodating!! The seats were comfortable and entertainment screen excellent!

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

There was a security issue at the airport and we were unable to land. We circled endlessly and then landed at another airfield for fuel. We then circled the airport again, almost landed but didn’t fully touch down before circling again. I am thankful to the crew for keeping us safe- the issue was the airline and staff at the airport getting us seats on our connecting flights. That part was hours of searching for someone and getting in double my steps.

Most aspects were good however if they assign boarding zones they ought to enforce them or why bother? My luggage from SAN-JFK-MAD was lost in NY so I without my main bag for two days upon arrival in Spain. They were helpful in tracking it and eventually delivered it to my hotel. The flub was because of a delay upon arrival in NYC. I had booked 2 1/2 hours between flights but we had to hold on the taxiway for an hour after landing while waiting for a clear gate which likely caused the baggage error.

Same as last comment. Food sucks. Quality. Not surprising most people have no clue about nourishment Clearly

The flight attendants were great, I joked with one I can’t remember her name, a blond, really sweet. I thought it was run well very professional. This was great i survived Spirit, I know for which I speak.

We were in business class. the angled seats in that class do not have a real window view & the placement of the controls are bad. But we knew that. But the food options were mediocre. The taste was fine, but the size was for a child. It’s just really feels like United is skimping on everything. Even when we were in the Polaris lounge they did not have diet sodas. They said they were out no Coke zero no Diet Coke, etc. I do not think the portion of nuts they serve on the plane could get any smaller. Really a minimal service and offer for what you’re paying for in business.

I was in first class. The outlets at my seat did not work. The plane was shabby and run down. I had prepurchsed a day subscription for internet that was not redeemable. I had to repurchase the internet for my flight and then it didn’t work anyway. Quite disappointed in what was supposed to be the launch of a great vacation.

We had to deboard 2 times due to maintenance issues. They changed the plane, and then we got deviated to LAX due to maibtenance issues on the other plane, had to sleep at LAX and los a full day.

From the first moment you interact with United Airlines, you can expect nothing less but extreme frustration. The baggage handler at the bag drop seems completely unbothered by the presence of customers waiting in line. No help was extended to load the baggage whatsoever. And if any of your bags is overweight by 0.01 pound they will make you re-distribute everything in your suitcase just to play power trip. When it was time to board no help was extended to customers to locate their seats. Moreover. It was a chaotic mess at the gate when it was unclear who should board first and everyone just bunched up, trying to get on the plane. I am sure the crew was doing their best to perform their jobs while being paid their wages however it shouldn’t be that hard to smile once or twice when you’re in the business if serving customers. It is a shame for the United States of America to have a flagship carrier of such low caliber. Our flight was also delayed by about an hour and a half due to further delays prior to our inbound flight. Being someone who has travelled for both business and leisure in Asia, Europe, and South America I have never experienced such poor quality of service.

I understand stuff happens, but plane failures are likely due to lack of maintenance. Additionally, air conditioning wasn't working, no snack/drink service, no WiFi. Fortunately, the crew was communicative and light-hearted. United grabbed another plane and we were able to get to our destination.

The pilots were late and it made us 1 hour late. The meat was tough and bok choy was also tough.

Stuck on tarmac for two hours plus a 5.5 hour flight. Rude flight attendant. And no meals, not even for purchase!

I learned that seating towards the end of plane that a line forms for the restroom and people use your chair as a hand railing, bumping your seat consistently. I was seated in the aisle. I think that next time if I am towards the back row I would want to sit in the middle or window seat.

The flight was flawless and we even arrived between 20 and 25 minutes early!

Always seated jammed in rear of aircraft Admirals Club food at DFW terminal D was absolute worst food experience and I pay $600/year to eat this dried out junk

Mostly good. Flight was crowded but Airline personnel were very friendly & accommodating. It would be good to have savory snacks rather than just sweet Biscoff cookies.

It was a red eye flight, so no meals were provided, but it was fine with snacks. The seats felt cramped and almost too narrow.

Very crowded flight but what can you expect these days?? Crew was accommodating.

The seats in economy were appeared to be quite thin and lack sufficient cushioning to be comfortable. Perhaps it was my seating position but the plane seemed notably load.

The entertainment package was vast and the selections were very current. Keep updating it was great.

The seat was so hard my tailbone was aching The crew was kind of a b**** because I made a joke that I didn't care if they close the door I total c*** when she was trying to f****** act like she was mad at me because I said that The flight was bumpy. Sure you didnt have control over that.

4 hours late, including over +1 hour waiting in plane to take off. Baggage left behind too.

While waiting to claim my checked luggage, I discovered the airline had lost it. After a long wait and inquiries, I discovered it was on another flight. Fortunately, the airline finally sent my luggage home.

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