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Cheap Flights from San Salvador to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angelesnonstop$302
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$555
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$537
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$692
Reno
Reno1 stop$680
Los Angeles
Los Angelesnonstop$302
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$555
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$537
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$692
Reno
Reno1 stop$680

Book Cheap San Salvador to California Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Salvador to California 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 San Salvador to California

Fri, Jul 24 - Mon, Jul 27
Volaris El Salvador Logo
6:11 pm - 10:24 pm
SAL
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LAX
5h 13mnonstop
Volaris El Salvador Logo
10:59 am - 4:57 pm
LAX
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SAL
4h 58mnonstop
$302Volaris El Salvador
Tue, Jul 21 - Sun, Jul 26
Volaris El Salvador Logo
6:11 pm - 10:24 pm
SAL
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LAX
5h 13mnonstop
Volaris El Salvador Logo
10:59 am - 4:57 pm
LAX
-
SAL
4h 58mnonstop
$303Volaris El Salvador
Tue, Sep 1 - Tue, Sep 29
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 6:24 pm
SAL
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LAS
13h 24m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
12:59 am - 12:15 pm
LAS
-
SAL
10h 16m
1 stop
$472United Airlines
Thu, Oct 1 - Mon, Oct 5
United Airlines Logo
1:50 pm - 9:33 pm
SAL
-
LAS
8h 43m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
5:07 pm - 12:15 pm
LAS
-
SAL
18h 08m
2 stops
$477United Airlines
Sun, Oct 18 - Mon, Oct 26
American Airlines Logo
1:59 pm - 9:49 pm
SAL
-
LAS
8h 50m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:11 pm - 12:45 pm
LAS
-
SAL
17h 34m
1 stop
$478American Airlines
Sat, Aug 1 - Wed, Aug 5
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 10:35 pm
SAL
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LAS
17h 35m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 12:48 pm
LAS
-
SAL
27h 48m
1 stop
$479American Airlines
Mon, Aug 3 - Sun, Aug 9
Frontier Logo
11:07 am - 8:41 am
SAL
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ONT
22h 34m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
8:17 am - 10:00 am
ONT
-
SAL
24h 43m
1 stop
$510Frontier
Fri, Jul 17 - Fri, Aug 28
Frontier Logo
11:07 am - 8:37 am
SAL
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ONT
22h 30m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
8:17 am - 10:02 am
ONT
-
SAL
24h 45m
1 stop
$533Frontier
Thu, Oct 22 - Tue, Oct 27
Avianca Logo
5:35 pm - 9:45 pm
SAL
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ONT
5h 10mnonstop
Avianca Logo
11:30 pm - 5:20 am
ONT
-
SAL
4h 50mnonstop
$542Avianca
Thu, Sep 24 - Sat, Oct 3
Avianca Logo
5:35 pm - 9:45 pm
SAL
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ONT
5h 10mnonstop
Avianca Logo
11:35 pm - 5:20 am
ONT
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SAL
4h 45mnonstop
$552Avianca
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for San Salvador to California flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from San Salvador to California?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from San Salvador to California departing in July.

What is the cheapest San Salvador to California flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to California from San Salvador found in the last 5 days was to Los Angeles, at $277 round-trip. The most popular route is from San Salvador (SAL) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $277.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to California?

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

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $372 on average. Morning departures are around 11% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $557.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from San Salvador to California?

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 1 stop layover the cheapest option at $608 on average.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Salvador to California, 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 California is September, when tickets cost $290 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $560 and $547 respectively.

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

The average price of all round-trip flights from San Salvador to California clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from San Salvador to California, look for departures on Fridays and avoid leaving on a Monday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from California, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly and Friday is the most expensive.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San Salvador to California, 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 San Salvador to California, you should book around 8 weeks before departure, which saves you about 26% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$197
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 19% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 8% lower on average.
Flight from San Salvador to Los Angeles

Flights from San Salvador to California: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from San Salvador to California 
Verified travelerFlew with Avianca
SAL
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SFO
Mar 2024
Bring a pillow Bring phones charged Bring your own entertainment Be patient for luggage to get off plane.
MayumiFlew with Avianca
SAL
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LAX
Jan 2024
Eat well before boarding and bring your own entertainment.

FAQs - booking California flights

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

    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 California.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from San Salvador to California 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 California?

    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 San Salvador to California 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 San Salvador to California?

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

Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from San Salvador to the following destinations at these prices or less: Los Angeles $235 one-way - $409 round-trip; San Francisco $588 one-way - $763 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Salvador to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Salvador to California. 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 California? 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.
7.6
Copa AirlinesOverall score based on 1566 reviews
6.8Entertainment
7.8Boarding
8.1Crew
7.4Comfort
6.9Food
Airline reviews

stood in line to check in luggage for nearly an hour. very poor service and not excusable

4.0 OkayAnonymous, Jun 2026
PTY - AUS
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stood in line to check in luggage for nearly an hour. very poor service and not excusable

Same as the previous flight as far as comfort and food. Entertainment didn’t have a watchable screen so everything would need to be watched on your own device in which they didn’t have a charging port that accommodated my iPhone. Seats were very uncomfortable. Staff was very friendly.

Do not book it’s a scam! They stole $1200 from me

Flight got delayed; had to go through security three times.

A lot things happened in this trip.The fly should be less stress.

Some of the Air hostesses are not that friendly. Need improvement

Had to go through security at the gate again. Had to take off shoes and go through the whole thing again even though we have global entry. They asked us to check in items bought at duty free during our layover and since we checked our luggage at the original departure airport, they forced us to check in a small backpack. None of this ever happened with other airlines. In addition, no vegetarian food option and no snacks during a 7 hr flight. Luggage limits are unusually small. This is unacceptable. Will NEVER fly Copa again and will tell friends and family to avoid this airline.

I upgraded myself to Business Class at the last minute so I had a DREAMS window seat. Seeing as I've never flown Business before everything was novel and fun for me and it made the 7 hour flight much more enjoyable for sure.

Horrible food. No wine or any other alcohol is served on the flight. Water is not served often and they refused when I asked for water in two cups. On the other hand, both going and coming back flights were on time.

it was great! Boarded on-time, reasonable leg room, pleasant staff, decent food. The only thing is we were directed to Terminal 2 when the gate was actually in Terminal 1. Smooth ride. Landed early. Got off plane easily and quickly.

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

Friendly crew, but we were delayed for more than an hour and had to change planes due to maintenance issues.

United has been holding my money for a cancel on another ticket they wouldn’t let me fly for going on 5 months. Terrible service I wouldn’t choose to buy tickets or fly with united again. Very bad experience generally dishonorable and poor service .

The flight got delayed. They forgot to bring the drinks when I asked for it. The toilet is messy.

This was an overnight flight, and in the morning they did know coffee service. How you can throw passengers in a San Francisco airport at 5:40 a.m. in the morning and not giving them Coffee is a crime.

Our flight was delayed several Times due to mechanical issues. Although I understand this may happen at times, it was very inconvenient and we had to book a hotel for an overnight stay. We were traveling with my 3-yo grandson and waiting at the airport from noon until 6:30pm with no reassurance that our next rescheduled flight would depart, we had to decide what’s best for him. A day later, I found out that I may be able to demand compensation if my flight is delayed more than 4 hours. I will hav to read the fine print next time.

Service was professional and quick. Premium economy seat was comfortable given the class

Like: departed and arrived on time. Unlike: Food options for purchase allways bad, 1 of 2 of the crew members not very friendly at all. Seats and leg room aweful. At this point I am thinking on switching to AA.

The staff was extremely helpful and friendly at all times! They went above and beyond to get us into an earlier flight in San Diego to make our connection in SFO possible, because our original flight did actually not make it! I did so much appreciate the UA team and how they made this possible. We also didn’t have seats together on the long flight to Singapore, but they found us seats together last moment with no additional cost! Nobody sat next to us, so that we were able to sleep! Thanks to UA for improving their service and Underpricer for booking this trip! Please be careful: 1,5 hrs for transfer in San Francisco might not be enough time in the future

Crew was great! Good meals. Had room to stretch out

Very good service and very helpful support staff (wheelchair service)

Flight cancelled. Twice. And no communication. No gate agent. Went past boarding time and had to go and see email from AA. Airport communication was bad

It was so much better than expected, Ohare is not such a pleasant experience but American Airlines with the new, clean aeroplane and free Wi-Fi was outstanding and the crew so pleasant and helpful.

This was my first flight on Aer Lingus and it was great. The plane wasn't full so I could move to a seat with extra room. The food was pretty good for airline food and the staff was nice and attentive. I enjoyed the media provided during my 10 hour flight. We arrived home early and it's always good to be home!

Was put into a seat right behind the toilet that had no entertainment possible but did have plenty of leg room over noisy part of plane.

The seat when "flat" was not flat and pad was too thin to cover it.

American delayed the flight for a crew rest period. The delay occurred late in the evening - the earliest i can find is 10:20 pm. With a 6 am flight anyone on the flight would have already have been asleep (unless you are insane, a vampire or on drugs) and at least for me i was already on the way to the airport at 445 am the next morning when i discovered they delayed the flight until 9 am. Given the incoming flight was in the air at 6 pm the evening before this should have been figured out a lot more timely that was there only crew to use. Just frustrating given there is no consideration for customer experience anymore in flying.

Flight: Started on time. Comfortable flight. Arrived on time. Crew: Very cordial and helpful. Drinks and snack was served with a smile. Overall enjoyed the trip. Regards, Hari Doss Chanchala Doss

To have arrived on time and not 3 hours late after having already spent $100 to change to an earlier flight, only to arrive back home close to the original flight time.

American Airlines is a miserable experience. It is predictably miserable, in the sense that every time I fly American, I brace myself for the certainty that it will be unpleasant and uncomfortable. But it is unpredictable in the sense that I never know if the flight will be on time or delayed nine hours (both happened to me this week). I never know if I will be able to sit in the seat that I selected when I purchased the ticket or if I will be told by Customer Service (!!!) that I must relocate from first class to a seat in the back of the aircraft with no explanation (both happened to me this week). Will the food be frozen and half defrosted, or scalding hot? Will the drinks be warm? Will the flight attendants be surly and mean? Will the toilets be cramped and foul? Will the seats be narrow and uncomfortable? Will there be a real electric outlet at the seat, or just an unreliable USB-2 port? Will there be enough seats in the boarding lounge or just a few? Will the boarding process be smooth and efficient, or will the gate agents mess it up and delay it needlessly for 30 or 40 minutes? Will the catering and cleaning crew be prompt or will they take an extra 30 minutes? Will the brakes on the aircraft work properly, or will the pilot delay takeoff for four hours while the ground crew attends to what can only be described as routine maintenance that should have been done the night before? I've eexperienced every one of these unpleasant things this year, 2026. The only thing I can reliably count on is that American will find a new way to make the experience of flying as miserable as they possibly can.

Given Covid protocols, it is still baffling to me how these planes can be so overcrowded. But the flight in general was okay.

I had bad experiences before now was excellent I am glad they have business class again

I handed in my suitcase in perfect condition at SAL Airport. And in MIA Airport I received it with one corner broken and the wheels bent.

It was horrible. My experience with Avianca. I didn’t know it was Pakistan international Airlines but anyway, whatever it is it is bad horrible you guys need to upgrade everything in those planes. And you guys charge $130 for a carry-on did they wanna let me in with my carry-on that I travel everywhere with the luggage you guys are such a dog thank you

The fees for baggage were outrageous. $130 for carry on and $150 for check in for an international flight. The seats did not recline. We were not even offered water. Had we known all of this, we would not have booked Avianca at all.

I was shocked flying to El Salvador that they only give you water. Everything else you have to pay for. There is no wifi or entertainment and it’s an international flight. At least back in the day they had tvs on the plane and everyone watched the same movie. Also seats do not recline, even comfort or plus.

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.

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

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

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