$136 Find Cheap Flights from San Salvador to California

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Best California Flight Deals from San Salvador

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles2 stops$243
San Francisco
San Franciscononstop$387
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$370
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$467
Reno
Reno1 stop$474
Sacramento
Sacramento2 stops$550
Los Angeles
Los Angeles2 stops$243
San Francisco
San Franciscononstop$387
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$370
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$467
Reno
Reno1 stop$474
Sacramento
Sacramento2 stops$550

Cheap Flights from San Salvador to California

 
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.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from San Salvador to California

Fri, Sep 12 - Tue, Sep 16
American Airlines Logo
12:35 pm - 8:33 amSAL-LAX
20h 58m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
10:01 pm - 11:35 amLAX-SAL
12h 34m1 stop
$243American Airlines
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Sat, Sep 6 - Tue, Sep 9
American Airlines Logo
12:35 pm - 9:21 amSAL-LAX
21h 46m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
2:18 pm - 11:35 amLAX-SAL
20h 17m2 stops
$244American Airlines
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Thu, Aug 21 - Thu, Aug 28
Avianca Logo
9:40 am - 1:45 pmSAL-LAS
5h 05mnonstop
Avianca Logo
3:05 pm - 9:05 pmLAS-SAL
5h 00mnonstop
$246Avianca
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Tue, Aug 19 - Sat, Aug 30
Avianca Logo
9:40 am - 1:45 pmSAL-LAS
5h 05mnonstop
Avianca Logo
3:05 pm - 9:05 pmLAS-SAL
5h 00mnonstop
$248Avianca
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Wed, Sep 17 - Wed, Sep 24
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 3:38 pmSAL-LAS
10h 38m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 2:23 pmLAS-SAL
7h 23m1 stop
$252United Airlines
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Sun, Sep 14 - Sat, Sep 27
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 7:23 pmSAL-LAS
14h 23m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
10:00 am - 8:17 pmLAS-SAL
9h 17m1 stop
$261United Airlines
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Fri, Oct 24 - Sun, Nov 2
Volaris El Salvador Logo
3:51 pm - 8:40 pmSAL-OAK
5h 49mnonstop
Volaris El Salvador Logo
9:50 pm - 5:08 amOAK-SAL
5h 18mnonstop
$494Volaris El Salvador
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Fri, Aug 22 - Sun, Aug 31
Volaris El Salvador Logo
3:57 pm - 8:40 pmSAL-OAK
5h 43mnonstop
Volaris El Salvador Logo
10:40 pm - 5:19 amOAK-SAL
5h 39mnonstop
$496Volaris El Salvador
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Sat, Sep 6 - Sat, Oct 4
Delta Logo
1:52 pm - 1:15 pmSAL-SMF
24h 23m2 stops
Delta Logo
1:25 pm - 12:22 pmSMF-SAL
21h 57m2 stops
$552Delta
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Mon, Dec 22 - Sat, Jan 3
Delta Logo
2:15 pm - 12:49 pmSAL-SJC
24h 34m2 stops
Delta Logo
10:51 pm - 12:50 pmSJC-SAL
11h 59m1 stop
$780Delta
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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.

What is the cheapest San Salvador to California flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from San Salvador to California.

The cheapest ticket to California from San Salvador found in the last 72 hours was to Ontario, at $208 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 72 hours was $215.

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 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $547 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 October, when tickets cost $259 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $370 and $350 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 Tuesdays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from California, Tuesday 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 6 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 25 weeks before departure.


Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
High seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$136
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 3% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 1% increase in price.
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 AviancaSAL-SFOMar 2024
Bring a pillow Bring phones charged Bring your own entertainment Be patient for luggage to get off plane.
MayumiFlew with AviancaSAL-LAXJan 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.

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

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $199 on average. Morning departures are around 5% 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 $380.

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 $228 one-way - $315 round-trip; San Francisco $219 one-way - $361 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.
8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 7973 reviews
7.3Food
7.9Comfort
8.5Crew
8.2Boarding
7.9Entertainment
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Not a "Delta" issue, but a JFK issue: We booked a connecting flight with 3 1/2 hours between to clearn immigration and customs. Our inbound flight (BCN to JFK) was on the taxiway 45 minutes which ate into our layover time. Immigtration was insanely quick with the CBP MPC app; however, clearing TSA (again, after we were ALREADY cleared in Spain on the inbound international flight) took over 95 minutes. This left us with 10 minutes before boarding the connecting flight (JFK to SAN) to walk to the far end of Terminal 4 and try to find food. We didn't find any food that could promise to serve us in under 10 minutes so we boarded the Delta flight after coming off a plance and an 8-hour flight knowing that we wouldn't be served any food on the next 5 1/2 hour flight. I feel like Delta needs to put pressure on the JFK TSA to open more screening stations (by our count, we saw only 5 scanners open and a line of - as we said - over 90 minutes. The insult is that we WERE ALREADY SCREENED through TSA, but as you come off one flight into the USA, you have to go through the whole process again. It seems like if you have a connecting flight, there should be a way to pass through immigration and customs without needing to return through TSA.

4.0 OkayMathew, Jun 2025JFK - SAN
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Not a "Delta" issue, but a JFK issue: We booked a connecting flight with 3 1/2 hours between to clearn immigration and customs. Our inbound flight (BCN to JFK) was on the taxiway 45 minutes which ate into our layover time. Immigtration was insanely quick with the CBP MPC app; however, clearing TSA (again, after we were ALREADY cleared in Spain on the inbound international flight) took over 95 minutes. This left us with 10 minutes before boarding the connecting flight (JFK to SAN) to walk to the far end of Terminal 4 and try to find food. We didn't find any food that could promise to serve us in under 10 minutes so we boarded the Delta flight after coming off a plance and an 8-hour flight knowing that we wouldn't be served any food on the next 5 1/2 hour flight. I feel like Delta needs to put pressure on the JFK TSA to open more screening stations (by our count, we saw only 5 scanners open and a line of - as we said - over 90 minutes. The insult is that we WERE ALREADY SCREENED through TSA, but as you come off one flight into the USA, you have to go through the whole process again. It seems like if you have a connecting flight, there should be a way to pass through immigration and customs without needing to return through TSA.

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

5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

Terrible entertainment system - kept freezing and audio kept cutting out. Snacks were mediocre at best for a 5 hour flight.

I am still upset that my bag was lost on a recent trip to Rome ; we were inconvenienced and out €150 Euros ; delta has refused to reimburse us

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

I love the free WiFi!! Crew was nice. Bathroom was decent. First time flying delta in a long time and I enjoyed it. Will definitely look into booking with Delta more but I think Delta is a little more expensive than the other airlines.

Seats are much much more comfortable than United, which is what I usually fly

If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

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

It was all good flight was on time, service was good I enjoyed a few movies and everything was smooth

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

My flight was delayed a very short period of time but they did not hold my connecting flight to San Diego, also through United. So they closed the doors before we got off our plane. They would only have to help the door open for another five to ten minutes. So I missed a court deadline for a manditory mediation settlement conference for my client. I had to get an associate to be there in person and be on the phone with him relaying what he needs to do the entire time. The court was very upset with me and so was my client. United cannot be trusted.

We were given vouchers we couldn’t use with a 5.5 hour delay

Really good 😊 the woman at the gate entrance was a little rude checking in our carry-on but i dont think she worked for the airline, she worked for the airport at sacramento, other than that amazing.

Boarding was mayhem. Late boarding by 15 minutes because of lack of staff (missing 1 flight attendant. We had to wait for an arrival of another plane before we could board). Flight was a little rough, but cannot blame on airlines.

Great experience…left a bit behind schedule but made up fir that in the air and landed 10 minutes early 😁

Airbus plane, nice and polite staff, entertainment even as it was a short flight.

United out of SFO is having issues with catering so none of our meals were loaded on the plane and no offer of compensation for our tickets purchased was offered.

Its good expeince but in enternteiment please be like you tube the music i like or movie

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.

Late departure. When the flight arrived in Medellin the plane sat at the gate for 20 minutes waiting for a bus for us to get off the plane.

A few years ago long flights 6 hours or so used to have video screens and they offered ear phones. The food cart used to come and drinks. Now absolutely nothing. Avianca is as bad as Spirit Airlines. Avianca will now be my last choice when booking my next flight.

Terrible, We had to stay in Bogota for two days due to weather but the airline did not provide for the same day flight. Only two days later

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 were not aware carry-on bags cost extra until we arrived at the airport so, we were charged $240.00 for two small carry- on bags! There was a substantial fee for drinks and snacks. No wifi, or other entertainment was available. Waiting areas were crowded and uncomfortable.

So so, you feel like you have to pay for everything each time

COP 7,000 for a cup of mediocre coffee. I thought I was on Spirit Airlines for a minute. Otherwise the flight was fine. Nothing exceptional to report.

please see previous response; it covers the whole travel trajectory.

In Mexico charges too much for my luggage and I ask for help and nothing one lady she just disappeared 😡😡😡😡😡never going to fly there

Confusion over extra fees. Held up on ramp during boarding. Thin seat cushion. Minimal leg room.

The check-in is either at a kiosk that didn’t allow me to check-in because my middle name was not on the reservation or at an agent that cost $15.

Better communication about delayed flight. I am thankful for a small credit for late flight.

Liked on time, rear entry and exit from plane Dislike the use of duct tape to repair seat rests

Terrible. And they charged over $400 just for luggage. And threatened that I would loose my flight if I didn’t pay. So I didn’t have another choice but to pay.

They check you everything before entering to waiting room, if you have any liquid they take it away even if you buy it inside the airport, no recommend volaris, for mi know Alaska airline is better

They don’t give anything for free you have to pay for everything which it’s expected but at least give out water and a snack as a courtesy for flying with them.

I got to where I needed to go quickly. There were no amenities. And the seats were painful.

The worst. Kayak sent notification at 2am and 10am regarding the delay. Then sends a notification an hour before original depart time that it will depart on time. I had to wait 8 hours at the airport. My family had to pay for lodging in Guadalajara where I was landing for pick up.

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