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Cheap Flights from San Salvador to San Francisco (SAL-SFO)

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

Mon, Jun 9 - Mon, Jul 28
Avianca Logo
5:40 pm - 10:45 pmSAL-SFO
6h 05mnonstop
Avianca Logo
2:20 pm - 8:50 pmSFO-SAL
5h 30mnonstop
$307Avianca
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Thu, Jun 19 - Mon, Jun 30
Avianca Logo
6:40 pm - 11:55 pmSAL-SFO
6h 15mnonstop
Avianca Logo
2:20 pm - 8:50 pmSFO-SAL
5h 30mnonstop
$308Avianca
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Wed, Sep 17 - Wed, Sep 24
American Airlines Logo
1:05 pm - 8:50 amSAL-SFO
20h 45m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
4:25 pm - 11:00 amSFO-SAL
17h 35m2 stops
$387American Airlines
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Fri, Sep 12 - Tue, Sep 16
American Airlines Logo
1:05 pm - 8:50 amSAL-SFO
20h 45m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
5:01 pm - 11:00 amSFO-SAL
16h 59m2 stops
$394American Airlines
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Wed, Oct 1 - Tue, Oct 7
Copa Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 11:40 pmSAL-SFO
19h 40m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
1:28 am - 11:39 pmSFO-SAL
21h 11m1 stop
$423Copa Airlines
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Tue, Jul 1 - Tue, Jul 8
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6:40 pm - 11:55 pmSAL-SFO
6h 15mnonstop
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7:00 am - 9:05 pmSFO-SAL
13h 05m1 stop
Sat, Jul 5 - Sat, Jul 12
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6:40 pm - 11:55 pmSAL-SFO
6h 15mnonstop
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6:55 am - 9:05 pmSFO-SAL
13h 10m1 stop
Tue, Jun 10 - Mon, Aug 25
Copa Airlines Logo
8:30 am - 11:40 pmSAL-SFO
16h 10m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
1:28 am - 12:42 pmSFO-SAL
10h 14m1 stop
$435Copa Airlines
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Mon, Jun 30 - Mon, Jul 7
United Airlines Logo
1:15 am - 12:16 pmSAL-SFO
12h 01m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
12:30 am - 8:17 pmSFO-SAL
18h 47m1 stop
$514United Airlines
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Mon, Jun 2 - Tue, Jun 10
United Airlines Logo
2:00 am - 11:59 amSAL-SFO
10h 59m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
11:59 pm - 11:58 pmSFO-SAL
22h 59m1 stop
$533United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Salvador to San Francisco flights

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

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

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

For San Salvador to San Francisco, Friday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Sunday is the most expensive. Flying from San Francisco back to San Salvador, the best deals are generally found on Tuesday, with Saturday being the most expensive.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Salvador to San Francisco, 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 San Francisco is February, where tickets cost $400 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and August, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $514 and $505 respectively.

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

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.

No, with an average price for the route of $400, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

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

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 San Francisco, 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 San Francisco, you should book around 3 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 25 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
High seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$180
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 11% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 3% increase in price.
Flight from San Salvador to San Francisco

When to book flights from San Salvador to San Francisco

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Salvador to San Francisco based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

Flights from San Salvador to San Francisco: the best tips from KAYAK users' own experiences

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from San Salvador to San Francisco 
Verified travelerFlew with AviancaSAL-SFOMar 2024
Bring a pillow Bring phones charged Bring your own entertainment Be patient for luggage to get off plane.
AdrianaFlew with AviancaSAL-SFOApr 2024
Skip Avianca. They are a low budget airlines with rude flight crew.

FAQs for booking flights from San Salvador to San Francisco

  • Where is San Francisco International Airport's animals’ relief area?

    SFO is a service animal and pet-friendly airport welcoming them throughout the Airport. SFO provides animals’ relief areas in its facilities with waste bins, mutt mitt dispensers, and drinking sinks to care for the animals' relief needs. The animals’ relief areas are available to passengers traveling with their service animal or pet throughout the day, also, with accessibility to patrons with limited mobility. At SFO on the arrivals level, are the outdoor relief areas in Terminal 3 Courtyard 4 and Terminal 1 Courtyard 2. While, on the departure level, are the indoor relief areas in Terminal 2 gates D, Terminal 1 B and C gates, International Terminal gates A, and Terminal C gates F.

  • Does San Francisco International Airport have a hotel?

    Yes. SFO has an on-airport hotel, the Grand Hyatt Hotel. Grand Hyatt is conveniently located at SFO’s entrance. The hotel is accessible from the passenger terminals via the AirTrain. The hotel features guest suites, a meeting space, a restaurant, a bar, a fitness center, and a surface parking garage.

  • Where is the Business Center located at SFO?

    Business people traveling through SFO, if you have important business to attend to while at the Airport, you can do so at the SFO's business center. The SFO business center is in the International Terminal's main hall. The business center facilitates full-service services such as photocopying, printing, faxing, Internet, packaging and shipping, and mobile rentals.

  • Does SFO have a rental car faculty?

    Yes. SFO car rental center facilitates travelers to pick up and drop off rental cars. To get to SFO's on-site car rental center from the passenger terminals take the AirTrain Blue Line. Dollar, Avis, Alamo, Avis, Enterprise, SIXT, Hertz, National, and Thrifty are the Airport’s on-site car rental companies. SFO also has an off-site car rental center served by a complimentary shuttle from SFO’s on-site rental facility. Fox, Payless, NU Car Rentals, and Airport Van Rental are the rental car companies at SFO’s off-site rental center.

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Salvador to San Francisco?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Salvador to San Francisco was $180 for a one-way ticket and $307 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San Salvador and San Francisco?

    A passport is required to fly from San Salvador to San Francisco.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Salvador to San Francisco?

    The Airbus A320neo is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the San Salvador to San Francisco flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Salvador to San Francisco?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between San Salvador and San Francisco.

  • On which days can I fly direct from San Salvador to San Francisco?

    There are nonstop flights from San Salvador to San Francisco on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Salvador to San Francisco, Copa Airlines or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Salvador to San Francisco are Copa Airlines and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $461 and an overall rating of 7.5, Copa Airlines is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $653 and an overall rating of 7.4.

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

    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 San Francisco.

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

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

    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 to San Francisco with an airline and back to San Salvador with another airline. Booking your flights between San Salvador and SFO can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Salvador to San Francisco?

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

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from San Salvador to San Francisco

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $224 or less one-way and $381 or less round-trip.
  • On your flight connecting San Salvador to San Francisco; you can kick back and distract yourself on the plane with entertainment. Indulge in the copious shows, movies, and more on live TV and streaming on the plane via the personal entertainment gadget. Copa Airlines, United Airlines, JetBlue, Delta, and Aeromexico expedite the entertainment feature for this flight route.
  • San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is one of the largest airports on the US West Coast. SFO includes four terminals: an international terminal and terminals 1, 2, and 3 (handle domestic flights). SFO's AirTrain, operating daily 24 hours a day, serves the passenger terminals, Rental Car Center, Grand Hyatt Hotel, BART station, and Long- term parking lot.
  • Nondirect flights connecting to San Francisco from San Salvador include at least one layover stop. Panama City, Houston, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Dallas, San Jose, Los Vegas, Denver, Seattle, and Salt Lake City are the route’s most common layover cities.
  • Suppose a relative, friend, or driver is picking you up at SFO in their car. They can station their vehicles temporarily for free at the cell phone lot and wait for you to debark, pick up your baggage, and pick you up at the terminal's curbside. The cell phone lot is close to the long-term parking lot, approximately five minutes from the terminals.
  • For your flight from San Salvador to San Francisco, you must arrive at El Salvador International Airport (SAL) about three hours before the departure time. It will provide you time to check in at SAL, move through busy Airport security, and board your flight in time.

Prefer to fly direct from San Salvador to San Francisco?

Find which airlines fly direct from San Salvador El Salvador Intl Airport to San Francisco Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

San Salvador El Salvador Intl to San Francisco

Monday

ANA, Avianca, EVA Air

ANA, Avianca, +1 more

Tuesday

ANA, Avianca, EVA Air

ANA, Avianca, +1 more

Wednesday

ANA, Avianca, EVA Air

ANA, Avianca, +1 more

Thursday

ANA, Avianca, EVA Air

ANA, Avianca, +1 more

Friday

ANA, Avianca, EVA Air

ANA, Avianca, +1 more

Saturday

ANA, Avianca, EVA Air

ANA, Avianca, +1 more

Sunday

ANA, Avianca, EVA Air

ANA, Avianca, +1 more

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Direct returns

San Francisco to San Salvador El Salvador Intl

Monday

ANA, Avianca, EVA Air

ANA, Avianca, +1 more

Tuesday

ANA, Avianca, EVA Air

ANA, Avianca, +1 more

Wednesday

ANA, Avianca, EVA Air

ANA, Avianca, +1 more

Thursday

ANA, Avianca, EVA Air

ANA, Avianca, +1 more

Friday

ANA, Avianca, EVA Air

ANA, Avianca, +1 more

Saturday

ANA, Avianca, EVA Air

ANA, Avianca, +1 more

Sunday

ANA, Avianca, EVA Air

ANA, Avianca, +1 more

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Top 5 airlines serving from San Salvador to San Francisco

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Salvador to San Francisco. 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 San Francisco? 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 1428 reviews
7.8Boarding
7.4Comfort
8.1Crew
6.8Food
6.8Entertainment
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The flight was delayed twice and I could not speak with anyone at the airport about checking in. The phone number to Copa - the customer service agents were polite. They are just limited at helping because they are not at the airport

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, May 2025PTY - MDE
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The flight was delayed twice and I could not speak with anyone at the airport about checking in. The phone number to Copa - the customer service agents were polite. They are just limited at helping because they are not at the airport

We were in transit from Lima (flight at 1.10am) and we were in stand by in our flight from Panama to Washington. We wait from 4.30 am to 18.30pm in the Airport. The company give us 2 x 15 dollars for eat during the day and a personnal travel voucher of 400 dollars each. Do they buy food one time something in the Airport ??? And one of us live in France so the voucher is not usable. More than 24 hours travel !! And our place were near the toilets, with 8 children around us. The boy behind my seat stamped his feet on my back all the flight. Really Wonder full ! So we are totally unhappy with our travel. Thanks Copa Airlines....

My flight delayed and i misss the connection they send me to orlando no to tampa i have to pay a uber to my house

It would have been better if they don't separate families in seating. We were seated in the aile row in the middle of a family of four. It would have been better if they they seat the family of four together than separated.

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.

No headphones given for inflight entertainment. I missed my flight from the previous day and the customer service agent tried to extort an additional $100.00 US from me for missing my flight. Really?!

It was reasonably comfortable trip considering its duration (7 hours). Crew was very good and friendly, seats very more comfortable than other planes. Only negative comment would be that the bathroom light did not get its full brightness 🙃

It was good, plane is a bit older so seats are somewhat flat

Well the airline was fine. The only thing is I was charged for a checked in luggage. But when I reserved the ticket it showed a check in bag allowed. Who can I get in contact with for reimbursement.? The airline said I had to speak to whoever I booked ticket with.

Friendly flight team and seamless travel from one stop to next.

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

I needed to make changes to my flights. When I called customer service, they assisted me with care professionalism.

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

The gate was too far away for the connecting flight

Generally good. The aisles have gotten narrower which can slow down boarding. Flight crew was great! Healthier complimentary snacks would be appreciated. Due to earthquake in San Francisco we had to circle in air space for a bit but then had a smooth landing. I laud the flight crew for their patience ;)

headphone jack didnt work for the first flight and not much variety

The agents was very rude and they charged me $50 for a carry-on bag saying that it was too big and then I saw someone going on a plane with the same size bag as me

For the most part united was a good experience, how ever when they came by with the snacks and water, they completely passed by my wife and I. As we were in separate rows. On a 5 hr flight we were not offered water

Fantastic crew. Flight was delayed at last minute but we were given updates every 20 minutes and the crew was so friendly and considerate. I miss the touch screens on the back of the seats, wish they would bring that back though.

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

i think the flight was late because they were so strict about measuring everyone's personal items to try and charge them $119. It was really petty and made us late.

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

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.

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

Overpriced checked bag price of $120 and they charge you for carryon if the size is not minimal of $120.

The connection time is too short to pass through customs and once you do clear customs the connecting flight is in another terminal that is not close.

Felt very cramped in the back of plane. There was an hour delay for take off sitting on the runway, but we did arrive on time. They charge $120 for carry on bag and backpack at the airport its ridiculous.

Same experience, very poor food, drinks or entertainment while flying. There are some products offered to buy but only using debit or credit cards . No friendly for seniors or people without cards.

Avíanca now has cero entertainment, food and even water for their travels in economy. We spend all 6 or more hours ignored or we are offered products to buy using only credit card .

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.

The flight was delayed an hour and a half, and they would not update the board on when the flight was supposed to take off. Once the plane arrived, they started the boarding process before the plane was even ready for the passengers so we had to wait another 45 minutes on the tarmac while we waited for the plane to be ready for us. In my opinion, there is no point in starting the boarding process when you are not ready to board the plane. This just causes a crowded gate with everyone from zone one and zone two standing up going nowhere.

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