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FAQs - booking Nicaragua flights

  • What are the popular layover options between the US and Nicaragua?

    The popular layover options between the US and Nicaragua are Minneapolis, Miami, and Las Vegas. If you board a flight with a layover in Minneapolis, you’ll stop at Minneapolis−Saint Paul International Airport (MSP), while if you board a flight with a layover in Miami, you’ll stop at Miami International Airport (MIA). If your flight has a layover in Las Vegas, you’ll stop at McCarran International Airport (LAS).

  • What pet policies are there for travel from the US to Nicaragua?

    Neither a notary public's signature nor the Nicaraguan Consulate's stamp is required on the health certificate. Animals exported with commercial lot numbers require import permission to be included. Personal pets such as dogs or cats must get quarantine permission upon arrival in Nicaragua instead of needing an import permit. The rabies vaccination certificate should accompany the health documentation. Pet transportation is subject to the rules and regulations of individual airlines and shipping companies. Ask your airline or shipping provider to find out what specifications they might have.

  • Are there eco-friendly airlines that offer flights from the US to Nicaragua?

    For years, Avianca Airlines has been cutting its fuel consumption, reducing its hazardous waste consumption, and complying with applicable environmental legislation. As a result, it is ranked as one of the most eco-friendly airlines in operation. With this in mind, if you’d love to fly sustainably from the US to Nicaragua, this is the airline for you.

  • Can I rent a car at Nicaragua Airport?

    One of the best ways to get around Nicaragua is by renting a car. You'll need a major credit card and a valid driver's license if you still want to rent an automobile. The average rental company demands a 25-year-old minimum. Most significant rental car companies are based in major cities. There can be better deals from smaller Nicaraguan car rental companies. Insurance with at least 80% coverage is required for renters.

  • Which airport should I go to if I intend to fly to other Central American countries?

    If you intend to fly to neighboring Central American countries, you should go to Augusto Cesar Sandino International Airport (MGA). Situated near the capital of the country, this airport offers numerous flights to its fellow Central American nations.

  • Can I sleep at MGA Airport?

    Although the airport in Managua is small and has few amenities, you can stay the night inside the enclosure if you have an early flight. The employees at the airport don't appear to mind if people camp overnight. Bring a sleeping bag or travel blanket for comfort since your only options for resting are hard, uncomfortable seats and the ground. Temperatures that are too cold and overall noise are frequent concerns. Nearby hotels (5 to 10 minutes walking), such as Best Western Las Mercedes Managua and Runway Hostel, provide complimentary shuttle services for peaceful sleep.

  • Can I travel nonstop from the US to Nicaragua?

    If you plan on traveling nonstop from the US to Nicaragua, you’ll have to make your way to Miami International Airport (MIA). This is because, at this airport, you’ll be able to find several direct Avianca Airlines flights that you can use to travel directly to the Central American country.

  • Which is the best airport to fly to in Nicaragua?

    Augusto Calderón Sandino International Airport in Managua is Nicaragua's primary combined civil-military public international airport. It is the most significant in the country and serves not just the city but the entire nation. Domestic and international flights serve North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The airport is situated around 4 miles east of Managua.

  • How long is the flight to Nicaragua?

    An average nonstop flight from the United States to Nicaragua takes 9h 45m, covering a distance of 1972 miles. The most popular route is Miami - Managua with an average flight time of 2h 35m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Nicaragua?

    The cheapest ticket to Nicaragua from the United States found in the last 72 hours was $42 one-way, and $168 round-trip. The most popular route is from Miami to Managua and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $168.

  • Which airlines fly to Nicaragua?

    Avianca, Iberia & Air Canada fly the most frequently from the United States to Nicaragua.

  • What is the most popular destination in Nicaragua?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Managua (100% of total searches to Nicaragua).

  • How does KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a given destination and date is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Nicaragua

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Nicaragua flight deals.
  • Suppose you’d like to land at a Nicaraguan airport where you can easily find domestic flights. In that case, you should board a flight from the US that lands at Augusto Cesar Sandino International Airport (MGA). The largest airport in the city, this transportation hub offers flights to all regions in Nicaragua.
  • Suppose you look for a lounge at Augusto C. Sandino International Airport (MGA). In that case, Sala VIP is the sole Lounge that you can access by making a cash payment at the door, regardless of the level of service you are traveling. It is located on the second floor, airside.
  • If you plan to tour Nicaragua for less than 90 days, you only need to present your passport and tourist card to be allowed to pass airport security. However, if you intend to stay in the country for more than 90 days, you must have a passport, tourist card, and visa.
  • If you are visiting east of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua, consider flying into The Corn Island Airport (RNI), located at the center of that island. Only the airline La Costea now uses it for charter flights (aerotaxis) and regularly scheduled flights three times a day.
  • In Nicaragua, children under 12 must be fitted in appropriate child seats when traveling in a car. Thus, if you plan on traveling with a kid younger than 12 years, you should carry his/her child seat.
  • Managua (MGA) / Augusto C. Sandino International Airport is the largest airport in Nicaragua and offers flights to 11 cities in five different countries. The primary international entry point for Nicaragua is Augusto C. Sandino International Airport.
  • On the date you’re scheduled to fly to Nicaragua from the US, you should reach the airport you’re supposed to depart from at least a couple of hours before your flight is scheduled to leave. This way, you’ll have more than enough time to be cleared for your journey.
  • There are one-stop flights to Nicaragua. Avianca airline is the only airline that offers one-stop flights from the US via El Salvador International Airport (SAL). The one-stop flights might be considered by those who find the distance to be long, and one needs to stop to rest for a while. You'll find these flights from New York (JFK) and San Francisco (SFO) to MNGA.
  • Augusto Cesar Sandino International Airport (MGA) is the airport where most flights to Nicaragua land. If you land at this airport, you’ll be able to catch your breath, eat, and use the restrooms. This is because it features amenities like a spacious arrival lounge, an onsite restaurant, and clean, well-maintained, and accessible washrooms.
  • If you want to get to the city center from MGA, every 15 minutes, bus route 266 travels to the city, which is the most affordable way. There are taxi ranks outside the building. Traveling to the city center takes roughly 20 minutes, which is the fastest way.
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Top 5 airlines flying to Nicaragua

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United States to Nicaragua? 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.
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Everything was good. But this airline doesn't give ANY food. You have to pay for everything, including water.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Dec 2023BOG - MDE
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Everything was good. But this airline doesn't give ANY food. You have to pay for everything, including water.

I had a 7 hour flight from New York JFK to San Jose Costa Rica. There was no in seat entertainment, no seat recline and poor leg room. Nor did Avianca hand out water. Extremly dissapointed. Had I known this before i purchased my ticket. I would have never booked. Buyer beware!

Sería bueno informar que el vuelo es de bajo costo y saber que hay que pagar a bordo para conseguir algo de comida.

We have to pay extra to check in this have to be free

Half of the computers to print bags labels weren't working Not enough people to check bags I missed my flight

Seats don't recline. Took my water away at the gate, the one I got AFTER the security check. Said "no liquids", while others were carrying duty free without problems. Made me buy water on the plane for $3.

Everything was good except the seat that it doesn't recline and wasn't uncomfortable to seat straight all flight it should at least recline a little bit.

Tuvimos una hora de retraso en la salida de Madrid

Avianca could very well be the worst airline. $100 for a carry-on? Give me a break! Service is non existent. Really look somewhere else.

Cons: "Kayak customer service was horrible ,I attempted to change flight time Kayak was not existent wait time were over an hours . Once you book a flight with Kayak your are on your own ."

No water for a 5 hour flight entertainment not working seats with little room for knees when person in front of me reclined kept bumping my knees.

I don't think anyone actually reads these comments, so I won't spend much time on this submission. If you want to talk, you know how to reach me. The D/FW manager of Avianca (self-identified), Juan Calderon, insisted I buy an onward ticket from San Salvador even though I have diplomatic status in El Salvador and live here. It cost me $1,393 and Mr Calderon would not let me make the ticked flexible so I could get a refund. He went out of his way to be rude to me. He gave me seat 32K -- windowless window seat in the last row and did not offer to let me upgrade even though there were plenty of seats. I have flown well over a million miles in my life and this is the worst experience I have ever had. I would like a refund on the ticket I was forced to buy. Just awful!

This is the Spirit of Latino travel. And don’t even get me started on customer service.

Awful. I checked in online and there was no option to pay for baggage, at the airport when I checked in my baggage was received and Iwas not charged. When I got to LA during the boarding process I was told I didn't pay for baggage, the crew resolved I was let in the plane. When I got to my final destination my baggage was not there. It took me two days to receive my baggage. Bad service ever!

There was no food or drink service, couldn’t even get a glass of water for free. It was a long and expensive flight to not offer food or beverage on the plane.

It is better at the jfk than my home country. It was very easy and everything was on time.

There is no food. There is no in-inflight entertainment. The seats are cardboard. The airline is a living hellscape.

My experience was amazing! They helped my elderly mother board on early through a wheelchair and were accommodating to have us sit together since our seats were in different locations. When landing at the airport in GUA they were very helpful with full of hospitality.

No complimentary snacks food, beverage (not even water), pillow and blanket on a 6 hours long flight (including economy comfort). A low form of nickeling an diming. Lost a recurring passanger over a soda. Avianca never again.

Flight departure late. Got late in Colombia making us take a different flight next day. Avianca airport crew messed up my ticket so when a I got in Brazil I didn’t have a ticket for my destination. Had to buy a new ticket out of my pocket.

Nothing beats ANA customer service on my opinion. Maybe because of their Japanese culture (and food). Arigatō

So so. Terrible aircraft choice for that leg of the flight.

Due to one crew member not showing up to work, our flight was significantly delayed causing us to miss our connecting flight in Houston to Mississippi causing us to be delayed by more than 6 hours and missing our event all together. Very disappointing. All because ONE crew member called in sick. United did grant us a $15 meal voucher, which was a small but appreciated concession that I wasn’t able to use because I ordered my lunch and paid for it before applying the concession, and the staff said it was too late to use it. Ugh! We also had a TWO delay coming back from Mississippi, but that was on American Airlines and it was due to weather, so not their fault. Anyway, not at all impressed with United’s handling of our flight and the HUGE disappointment of missing our important family event for our 90 year old mother. All that money and all that stress and emotions for nothing. Having to wait the hour to bring an employee from LAX seemed like something that should not have happened. Why don’t you have a local back-up? Santa Ana is not a little airport in a rural area.

Flight delayed from Cape Town to Washington then got diverted to miami and in miami we had to fend for ourselves , im still trying to get to Shreveport now

delay several times and wait extra long to board. no entertainment service because there are problem for some rows. always encounter some delays for the last flight of the day.

I just wrote a text which was supposed to be for the flight from Denver to spokane not Frankfurt to Denver.

On time every leg of the journey and exceptional staff at counter, gate, and on board. I haven’t travelled in US for a long time and was genuinely surprised how pleasant this was.

Hated every minute of it. This flight should have only taken 1.5hrs but was delayed over 10hours. Now I am being told I cannot be compensated or refunded my ticket price or extra leg room, which I purchased but did not receive, because the airline is throwing the blame on the 3rd party I purchased tickets through and 3rd party putting the blame on airline. No one wants to help. They received their money and that's all they care about. Im going on 3 days of still trying to get to my final destination, had to cancel car rental, car insurance and hotel. Currently staying in airport until hotels open up. Thank you Lufthansa, Kayak, Underpricer and United for making this trip the worst ever.

The delays (5 hrs) were a comedy of errors, and the multiple safety issues encountered were very concerning.

flight delays, staff only communicating when pushed, food service lasting a grand total of 7 minutes, stuck in seat from 45mins into flight until landing

Just get Economy Plus for international flights, so worth it the extra room, bigger seats…

This flight is frequently delayed. The connections seemingly are more frequently delayed. I’ve missed connections as a result twice on the same route to charlotte then Charleston. Final destination arrival has been the next day, twice in a row. No pilots, no crew. Too many excuses. Unfortunately, my days with American are over.

Entertainment was okay not because anything was wrong but it is a short flight so having no wifi is annoying but understandable. Crew was outstanding as usual

It was spectacular. I had basic Economy and was given so much space and their seats lean back so far. Staff was superb, food was superb, everything was superb, Finnair is Fantastic.

Those seats were way too narrow. I had the middle seat, one person was a very skinny person and we still couldn’t avoid touching each other anytime one of us moved. The other person was larger and we were basically sitting in each others lap the entire flight. There was zero entertainment. The flight was long enough to justify tvs, but no. Gotta sit there in your infant seat and twiddle your thumbs.

The Flight attendant had an attitude and didn't allow anyone any time to prepare for landing despite being absent throughout the entire trip

Flight boarded without pilots. Sat on plane for 3 hrs. after over an hour late boarding. Plane never took off. Had to deplane near midnight. Line for rebooking was 3 hours + long. I had to leave.

The flight was great but board was a nightmare. The gate was changed 4 times during the layover period

The experience was great and much better than the flight going out. of course I was in first class but the service was excellent

Cold air blew constantly on my legs almost making me numb.

Not much seat room, but that was unexpected. But the seat headrest was very uncomfortable.

First the good, everyone was friendly and efficient. Flight was smooth and plane was very clean and new. Now the bad, seats have almost no padding on your behind. I was in exit row so I had tons of leg room for a 6' 2" bean pole with long legs. Everything was extra - water, soda, snacks everything besides oxygen. Ya get what you pay for, and my flight was cheap as you could ever want it, so no worries.

First the good, everyone was friendly and efficient. Flight was smooth and plane was very clean and new. Now the bad, seats have almost no padding on your behind. I was in exit row so I had tons of leg room for a 6' 2" bean pole with long legs. Everything was extra - water, soda, snacks everything besides oxygen. Ya get what you pay for, and my flight was cheap as you could ever want it, so no worries. They dont really bother you about carry-on size, I brought a descent sized backpack and they didnt even check.

Spirit canceled the flight in March and never notified me!

Seats suck, not enough room, overcrowded planes, hectic situation all together.

Pretty good. Would’ve been excellent if we would have left on time and the crew wasn’t late.

I do not like the customer service, I had an emergency and needed to cancel a pet reservation right after I had booked it and they would not do anything but issue a credit. I haven't flown in years as I have 7 kids and don't have spare time. I want my $125 back on my card please

Spirit airline tries to screw you at every opportunity. Spirit wanted 65$ for an extra pound in the suitcase Made me open the suitcase at the counter to remove 1 pound. Staff very cold and rude Will never fly spirit again and will recommend same to family and friends

Delayed..4 times...completely disorganized boarding. After 5 hours they scrambled to move ppl off plane bc they overbooked. Then they didn't have a cabin crew. WiFi on plane didn't work. Zero amenities. Once we boarded we sat on tarmac for an hour. Explore all alternate options including purchasing a pair of hiking boots and walking to your destination instead of flying spirit.

what I like about Spirit is that the pilot and crew are good communicators. The plane itself - well, its a budget airline and you get what is expected, But I generally just feel safer, somehow, when I know more about what is going on - and Spirit has always done a good job of telling me what is going on: why the delay, why the turbulence, why this and that... and that means a lot to me.

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