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12 cities fly nonstop to San Salvador SAL, El Salvador. Pick your city to see airlines, schedule, and what to do when you land.

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About San Salvador

San Salvador is the capital city of El Salvador, approximately in the center of the country in a valley near the base of the San Salvador volcano. It provides a good base for exploring the rest of the country as it's a transportation hub, with most major roads running through it due to its central location. Spending a few days exploring this cosmopolitan and internationally-conscious city can be a rewarding experience.

Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).

Top things to do in San Salvador

  1. Joya de Cerén
    Joya de Cerén is an archaeological site in La Libertad Department, El Salvador, featuring a pre-Columbian Maya farming village.
  2. San Andrés, El Salvador
    San Andrés is a pre-Columbian site in El Salvador, whose occupation began around the year 900 BC as an agricultural town in the valley of Zapotitán in the department of La Libertad.
  3. Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen
    The Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen is a museum located in San Salvador, El Salvador.
  4. Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador
    The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy Savior is the cathedral church of the Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador in San Salvador, El Salvador.
  5. Cihuatán
    Cihuatán is a major pre-Columbian archaeological site in central El Salvador. It was a very large city located in the extreme south of the Mesoamerican cultural area, and has been dated to the Early Postclassic period of…
  6. Military Museum of the Armed Forces of El Salvador
    The Military Museum of the Armed Forces of El Salvador is located in San Salvador, El Salvador. The museum is housed inside the former El Zapote barracks of the Salvadoran Army.
  7. Santa Ana Cathedral, El Salvador
    The Cathedral of Our Lady Saint Anne, is a neo-Gothic cathedral located in Santa Ana, El Salvador.
  8. Salvadoran Museum of Art
    The Salvadoran Museum of Art is an art museum in San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador. The museum was first opened on 22 May 2003.
  9. Los Volcanes National Park
    Parque Nacional Los Volcanes, also known as Cerro Verde National Park, is a large national park in El Salvador.
  10. Our Lady of the Poor Cathedral, Zacatecoluca
    The Our Lady of the Poor Cathedral also known as the Zacatecoluca Cathedral, is the main church of the Catholic Diocese of Zacatecoluca, in the city of Zacatecoluca, in the Central American country of El Salvador.
  11. Sonsonate Cathedral
    The Most Holy Trinity Cathedral Also Sonsonate Cathedral is the name given to a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church located in the city of Sonsonate in the department of the same name, in the western p…
  12. El Boquerón National Park
    El Boquerón National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional El Boquerón, is located on top of the San Salvador Volcano at 5,905 feet the park's main attraction is a crater five kilometers in diameter and 558 meters deep.

Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).

Planning a trip to San Salvador

Best time to visit
The best time to visit San Salvador is June and August–October, when the weather is mildest, with daytime highs around 89°F.
How long to stay
San Salvador rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Joya de Cerén, San Andrés, El Salvador, and Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen and beyond.

Frequently asked questions

Which cities have nonstop flights to San Salvador?
12 cities fly nonstop to San Salvador, including Los Angeles, Washington, Houston, New York, Miami, Dallas, San Francisco, Atlanta. The full list is on this page.
Which airlines fly nonstop to San Salvador?
American, Avianca Costa Rica, Avianca El Salvador, Delta, Frontier, United, Volaris El Salvador fly nonstop to San Salvador (SAL).
Where do most nonstop flights to San Salvador come from?
Los Angeles has the most, at about 6 departures a day to San Salvador.
What is the shortest nonstop flight to San Salvador?
Miami, about 1,026 miles away.