San Salvador to Washington D.C. flight

Flights from San Salvador to Washington D.C. start at €228.47 and take 7h 31m at their fastest.

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The Flights from San Salvador to Washington D.C. starts at €228.47 and takes 7h 31m door to door, run by 3 operators over 3,138 km, with around 16 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 31mDoor to door
  • 4h 21mMoving
  • €309.30 to €530.55From
  • 06:13 to 18:44First and last departure
  • 16Per day
  • 919.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€309.30 to €530.55 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €530.55Mon21
  2. about €446.77Tue22
  3. about €477.45Wed23
  4. about €487.48Thu24
  5. about €491.61Fri25
  6. about €465.65Sat26
  7. about €459.75Sun27
  8. about €328.77Mon28
  9. about €309.30Tue29
  10. about €327.00Wed30
  11. about €380.69Thu1
  12. about €334.67Fri2
  13. about €375.38Sat3
  14. about €329.36Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Cheapest€228.47
  1. Volaris El Salvador VE791106:284h 26m12:54El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez SALWashington Dulles International Airport IAD

Door to door 7h 36mCO2 919.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€289.24
  1. Avianca - Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia AA252106:314h 21m12:52El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez SALWashington Dulles International Airport IAD

Door to door 7h 31mCO2 919.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€311.07
  1. Avianca - Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia AA133107:301h 33m10:03El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez SALCancún International Airport CUN
  2. United Airlines UA382611:283h 41m16:09Cancún International Airport CUNWashington Dulles International Airport IAD

Changes at Cancún, with 85 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 9h 49mCO2 656.7 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Avianca - Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia€233.78
Volaris El Salvador€228.47
Avianca El Salvador€264.46

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A hotel room

A room in Washington D.C. for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book San Salvador to Washington D.C.

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €297.5090 days
  2. €253.2560 days
  3. €219.0345 days
  4. €196.0230 days
  5. €276.8521 days
  6. €329.3614 days
  7. €459.757 days
  8. €477.453 days
  9. €530.551 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €196.02.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 171 percent. The dearest point is €530.55, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €329.36Sun
  2. €328.77Mon
  3. €309.30Tue
  4. €327.00Wed
  5. €380.69Thu
  6. €334.67Fri
  7. €375.38Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

San Salvador

Air
  • SAL

Washington

Air
  • IAD
  • DCA
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 3,138 km against 3,046 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Orlando, Miami, Atlanta, Cancún. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves San Salvador at 06:13 and the last at 18:44, across 16 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about San Salvador to Washington D.C.

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from San Salvador to Washington D.C. take?

The Flight from San Salvador to Washington D.C. takes 7h 31m door to door, of which 4h 21m is spent moving. The route runs 3,138 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from San Salvador to Washington D.C. cost?

The Flight from San Salvador to Washington D.C. starts at €228.47 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €292.78. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from San Salvador to Washington D.C.?

3 operators run the Flight from San Salvador to Washington D.C.: Avianca - Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia, Volaris El Salvador, Avianca El Salvador. Between them they file around 16 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from San Salvador to Washington D.C. use?

The Flight from San Salvador to Washington D.C. leaves from El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez SAL and arrives at Washington Dulles International Airport IAD. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from San Salvador to Washington D.C.?

Fares for the Flight from San Salvador to Washington D.C. bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €196.02. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 171 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from San Salvador to Washington D.C. produce?

The Flight from San Salvador to Washington D.C. produces about 919.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 3138 km, which works out at roughly 293 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for San Salvador to Washington D.C. on 20 September 2026: 3138 km of route against 3046 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €228.47, and 7h 31m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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