El Salvador flag Santa Clara Airport (SAL)

Country El Salvador | North America | International Gateway | IATA: SAL | ICAO: MSLP | Elevation 101 ft · 31 m | Local time

Destinations
32
Flights / day
71
Busiest route
Washington
Top airline
Avianca

Santa Clara El Salvador Airport averages 71 flights per day to 32 destinations, with zero domestic routes and 30 international routes. A total of 10 airlines operate at SAL, led by Avianca. This airport provides direct service to 12 countries across three continents, with United States of America representing its largest international market. The longest nonstop route from Santa Clara El Salvador connects to Madrid, with a typical flight time of 10 hr 55 mins. Updated: September 2, 2026

Route Network

Santa Clara El Salvador Airport connects 30 destinations worldwide, with Washington standing out as its busiest route. The longest nonstop flight is to Madrid, and the shortest flight is to La Mesa.

United States of America flag Washington (IAD) – United States of America 3 airlines
4 hr 45 mins
1,899 mi · 3,057 km
7
per day
United States of America flag Los Angeles (LAX) – United States of America 3 airlines
5 hr 50 mins
2,320 mi · 3,734 km
6
per day
United States of America flag Houston (IAH) – United States of America 3 airlines
3 hr 35 mins
1,211 mi · 1,950 km
6
per day
Guatemala flag Guatemala City (GUA) – Guatemala 2 airlines
1 hr 25 mins
126 mi · 203 km
5
per day
Panama flag Tocumen (PTY) – Panama 2 airlines
2 hr 20 mins
721 mi · 1,161 km
5
per day
Costa Rica flag San José (SJO) – Costa Rica 1 airline
1 hr 40 mins
405 mi · 652 km
5
per day
Colombia flag Bogotá (BOG) – Colombia 1 airline
3 hr 15 mins
1,182 mi · 1,902 km
3
per day
Nicaragua flag Managua (MGA) – Nicaragua 1 airline
1 hr 15 mins
214 mi · 345 km
3
per day
Honduras flag La Mesa (SAP) – Honduras 1 airline
1 hr 10 mins
158 mi · 255 km
3
per day
United States of America flag Miami (MIA) – United States of America 2 airlines
3 hr 5 mins
1,026 mi · 1,651 km
3
per day
Honduras flag Comayagua (XPL) – Honduras 1 airline
SAL → XPL
3
per day
United States of America flag New York (JFK) – United States of America 2 airlines
5 hr 5 mins
2,094 mi · 3,370 km
3
per day
Canada flag Toronto (YYZ) – Canada 1 airline
5 hr 20 mins
2,163 mi · 3,480 km
2
per day
United States of America flag Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – United States of America 3 airlines
4 hr 5 mins
1,435 mi · 2,310 km
2
per day
Mexico flag Mexico City (MEX) – Mexico 3 airlines
2 hr 55 mins
782 mi · 1,259 km
2
per day
Spain flag Madrid (MAD) – Spain 2 airlines
10 hr 55 mins
5,384 mi · 8,665 km
2
per day
United States of America flag Atlanta (ATL) – United States of America 1 airline
3 hr 55 mins
1,425 mi · 2,294 km
1
per day
United States of America flag Boston (BOS) – United States of America 1 airline
5 hr 25 mins
2,271 mi · 3,655 km
1
per day
United States of America flag Newark (EWR) – United States of America 2 airlines
5 hr 5 mins
2,087 mi · 3,358 km
1
per day
Colombia flag Rionegro (MDE) – Colombia 1 airline
3 hr 0 mins
1,055 mi · 1,698 km
1
per day
Peru flag Lima (LIM) – Peru 1 airline
4 hr 50 mins
1,940 mi · 3,123 km
1
per day
Ecuador flag Quito (UIO) – Ecuador 1 airline
3 hr 20 mins
1,190 mi · 1,915 km
1
per day
Canada flag Montreal (YUL) – Canada 1 airline
5 hr 40 mins
2,388 mi · 3,843 km
5
per week
United States of America flag Oakland (OAK) – United States of America 1 airline
6 hr 25 mins
2,637 mi · 4,244 km
5
per week
United States of America flag Orlando (MCO) – United States of America 1 airline
3 hr 20 mins
1,149 mi · 1,849 km
5
per week
United States of America flag Chicago (ORD) – United States of America 1 airline
5 hr 0 mins
1,973 mi · 3,175 km
3
per week
United States of America flag Las Vegas (LAS) – United States of America 1 airline
5 hr 40 mins
2,250 mi · 3,621 km
3
per week
United States of America flag Ontario (ONT) – United States of America 1 airline
5 hr 45 mins
2,285 mi · 3,677 km
3
per week
Honduras flag Roatan Island (RTB) – Honduras 1 airline
1 hr 25 mins
261 mi · 420 km
3
per week
Mexico flag Veracruz (VER) – Mexico 1 airline
SAL → VER
1
per week

Route and destination data updated September 2, 2026.

Santa Clara El Salvador Airport is served by 10 airlines, with Avianca in the lead at 58% of routes. The top three carriers together cover 81% of routes. five carriers operate only one route each. A total of 10 airlines operate international routes, compared with zero airlines serving domestic routes. Avianca is operating the longest nonstop flight, connecting to Madrid with a flight time of 10 hrs 55 mins.

Avianca (28 routes)
Vuela El Salvador (6 routes)
United Airlines (5 routes)
TAG (2 routes)
American Airlines (2 routes)
Copa Airlines (1 routes)
Frontier Airlines (1 routes)
Aeromexico (1 routes)
Iberia (1 routes)
Delta Air Lines (1 routes)

Santa Clara El Salvador Airport provides direct service to 12 countries across three continents. The route network is 0% domestic and 100% international. United States of America is the primary international destination.

United States of America - 33/day
Honduras - 7/day
Guatemala - 5/day
Panama - 5/day
Costa Rica - 5/day
Colombia - 5/day
Nicaragua - 3/day
Canada - 3/day
Mexico - 2/day
Spain - 2/day
Peru - 1/day
Ecuador - 1/day

Delays

Global  Delays
Delay Performance (24 hour average)
Departures
Arrivals
1 min late
3 min (-74.8%) vs last 24 hours
24h trend
Cancelled Departures
0 flights (24 hour total)

Sep 3

2026

04:00 - 05:00

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 3

2026

03:00 - 04:00

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 3

2026

02:00 - 03:00

Departure
Arrival
11 min late
Cancelled
0

Sep 3

2026

01:00 - 02:00

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 3

2026

00:00 - 01:00

Departure
Arrival
Cancelled
0

Sep 2

2026

23:00 - 00:00

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 2

2026

22:00 - 23:00

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 2

2026

21:00 - 22:00

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 2

2026

20:00 - 21:00

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 2

2026

19:00 - 20:00

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 2

2026

18:00 - 19:00

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 2

2026

17:00 - 18:00

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 2

2026

16:00 - 17:00

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 2

2026

15:00 - 16:00

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 2

2026

14:00 - 15:00

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 2

2026

13:00 - 14:00

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 2

2026

12:00 - 13:00

Departure
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Sep 2

2026

11:00 - 12:00

Departure
Arrival
9 min late
Cancelled
0

Sep 2

2026

10:00 - 11:00

Departure
Arrival
Cancelled
0

Sep 2

2026

09:00 - 10:00

Departure
Arrival
Cancelled
0

Sep 2

2026

08:00 - 09:00

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 2

2026

07:00 - 08:00

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 2

2026

05:00 - 06:00

Departure
Arrival
Cancelled
0
Delay Performance (7 day average)
Departures
Arrivals
1 min early
min (+11.3%) vs last week
7d trend
Cancelled Departures
0 flights (7 day total)

Sep 2

2026

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 1

2026

Departure
Arrival
1 min late
Cancelled
0

Aug 31

2026

Departure
Arrival
3 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 30

2026

Departure
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 29

2026

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Aug 28

2026

Departure
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 27

2026

Departure
Arrival
3 min early
Cancelled
0
Delay Performance (30 day average)
Departures
Arrivals
1 min early
3 min (-156.2%) vs last 30 days
30d trend
Cancelled Departures
0 flights (30 day total)

Sep 2

2026

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 1

2026

Departure
Arrival
1 min late
Cancelled
0

Aug 31

2026

Departure
Arrival
3 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 30

2026

Departure
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 29

2026

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Aug 28

2026

Departure
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 27

2026

Departure
Arrival
3 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 26

2026

Departure
Arrival
6 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 25

2026

Departure
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 24

2026

Departure
Arrival
1 min late
Cancelled
0

Aug 23

2026

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Aug 22

2026

Departure
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 21

2026

Departure
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 20

2026

Departure
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Aug 19

2026

Departure
Arrival
4 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 18

2026

Departure
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 17

2026

Departure
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 16

2026

Departure
Arrival
3 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 15

2026

Departure
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 14

2026

Departure
Arrival
3 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 13

2026

Departure
Arrival
3 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 12

2026

Departure
Arrival
1 min late
Cancelled
0

Aug 11

2026

Departure
Arrival
6 min late
Cancelled
0

Aug 10

2026

Departure
Arrival
1 min late
Cancelled
0

Aug 9

2026

Departure
Arrival
4 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 8

2026

Departure
Arrival
2 min late
Cancelled
0

Aug 7

2026

Departure
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 6

2026

Departure
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Aug 5

2026

Departure
Arrival
3 min late
Cancelled
0

Aug 4

2026

Departure
Arrival
1 min late
Cancelled
0

Global Rankings

Worldwide Position

Flights per day

#363 (71 flights/day)
Top 100 Busiest Airports in the World
Worldwide Position

Most destinations

#560 (32 destinations)
Top 100 Airports with Most Destinations

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
10,515 ft 3,205 m 151 ft 46 m Asphalt
10,515 ft 3,205 m 151 ft 46 m Asphalt
2,661 ft 811 m 82 ft 25 m Asphalt
2,661 ft 811 m 82 ft 25 m Asphalt
2,625 ft 800 m 75 ft 23 m Closed
2,625 ft 800 m 75 ft 23 m Closed

Runway Length

10 aircraft cannot operate at Santa Clara El Salvador Airport due to runway length constraints. The airport’s longest runway is 10,515 ft (3,205 m), which is below the typical takeoff or landing distance required by the aircraft listed here.

Aircraft Takeoff Landing
Boeing 777-300 10,597 ft 3,230 m 5,906 ft 1,800 m
Boeing 747-100 10,650 ft 3,246 m 6,168 ft 1,880 m
Boeing 747-8 VIP / BBJ 10,801 ft 3,292 m 7,001 ft 2,134 m
Boeing 747-8 Freighter 10,801 ft 3,292 m 7,001 ft 2,134 m
Boeing 747-300 10,827 ft 3,300 m 6,919 ft 2,109 m
Boeing 747-400F 10,827 ft 3,300 m 6,890 ft 2,100 m
Boeing 747-400ER 10,892 ft 3,320 m 7,136 ft 2,175 m
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 11,250 ft 3,429 m 7,218 ft 2,200 m
Antonov An-225 Mriya 11,483 ft 3,500 m 10,827 ft 3,300 m
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71 11,499 ft 3,505 m 5,909 ft 1,801 m

Operational Context

Santa Clara El Salvador (IATA: SAL) operates around 71 flights per day to 32 nonstop destinations. Its network includes 0 domestic and 30 international routes, with Avianca as the leading carrier and Washington currently the busiest connection. From SAL, passengers can reach 12 countries across 3 continents, and the longest runway measures 3,205 m (10,515 ft).

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