Washington (IAD) – El Salvador (SAL)
- Distance
- 3,048 km
- 1,894 mi · 1,646 nm
- Flight time
- 4 h 32 min / 4 h 14 min
- Average gate to gate: IAD → SAL / back
- Time difference
- 1 h / 2 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 384 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (227 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 617,085
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −1.7%
- Flights / week
- 82
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 765,909 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- TA, N3, UA
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from IAD
- 205°
- Heading from SAL
- 20°
- Halfway point
- 26.32, -83.90
- Great-circle km
- 3,056 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air IAD → SAL
- 4 h 4 min
- In the air SAL → IAD
- 3 h 51 min
- Clocks
- 1 h in January, 2 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 63,155 |
| Sep 2025 | 39,440 |
| Oct 2025 | 40,945 |
| Nov 2025 | 48,128 |
| Dec 2025 | 62,721 |
| Jan 2026 | 60,516 |
| Feb 2026 | 44,979 |
| Mar 2026 | 51,210 |
| Apr 2026 | 50,464 |
| May 2026 | 45,876 |
| Jun 2026 | 49,176 |
| Jul 2026 | 60,475 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 408 |
| Sep 2025 | 286 |
| Oct 2025 | 300 |
| Nov 2025 | 336 |
| Dec 2025 | 457 |
| Jan 2026 | 409 |
| Feb 2026 | 300 |
| Mar 2026 | 336 |
| Apr 2026 | 346 |
| May 2026 | 326 |
| Jun 2026 | 357 |
| Jul 2026 | 399 |
Airlines flying IAD–SAL nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| TATaca International Airlines | 46 | 54% |
| N3Vuela EL Salvador S.A. de C.V. | 25 | 32% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 5.0 | 6% |
| LRLacsa | 4.6 | 5% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 1.8 | 2% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 2,043 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 1,958 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 143 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 106 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 6 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 4 flights
Also carried: 386 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 3,056 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Washington and El Salvador
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