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New York (JFK) – El Salvador (SAL)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
3,361 km
2,089 mi · 1,815 nm
Flight time
4 h 45 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
1 h / 2 h
January / July
CO2 per passenger
424 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (251 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
323,018
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −5.1%
Flights / week
42
Both directions, average
Seats filled
84%
382,486 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
2
TA, LR

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

Great circle from JFK to SALJFKSAL
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from JFK
211°
Heading from SAL
23°
Halfway point
27.26, -82.36
Great-circle km
3,369 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
1 h in January, 2 h in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: March 2026: 32,546 passengers
020K40KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar32.5KAprMayJunJul
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Month Passengers
Aug 202528,980
Sep 202523,274
Oct 202521,074
Nov 202526,842
Dec 202528,472
Jan 202631,254
Feb 202628,202
Mar 202632,546
Apr 202626,127
May 202627,302
Jun 202621,361
Jul 202627,584
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: March 2026: 216 flights
0100200300AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar216AprMayJunJul
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Month Flights
Aug 2025185
Sep 2025156
Oct 2025149
Nov 2025188
Dec 2025214
Jan 2026209
Feb 2026189
Mar 2026216
Apr 2026180
May 2026186
Jun 2026148
Jul 2026186

Airlines flying JFK–SAL nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
TATaca International Airlines24
58%
LRLacsa18
42%

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 · 1,592 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 614 flights

Also carried: 405 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 3,369 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 New York and El Salvador

SAL
JFK3,361
EWR3,349
LGA3,371

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All New York airports

More routes from JFK

Route Distance Passengers / year
JFK → LAX3,983 km 3,020,062
JFK → LHR5,555 km 2,984,474
JFK → SFO4,162 km 1,910,892
JFK → CDG5,850 km 1,852,909
JFK → MCO1,519 km 1,430,021
JFK → MIA1,753 km 1,326,964
JFK → ATL1,223 km 1,253,545
JFK → SJU2,571 km 1,142,506
JFK → FCO6,884 km 1,141,515
JFK → LAS3,618 km 1,102,051

More routes from SAL

Route Distance Passengers / year
SAL → IAH1,942 km 641,479
SAL → LAX3,733 km 629,587
SAL → IAD3,048 km 617,085
SAL → MIA1,646 km 322,230
SAL → DFW2,302 km 244,152
SAL → SFO4,248 km 235,127
SAL → ATL2,285 km 141,575
SAL → MAD8,675 km 126,948
SAL → EWR3,349 km 98,541
SAL → BOS3,647 km 67,644

Questions

New York (JFK) and El Salvador (SAL) are 3,361 km (2,089 miles, 1,815 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.