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Los Angeles (LAX) – El Salvador (SAL)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
3,733 km
2,319 mi · 2,015 nm
Flight time
4 h 56 min / 5 h 15 min
Average gate to gate: LAX → SAL / back
Time difference
2 h / 1 h
January / July
CO2 per passenger
437 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (259 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
629,587
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −7.5%
Flights / week
76
Both directions, average
Seats filled
89%
708,190 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
4
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

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

The way there

Heading from LAX
120°
Heading from SAL
313°
Halfway point
24.41, -102.55
Great-circle km
3,734 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air LAX → SAL
4 h 31 min
In the air SAL → LAX
4 h 52 min
Clocks
2 h in January, 1 h in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 5 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: January 2026: 62,390 passengers
050K100KAugSepOctNovDecJan62.4KFebMarAprMayJunJul
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Month Passengers
Aug 202555,919
Sep 202545,623
Oct 202548,330
Nov 202550,421
Dec 202559,418
Jan 202662,390
Feb 202647,171
Mar 202652,929
Apr 202650,798
May 202648,392
Jun 202649,935
Jul 202658,261
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: January 2026: 392 flights
0200400AugSepOctNovDecJan392FebMarAprMayJunJul
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Month Flights
Aug 2025363
Sep 2025290
Oct 2025301
Nov 2025316
Dec 2025388
Jan 2026392
Feb 2026294
Mar 2026326
Apr 2026323
May 2026310
Jun 2026316
Jul 2026356

Airlines flying LAX–SAL nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
TATaca International Airlines40
51%
N3Vuela EL Salvador S.A. de C.V.18
24%
UAUnited Air Lines14
20%
LRLacsa4.2
5%

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 A320-200n · 1,604 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1,602 flights
  • Boeing B737 Max 900 · 705 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A330-200 · 40 flights
  • Boeing 737-900ER · 22 flights
  • Boeing B737 Max 800 · 2 flights

Also carried: 1,238 tonnes of freight and 6 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 3,734 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.

More routes from LAX

Route Distance Passengers / year
LAX → JFK3,983 km 3,020,062
LAX → SFO543 km 2,842,388
LAX → ORD2,808 km 2,332,419
LAX → HNL4,114 km 2,261,240
LAX → LAS380 km 2,208,696
LAX → DEN1,387 km 2,043,500
LAX → DFW1,987 km 1,914,491
LAX → SEA1,535 km 1,810,795
LAX → EWR3,950 km 1,791,699
LAX → ATL3,133 km 1,783,358

More routes from SAL

Route Distance Passengers / year
SAL → IAH1,942 km 641,479
SAL → IAD3,048 km 617,085
SAL → JFK3,361 km 323,018
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

Los Angeles (LAX) and El Salvador (SAL) are 3,733 km (2,319 miles, 2,015 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.