Los Angeles (LAX) to San Salvador (SAL): 2,320 miles (3,734 km) great-circle, about 5h 10m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $241 round-trip on United Airlines, with 1 stop, departing May 25, 2026.
$241 round-trip, United Airlines UA1680, departing 2026-05-25 at 19:21, returning 2026-06-18. The recorded itinerary left on a Monday, returning on a Thursday 24 nights later; the fare was observed 30 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $241, it ranked 13th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from LAX (median $302). That is 10.4 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), below the LAX median of 15.3 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from LAX of similar length: Miami (2,338 mi) at $181 and Washington (2,283 mi) at $572.
LAX to SAL is the only one of 30 LAX routes where United Airlines priced cheapest. It is the 17th longest of the 30 routes we track from LAX.
Of 13 departure airports with a fare to San Salvador, Los Angeles (LAX) ranked 1st at $241. Lowest: $241 from Los Angeles (LAX); highest: $603 from Atlanta (ATL); 4 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): United Airlines (7), Avianca (4), American Airlines (1) and Copa (1).
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones America/Los_Angeles, America/El_Salvador; flight time is our estimate.