IAD → SALWashington to San Salvador

live

Direct flights from Washington (IAD) to San Salvador (SAL): 28 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. No cancellations were recorded across the 32 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 3,057 km, an estimated 4 hours 25 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Washington and San Salvador. Updated 5 November 2026 at 00:42 UTC.

Today, IAD → SAL

Wed 4 Nov · local times
  1. 02:55 N34313Vuela El Salvador Left 03:03 +8 ·
  2. 04:35 AV581Avianca Left 04:42 +7 ·
  3. 16:25 AV583Avianca Left 16:23 ·
  4. 18:35 AV585Avianca Left 18:43 +8 ·

Checked IAD board 19:42

IAD Washington busy · +15
SAL San Salvador tracking
3,057 km · ~4h 25m est.
dep bank 04:00–19:3528x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 28x weekly · nonstop
80 / 100

route health from live IAD and SAL delay boards

0 of 32 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Flight time~4h 25mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures28x1 direct airline on the leg
Cancelled0.0%recent route rate · 0 of 32

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Avianca

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
AviancaAV

Flights AV591 04:00 daily · AV581 varies daily · AV583 varies daily · AV585 19:35 daily

History

operated legs · board outcomes
11-04AV581departed+7
11-04AV583departed−2
11-04AV585departed+8
11-04N34313departed+8
11-03AV581departed+9
11-03AV585departed+11
11-03N34313departed+13
11-02AV581departed+11
11-02AV583departed+114
11-02AV585departed−2
11-02N34313departed+6
11-01AV581departed+12
11-01AV583departed+17
11-01AV585departed+5
11-01AV591departed+24
11-01N34313departed−13
10-31AV581departed+8
10-31AV583departed+6
10-31AV585departed−1
10-31AV591departed+5
10-31N34313departed+2
10-31UA1194departed+24
10-30AV581departed+6
10-30AV583departed+102
10-30AV585departed+13
10-30AV591departed+8
10-30N34313departed+21
10-29AV581departed+29
10-29AV583departed+27
10-29AV585departed+3
10-29AV591departed+15
10-29N34313departed+7

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
IADWashington +15 min busy 🌤 mostly cloudy · SSE 7 kt Full IAD delay board →
SALSan Salvador tracking Full SAL delay board →

How the Washington to San Salvador route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop IAD to SAL flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

Cite this data

Journalists, bloggers, and researchers may cite this page with attribution and a link to Pro Flight Search.

Suggested citation

Pro Flight Search: Washington (IAD) to San Salvador (SAL) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.

Canonical URL
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/IAD-SAL
How we measure this →

IAD to SAL questions

Is IAD–SAL running on time right now?

Mostly on schedule. The departure side at IAD is the weaker end, route health score 80/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

Morning or evening flight on IAD–SAL?

Operators schedule morning departures around 04:00 and evening departures around 19:35 from IAD. Earlier flights typically land before destination-airport delays accumulate later in the day; check the SAL delay card to confirm conditions when you'd arrive.

How long is the flight from IAD to SAL?

Great-circle distance is 3,057 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 246–292 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does IAD–SAL fly?

Avianca runs the route with about 28 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.