£308 Find Cheap Flights to Central America

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Cheap Flights to Central America

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Panama City
Panama City1 stop£588
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop£661
San Salvador
San Salvador1 stop£675
Managua
Managua2 stops£677
Liberia
Liberia2 stops£698
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole2 stops£677
Panama City
Panama City1 stop£588
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop£661
San Salvador
San Salvador1 stop£675
Managua
Managua2 stops£677
Liberia
Liberia2 stops£698
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole2 stops£677

Book Cheap Central America Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights to Central America that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals to Central America

Thu, 11 Jun - Sat, 13 Jun
Avianca Logo
22:05 - 23:15
LHR
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SJO
32h 10m
2 stops
Avianca Logo
16:00 - 15:35
SJO
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LHR
16h 35m
1 stop
£583Avianca
Sat, 12 Sep - Sat, 19 Sep
Air Europa Logo
10:00 - 18:40
LGW
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PTY
14h 40m
1 stop
Air Europa Logo
20:25 - 16:25
PTY
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LGW
14h 00m
1 stop
£588Air Europa
Sat, 10 Oct - Mon, 19 Oct
British Airways Logo
18:45 - 19:35
LHR
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PTY
30h 50m
1 stop
British Airways Logo
15:35 - 12:35
PTY
-
LHR
15h 00m
1 stop
£642British Airways
Tue, 1 Sep - Mon, 28 Sep
British Airways Logo
20:00 - 19:35
LHR
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PTY
29h 35m
1 stop
British Airways Logo
15:40 - 12:35
PTY
-
LHR
14h 55m
1 stop
£645British Airways
Tue, 2 Jun - Wed, 10 Jun
Air France Logo
17:00 - 17:00
LGW
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SJO
31h 00m
1 stop
Air France Logo
19:05 - 16:00
SJO
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LGW
13h 55m
1 stop
£658Air France
Tue, 26 May - Tue, 2 Jun
KLM Logo
10:00 - 16:20
LCY
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SJO
13h 20m
1 stop
KLM Logo
18:25 - 18:30
SJO
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LCY
17h 05m
1 stop
£686KLM
Thu, 17 Sep - Thu, 24 Sep
KLM Logo
20:15 - 16:50
LCY
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PTY
26h 35m
1 stop
KLM Logo
18:50 - 17:20
PTY
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LCY
16h 30m
1 stop
£693KLM
Wed, 27 May - Wed, 10 Jun
United Airlines Logo
09:30 - 11:15
LHR
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BZE
32h 45m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
12:20 - 21:20
BZE
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LHR
26h 00m
2 stops
£697United Airlines
Wed, 27 May - Wed, 10 Jun
United Airlines Logo
07:30 - 11:15
LHR
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BZE
34h 45m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
14:35 - 21:20
BZE
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LHR
23h 45m
2 stops
£699United Airlines
Tue, 19 May - Wed, 7 Oct
Air France Logo
17:00 - 17:10
LGW
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SJO
31h 10m
1 stop
Air France Logo
19:05 - 16:00
SJO
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LGW
13h 55m
1 stop
£703Air France
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Central America

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights to Central America to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest flight to Central America?

These are the best return prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.

The cheapest ticket to Central America from the United Kingdom found in the last 72 hours was to Liberia, at £468 return. The most popular route is London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to San José (SJO) and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was £604.

What is the cheapest month to fly from the United Kingdom to Central America?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from the United Kingdom to Central America, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from the United Kingdom to Central America is September, when tickets cost £611 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and August, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is £1,273 and £1,146 respectively.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Central America?

The average price for all round-trip flights from the United Kingdom to Central America depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Central America is generally in the morning, when retur flights cost £1,205 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Central America is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £1,205.

How far in advance should I book a flight from the United Kingdom to Central America?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Central America, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below-average price on a flight from the United Kingdom to Central America, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 21% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 8 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Central America?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Central America is San José Juan Santamaria Intl Airport (SJO), with an average flight price of £667.

Good to know - Cheap tickets to Central America

Low seasonOctober
Cheapest flight£300
Best time to beat the crowds (4% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (7% more expensive on average)
Flight from London Stansted Airport to Panama City

FAQs - booking Central America flights

  • What visa do British citizens need to fly to Central America?

    UK citizens don't need a visa to visit any of the countries in Central America, providing they are only going as tourists. You will be given a visa for tourism upon arrival, which generally lasts between 30 and 90 days. If you need to stay longer, then you will need to apply for a visa through the embassy of the country that you are visiting. You need to make sure that you have at least six months on your passport when you enter the country.

  • What are some important rules of the road when leaving the airport in a hire car?

    It’s vital that you are aware of the road laws when you leave the airport in a hire car. You need to check each country’s laws specifically to make sure you are familiar with them. For example, if you are hiring a car in Panama, then you must make sure everyone is wearing a seat belt at all times, and children under five years of age need to be in a child seat. Most car hire agencies have child seats available as extras, but be sure to check beforehand.

  • How can I fly directly to Central America from the UK?

    You can get direct flights to Central America from Heathrow Airport (LHR) and Gatwick Airport. For example, from Heathrow, you can fly directly to Mexico City with British Airways or Aeromexico. From London Gatwick, you can fly to Cancun and San Jose with British Airways.

  • Which airline offers direct flights and is known for its good service?

    British Airways offers direct flights to Central America and is renowned for its good service. It is considered to have great ground and cabin staff, who go the extra mile to help customers. The quality of the onboard facilities is also considered to be high, with tasty meals, great entertainment and comfy seating.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from the United Kingdom to Central America?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from the United Kingdom to Central America.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from the United Kingdom to Central America?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from the United Kingdom to Central America is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from the United Kingdom to Central America?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from the United Kingdom to Central America with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from the United Kingdom to Central America?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from the United Kingdom to Central America up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Central America?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Central America is Thursday when return tickets can be as cheap as £776. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Wednesday, when return prices are £899 on average.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Central America

  • Looking for cheap airfare to Central America? 25% of our users found round-trip tickets to Central America for the following prices or less: Cheap flights to Central America from London Gatwick £688, from London Heathrow £921
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Central America flight deals.
  • Central America is a large continent that has lots of countries and airports. When you’re travelling to a country in the north, such as Mexico, you can take frequent and well-priced flights from Manchester and London to airports like Cancun Airport (CUN) and Mexico City Airport (MEX).
  • Flights from most large cities in the UK are more convenient than if you go from smaller airports. This is because they tend to be quicker and cheaper. For example, a flight from Newcastle to Cancun usually requires at least one change, whereas flights from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) can be direct. It’s also slightly cheaper to depart from London than it is from Newcastle.
  • If you want to visit countries in Central America, then you can take a quick flight with TUI Airways to Cancun. If you want to find a competitive fare to San Salvador, El Salvador, you can take a flight with United Airlines.
  • Mexico City Airport is one of the more busy terminals in the continent and is considered a gateway to Central America. Before you book your trip, it’s a good idea to browse KAYAK for alternative flight deals to Guatemala City Airport (GUA) or San Jose Airport (SJC).
  • You should avoid visiting Costa Rica around the Easter celebrations if this is not your purpose for visiting, as the prices of flights are likely to be higher during this period. In Costa Rica, Easter is a major event and there is a week-long celebration, with parades and lots of colours. So, if you are not visiting for Easter, try and book before or after these celebrations.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Central America

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United Kingdom to Central America? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.8
KLMOverall score based on 1511 reviews
7.8Boarding
8.4Crew
7.2Entertainment
7.3Food
7.7Comfort
Airline reviews

Outstanding even though the 330 was one of the oldest in the fleet. The difference was the attentiveness and responsiveness of a really experienced flight attendant. For airline food great variety of interesting choices and good tastes supported by a good wine selection.

10.0 ExcellentBob, May 2026
AMS - YYZ
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Outstanding even though the 330 was one of the oldest in the fleet. The difference was the attentiveness and responsiveness of a really experienced flight attendant. For airline food great variety of interesting choices and good tastes supported by a good wine selection.

As per usual when you Hit the UK it's a slow process through customs Not as efficient at Thailand for sure

Crew is not the cheerful type. very slow meal service (this is their style as have flown this many times)

Flight was on time, staff are friendly and helpful onboard.

Delay on my previous leg, had to run to catch my flight. But that happens. Overall ok.

Couldn’t get boarding pass in SLC even with help from a redcoat, so had to find a desk in AMS to get boarding pass. Technical problems so not sure why. Very inconvenient. The KLM app is not as user friendly as most apps. Also had to wait almost an hour on the tarmac for a fuel truck, which caused us to miss a connecting bus in LUX.

First of all we couldn’t check in online, then we learn at the airport we were on stand by for KLM’s mistake of overbooking. The seats were not comfy at all. Our luggage got lost.

Ad experience - been flying many years with them but they are losing out to other carriers with their service and bagage / seating policy. My 2 12-yo kids were not placed with the parent. Absurdity.

Short flight so it was okay. Nice crew, all very pleasant and professional. We were near the back in row 27 so just as we got our drinks, we started our descent so had to drink very quickly!

The baggage drop-off in Stuttgart is bad: after online check-in you cannot use the automated baggage drop off as indicated on the website. You can use the terminals but have to cue to 1 of three open and slowly working counters to drop the bags. took about 45 minutes wait time.

Very friendly and helpful staff on board and United was excellent when I missed my onward flight due to the delay in London. Very well organised meant much less stress

Was great in general, try to respect time and excuses when slight changes have been made, appreciated!

First time flying with UA and it was a great experience. Thank you

Overall, the flight was good. Lounge access should be with all business class tickets.

We got delayed three hours and nobody thought to have the bathroom fixed while we were sitting waiting to board? took a full hour to have maintenance come and check it off. Had to shut the bathroom down twice so that the pilots could go to the bathroom. Everyone missed their connections.

Staff are not helpful, our flight was cancelled due to aircraft problem

Not being stranded in Chicago for her airport to 11:30 tomorrow morning the 3rd

Very good. Because of the delays with my previous flight, I missed my connection, but I was able to book another flight through the United app easily.

Food should be changed in menu Many muslims travels in this airlime they need to add one Halal meal

cabin crew was OK, food was OK, the trip from the US to Munich was actually pretty bad comfort wise. Noisy aircraft, lights never dimmed even in Business class (night flight) barely sufficient amenities for the price. I have millions of miles with United but TBH American is gaining ground and Delta has always been marginally better then United although on paper United has more longes and cheaper upgrades.

We travelled from London to Halifax. Customer service was excellent.fron the day we booked until arriving. The gate was only a short frombthe waiting area and walk Boarding was efficiently handled and plane took off on time. The service on the plane was very good. Fool an acceptable drandard Only downside was that the legroom was tight for anybody just over 6ft tall and am usually able to travel without difficulty. I will definitely fly with Air Canada again but next time pay for extr space.

Was disappointed when landing in Canada was made to wait for over 1 hour with several other parents and babies for our strollers . The expectation was that the gate checked strollers would be there when exiting aircraft. This was not the case we were told to walk to a point and wait for them . After being left there and not being updated we were met with very hostile and rude air canada staff . There where no apologies or understanding even though all the children where very uncomfortable and the parents very frustrated as you can imagine . Instead the air canada staff at the airport where very rude and made an already frustrating situation much worse instead of trying to assure the parents that that were making effort to fix the situation. One gentleman in particular was very rude to some parents telling them to move when they were simply seeking information. He made the other parents including myself feel very uncomfortable. He also told a gentleman he was capturing images of everyones boarding pass when this was untrue as he was only taking a photo of the gentleman pass which was strange.

It was good, seating was a little tight apart from that all was well.

I liked the flight but the check in was horrendous. I have booked with you before but not ever had to pay extra for luggage, it was not clear on booking, I didn't know there was different categories of economy that meant different allowances. So was alarmed when we had to pay a further £120 at the check-in at a point of not changing.

I wish they gave the earphones earlier rather than when we are already in flight.

Very nice staff members are very nice and friendly helpful

We were a little late pushing back ,but arrived a head of time.

W ended up getting stuck in Edinburgh Scotland during the air strike. They cancelled our flight and No help to get us rebooked. All said down that cost us over $2,000 extra at least to get home. Hopefully we will be reimbursed somehow! Won’t be flying Air Canada again

The 787 Dreamliner that we flew on was relatively new and a nice aircraft. We flew on a 777 which was noticeably older and the seats were average” but the 787 was very nice, especially for the price. No window blinds anymore, instead high tech adjustable polychromatic glass!! Nice.

It's was good in general. I had a annoying next seat passenger. But nothing nobody could do anything

My flight was cancelled on April 15th due to Lufthansa strike. You basically lost customer since it was important for me to reach Poznan due to my friend’s terminal illness. I rebooked my flight with KLM and will travel with this airline in the future.

Flight map did not work. Crew was great, food was good, plane took off on time and landed early. That's all I can ask.

I was asked at the gate to put my carry-on luggage into the metal size-checking unit and it scratched my luggage. I suggest lining it with a cloth to prevent damage to passengers’ luggage.

Paid for exit row at the back of the plane. Window seat with lots of leg space. Food was inedible (as usual). Brought my own.

Efficiency of staff, and comfort and cleanliness of aircraft was all great. Maybe a hot drink without payment at that time in the morning would be good!

We were upgraded to economy plus and everything was awesome!

The plane was late (as was my flight out from Birmingham the day before)

Very good experience. All of the details made this experience very positive.

The flight was delayed by an hour. Made the connection uncomfortably tight.

When we went to the lounge they told us to go into the main lounge and not the full business class section, later they told me that Lufthansa wont pay the full fee to alloq the business class passengers entry to the nicer sectikn where all the other airlines nusiness class passengers go into. Very poor arrangement.

The map feature on the display at the seat had challenges. The biggest issue was the flight had no WIFI. Most of the smaller planes now have free WIFI. American Airlines on the flight over had WIFI you could purchase. With 8-10 hours on a single flight, the ability to do work via WIFI is essential!!

A shout-out to the flight attendent, Lauren, who was the main person assisting me. She was amazing - perfect balance of bright, cheerful, engaging, yet formal

Cramped seating but standard in all smaller aircrafts today no matter what airlines. Crew very helpful, friendly & attentive so makes up for that.

Wonderful business class flight in a lovely new plane with an excellent crew

OK, except for a cabin attendant's lack of attention.

efficient. on time. cabin crew were very professional and very nice to deal with. would definately fly BA again.

It was great overall. A few slight improvements could be made on the onboarding process at the Gates with announcements and clarity of communications (both at the gate and in flight). The movies in the entertainment options could be improved for bollywood, hollywood.

I alrady responded to this request, and expllaned at length that this was the worst flying experience in my 77 years. I will NEVER fly BA again.

Airbus A350 is poorly designed for wheelchair users and reduced mobility passengers. The angle of the pods makes it awkward to transfer. I was able to but I have ab stability. It could be a real challenge for people with more severe mobility impairments. You'd think Airbus would have come up with a solution for this or thought more about us disabled folks more when designing this aircraft.

The crew has always been great on BA. They are very friendly and accommodating. I like that they have vegetarian options already in the menu. And the free wine is a nice perk.) I noticed (both directions of my trip) minor upgrades/ replacements needed on the plane itself (touch screen didn't work with touch; bathroom light didn't go on). However, this is one of my favorite airlines.

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