El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez

Compiled by Bill Gao

San Salvador (San Luis Talpa), La Paz Department (El Salvador)

IATA: SAL ICAO: MSLP

Longest Active Runway

10,500 ft

3,200 meters

Field Elevation

101 ft

31 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

1 closed, Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

13.4445°, -89.0558°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #449 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#725 of 7558

Top 9.6% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (El Salvador)

#1 of 1 in SV

#1 of 2 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

+5%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 SAL in numbers: 10,500 ft longest runway · tied #449 of 650 published · #725 of 7,558 worldwide (top 9.6%) · #1 in El Salvador.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway ≥10,500 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

SAL lies at 31 m (101 ft), #442 of 650 published airports by elevation and 28.2 percentile among 7,558 worldwide.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

0 Qualifying Aerodromes in Vicinity

No published neighbour with a paved runway of 5,000 ft or more within 100 NM of SAL. Nearest published airport: Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), 352 NM, 9,882 ft (618 ft shorter than SAL); none other within 250 NM.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 10,500 ft (3,200 m)

SAL runway: 07/25 10,500 × 148 ft asphalt (asp). +5% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
07/25	10,500 ft (3200 m / 3.200 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
18/36	2,625 ft (800 m / 0.800 km)	75 ft (23m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	❌ Unlighted	⛔ Closed

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →