El Salvador's airport is from some ago years a hub for most of the flights from North America to South America or viceversa. In a lot of the cases you have to do layovers from 1 hour up to 14 hours. So why not planning a layover birding trip? You just need to plan your layover beforehand so that you have a minimum of 8 hours between flights.  

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There are amazing birding spots from 30 minutes to 2 hours away from the aiport. It always depends on your birding interests. The idea is to come back to the aiport at least 1 hour before departure time. So whether you would like to explore a patch of tropical dry forest, a patch of cloud and pine oak forest or a river mouth with migratory shorebirds, it all can be done making sure you will be back on time for your flight. Ask me about this chance of doing some amazing birding instead of being warming a chair at the airport.

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Read about a layover experience by fellow birder Dorian Anderson in the following link.