Pacific Airport: $85 million spent to August, 56% of what was scheduled, Finance Ministry says

Spending on the construction and equipment of the Pacific International Airport in La Unión reached $85.04 million in the first eight months of 2026, according to the Ministry of Finance's latest report on the public investment programme, Diario El Mundo reported. That is 56.09% of the $151.61 million scheduled for the period and part of an annual allocation of $210.21 million.

The airport, managed by the Autonomous Executive Port Commission (CEPA), is the largest project in the 2026 programme, which comprises 274 projects run by 43 institutions. CEPA's draft budget for 2027 proposes a further $113.71 million to complete the new terminal.

Construction of the first phase began in January 2025 in Cantón El Ciprés, Conchagua. It includes a runway 2,400 metres long and 45 metres wide, and the terminal is designed for about 365,000 passengers a year. Work is under way on the passenger terminal structure, the runway, the aircraft apron and taxiways, Dinero reported on 4 November.

Commercial operations are planned for the second half of 2027, and the first phase has created more than 3,600 direct and indirect jobs, according to official figures cited by El Mundo. The project is financed in part through CAF's "El Salvador Vuela" programme.