Ilopango is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. It is a few miles east of the nation's capital, San Salvador. It is located near

Lake Ilopango Lake Ilopango is a crater lake which fills an 8 by 11 km (72 km2 or 28 sq mi) volcanic caldera in central El Salvador, on the borders of the San Salvador, La Paz, and Cuscatlán departments. The caldera, which contains the second lar ...

, the country's largest lake at 72 square kilometers.

Overview

El Salvador's second airport is in Ilopango. It is currently used for charter flights and by the Salvadoran military but plans are underway to increase its use as tourism and travel in El Salvador increase and

Comalapa International Airport El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional de El Salvador San Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez), , previously known as Comalapa International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional d ...

cannot handle the future influx alone. The Civil Aviation Authority has its headquarters on the airport property, in Ilopango.Contactenos
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Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved on June 9, 2009. "*Dirección Boulevard del Ejército Km. 9 1/2, contiguo Zona Franca San Bartolo. Ilopango"

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Municipalities of the San Salvador Department {{ElSalvador-geo-stub