Rare2 stops · 12.5h
NYC to HNLUnited States
Honolulu
$410
usually $820
−50%
Most monthly lows $576–$946. Cheaper than every other month on record (8).
Flights · NYC → PTY
New York to Panama City
Best fare, round trip
$732
−6%
below its usual $775
you keep $43
Found
- Depart
- Mon 15 Feb
- Return
- Thu 18 Feb
- Stay
- 3 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 5.5h
- Airline
United
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $760 and $775. The drop beats 8% of measured fares on the board, over 4 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
PanamaPanama CitySkyline on one side, colonial casco on the other, and Copa’s hub making Latin America cheap to reach.Best windowDec–AprAirportsTocumen (PTY)Every route into Panama CityFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares on this route stay within about $60 across the 4 months we track — season matters less here than timing the drop. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies United nonstop and takes about 5.5 hours outbound, on a 3-night trip. At $732 for 3,569 km each way, that works out to about $103 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $43 per 1,000 km typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 7 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Panama City, this fare ranks 6th — 2.1× the $341 we hold from Dallas. For context, the middle fare among the 6 routes of similar length we watch out of New York is $494. The best time to be in Panama City: Dec–Apr.
The 3 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 19% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $638 then versus $760 now, across 17 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $272, on 7 Oct.
These are the only days we have a cached price for on this route so far — not the only days it flies. The search above covers any date.
Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Feb, around $732
6% below the $775 typical fare
$754Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$760Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$792Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$732Feb ’27, the cheapest month. Compare February fares.$775Aug, around the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, New York to Panama City, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- JFK · Newark (EWR) · LaGuardia (LGA) ↔ Tocumen (PTY)
- Flight time
- ≈5.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈3,569 km each way
- Typical price
- $775 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- United
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Apr
Good to know
NYC → PTY, answered.
Is $732 a good price for New York to Panama City?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $775 round-trip and this fare is 6% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from New York to Panama City?
Across 4 months of cached-fare history, Feb comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Panama City are Dec–Apr — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book NYC → Panama City?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 4 months of cached fares, Feb comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from New York to Panama City?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (United). The outbound leg runs around 5.5 hours.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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