Rare1 stop · 10.5h
WAS to LIMPeru
Lima
$347
usually $630
−45%
Most monthly lows $409–$630. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · WAS → PTY
Washington to Panama City
Best fare, round trip
$656
Too little price history on this route to compare — the fare is shown as found.
Found
- Depart
- Thu 7 Jan
- Return
- Fri 15 Jan
- Stay
- 8 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 6.5h
- Airline
United
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.
The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 6.5 hours outbound, on a 8-night trip — ticketed under United, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $656 for 3,334 km each way, that works out to about $98 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 5th — 1.9× the $341 we hold from Dallas. For context, the middle fare among the 6 routes of similar length we watch out of Washington is $402. We have 2 months of cached prices for this route so far — not enough to call a fare cheap or expensive, so we publish the price without a percentage. Fare history here is still too short to name a cheap season. The best time to be in Panama City: Dec–Apr.
We are still collecting this route's months — 2 months of cached prices so far, too few to chart.
Route facts
- Airports
- Dulles (IAD) · Reagan National (DCA) · Baltimore (BWI) ↔ Tocumen (PTY)
- Flight time
- ≈6.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈3,334 km each way
- Airlines on the board
- United
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Apr
Good to know
WAS → PTY, answered.
How far in advance should I book WAS → 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We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet.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. Our guide Why flight prices change covers the levers we can measure.
Are there nonstop flights from Washington to Panama City?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under United. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 2 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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