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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Panama

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to Panama to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest flight to Panama?

These are the best return prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
The cheapest ticket to Panama from Costa Rica found in the last 72 hours was to Panama City, at £78 return. The most popular route is San José (SJO) to Panama City (BLB) and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was £78.

What is the cheapest day to fly to Panama?

The average price of all flights from Costa Rica to Panama clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Panama is Monday when return tickets can be as cheap as £214. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, when return prices are £297 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Costa Rica to Panama?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Costa Rica to Panama, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Costa Rica to Panama is November, when tickets cost £138 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is £165 and £161 respectively.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Panama?

The average price for all round-trip flights from Costa Rica to Panama depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Panama is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost £263 on average. Morning departures are around 26% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Panama is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £558.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Costa Rica to Panama?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Panama, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.
To get a below-average price on the flight from Costa Rica to Panama, you should book around 8 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Panama?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Panama is Panama City Tocumen Intl Airport (PTY), with an average flight price of £132.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Costa Rica to Panama

Low season

March

High season

December

Cheapest flight

£62
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 11% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (21% more expensive on average)
Flight from San José to Panama City

FAQs for booking flights from Costa Rica to Panama

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Costa Rica to Panama?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Costa Rica to Panama.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Costa Rica to Panama?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Costa Rica to Panama is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Costa Rica to Panama?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Costa Rica to Panama with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Costa Rica to Panama?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Costa Rica to Panama up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top 3 airlines serving from Costa Rica to Panama

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Costa Rica to Panama? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.5
Copa AirlinesOverall score based on 1411 reviews
8.1Crew
6.8Food
7.4Comfort
6.7Entertainment
7.8Boarding
Airline reviews

My flight delayed and i misss the connection they send me to orlando no to tampa i have to pay a uber to my house

4.0 OkayAnonymous, Apr 2025BOG - PTY
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My flight delayed and i misss the connection they send me to orlando no to tampa i have to pay a uber to my house

It would have been better if they don't separate families in seating. We were seated in the aile row in the middle of a family of four. It would have been better if they they seat the family of four together than separated.

No headphones given for inflight entertainment. I missed my flight from the previous day and the customer service agent tried to extort an additional $100.00 US from me for missing my flight. Really?!

It was reasonably comfortable trip considering its duration (7 hours). Crew was very good and friendly, seats very more comfortable than other planes. Only negative comment would be that the bathroom light did not get its full brightness 🙃

The flight was delayed about 4 hours without any explanation. No wifi or entertainment at all on planes. Had to pay for checked bags I was allowed according to reservations.

It was good, plane is a bit older so seats are somewhat flat

Great from check in all the way to the end. Very happy with Copa

Copa stranded us ans then tried to charge us thousands to leave Panama.

Well the airline was fine. The only thing is I was charged for a checked in luggage. But when I reserved the ticket it showed a check in bag allowed. Who can I get in contact with for reimbursement.? The airline said I had to speak to whoever I booked ticket with.

Friendly flight team and seamless travel from one stop to next.

Delay at the airport was not clearly communicated. No announcements were made and since we are foreigners it was very hard to know what was happening at the Wingo gate.

That they were on tike but, They charge again for baggage while we already paid when we buy our tickets

Perfect for a very low cost flight. In time, safety perfect, and of course no service, just what you effectivement !

Delayed three hours and they knew it but didn’t say anything upon checking in

Cumple con su función, transportar, no incluye comida a menos que se pague un valor adicional y así mismo con los asientos y demás, brindan precios económicos pero tratan de compensarlo cobrando por todo lo demás, si desean un viaje económico y que no dure más de 3 horas el vuelo, recomendando

i was seated apart from my girlfriend even though I bought the tickets at the same time and the flight was half full. what are some of these airlines thinking when they assign seats?

Wingo changed departure time 3 times and kept us moving from one gate to a different one. A 1 one flight took me more than 8 hours. Don't fly wit Wingo, the worst experience ever

Nothing the vendor services and overall process was not an experience I would ever want to revisit again .

Pros: "Crew was great and friendly- good meals on long flights- best airline!"
Cons: "everything was great"

i think the flight was late because they were so strict about measuring everyone's personal items to try and charge them $119. It was really petty and made us late.

A few years ago long flights 6 hours or so used to have video screens and they offered ear phones. The food cart used to come and drinks. Now absolutely nothing. Avianca is as bad as Spirit Airlines. Avianca will now be my last choice when booking my next flight.

Terrible, We had to stay in Bogota for two days due to weather but the airline did not provide for the same day flight. Only two days later

Purchased a business class ticket and got a economy seat with center seat blocked they call it business. 3100usd ticket on a flight where economy costs 500usd The biggest scam insult have had on a regular airline. Avianca should be in the low cost category and kicked out of Star Alliance. I want the difference to be credited. Ets see what Avianca does. No reply so far. Avianca = low cost airline. Beware

Business class seats did not lie flat. There was only powdered milk for your coffee....in Business Class!! Food was good.

Excellent flight and one of the smoothest landing I’ve ever experienced

We did not know about the bag fees until check in. They are way too high. It’s insane. We also had a huge delay and everything costed extra which was very annoying.

Lounge for business was closed. Boarding was rush and stand by. Seat for business is just the middle seat blocked and some more leg room.

Flew with our two children. Paid $380 to check two bags (one was overweight). They then left the bags behind on Sunday, December 21st, with all our family’s clothes and family Christmas presents. When we arrived at our destination they told us the bags had not arrived, and they thought (but didn’t know) they were still in Boston, but that there’d be a flight the next day and the bags would arrive the next day. The next day we found out there was no flight, now we’re hoping we get our bags before we fly back out. Meanwhile, trying to get any engagement or accurate information is a waste of time. The folks at the call center are just gatekeepers, who can’t connect with any departments that actually do things to solve a problem. Getting information is made deliberately difficult. My biggest regret is that I’ve had a number of awful experiences with Avianca traveling between the US and Colombia, and still let myself get suckered into buying these tickets because the schedule was great. Never again.

So so, you feel like you have to pay for everything each time

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Cheapest flights to Panama from Costa Rica found in 2025

Recent return flight deals

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1 stopAvianca
4h 10mSJO-PTY
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1 stopAvianca
7h 00mPTY-SJO
£131
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4h 10mSJO-PTY
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directAvianca
1h 15mPTY-SJO
£131
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directCopa Airlines
1h 23mSJO-PTY
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directCopa Airlines
1h 25mPTY-SJO
£137
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1 stopAvianca
6h 25mSJO-PTY
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7h 00mPTY-SJO
£138
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directCopa Airlines
1h 23mSJO-PTY
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directCopa Airlines
1h 26mPTY-SJO
£139
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directCopa Airlines
1h 23mSJO-PTY
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1h 25mPTY-SJO
£140
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1h 25mPTY-SJO
£144
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9h 42mSJO-PTY
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1 stopUnited Airlines
13h 43mPTY-SJO
£855
27/5Tue
1 stopUnited Airlines
31h 17mSJO-PTY
4/6Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
13h 43mPTY-SJO
£864
25/5Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
25h 42mSJO-PTY
4/6Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
13h 43mPTY-SJO
£883

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£63
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£138
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£145
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£149
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1h 25mPTY-SJO
£153
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6h 25mSJO-PTY
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multi-stopAvianca
11h 45mPTY-SJO
£202
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multi-stopUnited Airlines
30h 24mSJO-PTY
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multi-stopUnited Airlines
13h 43mPTY-SJO
£1,457
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31h 17mSJO-PTY
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multi-stopUnited Airlines
13h 43mPTY-SJO
£1,473

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