£61 Find Cheap Flights from Costa Rica to Panama

1 adult
1 adult, Economy

KAYAK searches hundreds of travel sites at once for deals on flights to Panama

Travellers love KAYAK
41,299,237 searches in the past 7 days on KAYAK

Save 27% or moreCompare multiple travel sites with one search.

Track pricesNot ready to book? Create a price alert for when prices drop.

Bundle and saveSave money when you bundle your flight + hotel.

Filter your dealsChoose cabin class, free Wi-Fi and more.

Useful Info
Useful Info

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 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 £135 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is £160 and £158 respectively.

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 seasonMay
High seasonDecember
Cheapest flight£61
Best time to beat the crowds (15% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (20% 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.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Panama?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Panama is Wednesday when return tickets can be as cheap as £215. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, when return prices are £274 on average.

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

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Panama is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost £284 on average. Morning departures are around 15% 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 £667.

Top airlines flying 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 1451 reviews
6.8Food
6.8Entertainment
7.8Boarding
7.4Comfort
8.1Crew
Airline reviews

Enforce the boarding process by group numbers. Tell people to stay seated during the meal/drink distribution. It took forever to get food and drinks because people would not stay out the isle and let the crew do their jobs. Everyone wanted to go to the bathroom forcing the crew to enter and leave the isle constantly so people can pass. Tell people to keep their electronics off speaker mode. No one wants to hear phone conversations and music playing.

4.0 OkayPaul, Jun 2025AUA - PTY
Read more Copa Airlines reviews

Enforce the boarding process by group numbers. Tell people to stay seated during the meal/drink distribution. It took forever to get food and drinks because people would not stay out the isle and let the crew do their jobs. Everyone wanted to go to the bathroom forcing the crew to enter and leave the isle constantly so people can pass. Tell people to keep their electronics off speaker mode. No one wants to hear phone conversations and music playing.

Placed us in the last rear row of the plane so could not recline seats because of the rear wall, and also made it more of a tight space when the passenger in front reclined their seat. While understand seat assignments, every passenger should be afforded a reclining seat. The odor control scent from the restrooms was overwhelming strong. My wife and I could not deal with it, and she suffered a terrible headache as a result. I kept getting hit by the crew since I was on the ilse seat. No apologies, nothing. They made me feel like I was supposed to take the beating for a 3 hr flight.

There was no individual at the front check in when I arrived. I waited for at least 15 minutes and walked around asking security/janitors if they could help and they did not have a solution. So I had to take my checked bag through security and they threw away some of my items. I ended up making it to the gate only a few minutes before it closed due to my waiting for an agent at check in.

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

Seats are very tight even in Plus, no complimentary snacks or beverage

The chicken that was served in business class was cold!

Flight to Bogotá delayed by 3 h Missed connection from Bogotá to Guayaquil. Avianca unable to bring us to Baltra on time Overall delay 36h. We missed boat departure from galagos. Overall 10 day trip needed to be cancelled. Avianca was completely un-professional.

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.

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.

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.

COP 7,000 for a cup of mediocre coffee. I thought I was on Spirit Airlines for a minute. Otherwise the flight was fine. Nothing exceptional to report.

Book cheap flights from Costa Rica to Panama

Cheapest flights to Panama from Costa Rica found in 2025

Recent return flight deals

28/6Sat
directCopa Airlines
1h 23mSJO-PTY
6/7Sun
directCopa Airlines
1h 25mPTY-SJO
£127
25/7Fri
1 stopCopa Airlines
9h 17mSJO-PTY
27/7Sun
directCopa Airlines
1h 25mPTY-SJO
£130
18/8Mon
directCopa Airlines
1h 23mSJO-PTY
21/8Thu
directCopa Airlines
1h 25mPTY-SJO
£132
14/7Mon
1 stopCopa Airlines
9h 17mSJO-PTY
17/7Thu
1 stopCopa Airlines
5h 34mPTY-SJO
£134
25/6Wed
1 stopAvianca
6h 47mSJO-PTY
9/7Wed
directAvianca
1h 15mPTY-SJO
£139
27/11Thu
1 stopAvianca
4h 10mSJO-PTY
28/11Fri
1 stopAvianca
7h 01mPTY-SJO
£140
24/6Tue
1 stopAvianca
13h 35mSJO-PTY
9/7Wed
1 stopAvianca
13h 25mPTY-SJO
£147
2/11Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
13h 27mSJO-PTY
11/11Tue
1 stopUnited Airlines
21h 34mPTY-SJO
£824
2/11Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
13h 27mSJO-PTY
12/11Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
19h 44mPTY-SJO
£879
4/11Tue
1 stopUnited Airlines
13h 27mSJO-PTY
10/11Mon
1 stopUnited Airlines
21h 34mPTY-SJO
£882

Search by stops

Search by airline

Search by price

Recent one-way flight deals

19/10Sun
directCopa Airlines
1h 23mSJO-PTY
£61
18/10Sat
1 stopAvianca
7h 30mSJO-PTY
£62
26/6Thu
directCopa Airlines
1h 23mSJO-PTY
£63
22/8Fri
1 stopAvianca
6h 00mSJO-PTY
£63
4/7Fri
2 stopsCopa Airlines
9h 33mSJO-PTY
£66
14/7Mon
2 stopsCopa Airlines
9h 33mSJO-PTY
£83
15/9Mon
2 stopsCopa Airlines
9h 33mSJO-PTY
£91
30/6Mon
2 stopsCopa Airlines
9h 33mSJO-PTY
£104
23/6Mon
2 stopsCopa Airlines
9h 57mSJO-PTY
£122
19/11Wed
2 stops
33h 21mSJO-PTY
£194

Search by stops

Search by airline

Search by price

Last minute flights to Panama

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

17/6Tue
directCopa Airlines
1h 23mSJO-PTY
20/6Fri
directCopa Airlines
1h 25mPTY-SJO
£127
16/6Mon
multi-stopAvianca
5h 40mSJO-PTY
16/6Mon
multi-stopAvianca
6h 55mPTY-SJO
£130
17/6Tue
directCopa Airlines
1h 23mSJO-PTY
20/6Fri
multi-stopCopa Airlines
5h 29mPTY-SJO
£130
15/6Sun
directCopa Airlines
1h 23mSJO-PTY
21/6Sat
directCopa Airlines
1h 25mPTY-SJO
£132
15/6Sun
directCopa Airlines
1h 23mSJO-PTY
19/6Thu
multi-stopCopa Airlines
5h 29mPTY-SJO
£136
13/6Fri
multi-stopAvianca
5h 20mSJO-PTY
15/6Sun
directAvianca
1h 15mPTY-SJO
£137
17/6Tue
directCopa Airlines
1h 23mSJO-PTY
17/6Tue
directCopa Airlines
1h 25mPTY-SJO
£138
13/6Fri
multi-stopCopa Airlines
9h 33mSJO-PTY
16/6Mon
multi-stopCopa Airlines
10h 19mPTY-SJO
£146
17/6Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
12h 07mSJO-PTY
26/6Thu
multi-stopUnited Airlines
13h 43mPTY-SJO
£1,465
16/6Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
12h 07mSJO-PTY
24/6Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
13h 43mPTY-SJO
£1,620

Search by stops

Search by airline

Search by price

Everything you need to know for your flight to Panama

Cabin class types available on flights to Panama

Cabin classes available on flights to Panama. Prices are the lowest found on KAYAK over the last 7 days. Price and availability is not guaranteed.

Not what you’re looking for? Find thousands of other hotels, flights, car hires and package deals with KAYAK.