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$236 Find cheap flights from Panama City to San Francisco

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Cheap flight deals from Panama City to San Francisco (PTY-SFO)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Panama City to San Francisco that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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9:40 pm - 12:45 pmPTY-SFO
17h 05m2 stops
2:10 pm - 10:25 amSFO-PTY
18h 15m2 stops
$430Avianca
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Mon, Sep 23 - Tue, Oct 1
9:40 pm - 12:45 pmPTY-SFO
17h 05m2 stops
11:55 pm - 2:45 pmSFO-PTY
12h 50m1 stop
$502Avianca
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Mon, Sep 23 - Tue, Oct 1
9:40 pm - 10:35 pmPTY-SFO
26h 55m2 stops
11:05 pm - 2:40 pmSFO-PTY
12h 35m1 stop
$506Avianca
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Tue, Jun 11 - Wed, Dec 11
3:40 pm - 11:45 pmPTY-SFO
10h 05m1 stop
2:41 pm - 2:45 pmSFO-PTY
22h 04m2 stops
Sat, Jun 22 - Sat, Aug 24
6:06 pm - 11:40 pmPTY-SFO
7h 34mnonstop
8:03 pm - 5:17 amSFO-PTY
7h 14mnonstop
$598Copa Airlines
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Mon, Sep 23 - Tue, Oct 1
7:55 am - 6:57 amPTY-SFO
25h 02m1 stop
12:43 am - 2:19 pmSFO-PTY
11h 36m1 stop
$604United Airlines
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Sun, Jun 30 - Sat, Jul 6
2:25 pm - 11:38 pmPTY-SFO
11h 13m1 stop
11:50 pm - 12:55 pmSFO-PTY
11h 05m1 stop
$613Delta
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Wed, Sep 4 - Sat, Sep 7
6:02 pm - 11:40 pmPTY-SFO
7h 38mnonstop
1:38 am - 10:51 amSFO-PTY
7h 13mnonstop
$626Copa Airlines
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Sat, Jun 22 - Fri, Aug 23
9:40 pm - 12:45 pmPTY-SFO
17h 05m2 stops
11:59 pm - 8:39 pmSFO-PTY
18h 40m2 stops
Wed, Jun 12 - Fri, Jun 14
7:55 am - 12:04 amPTY-SFO
18h 09m1 stop
11:59 pm - 2:19 pmSFO-PTY
12h 20m1 stop
$773United Airlines
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Tue, May 28 - Sun, Jun 9

Flights from Panama City to San Francisco - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Panama City to San Francisco to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Panama City to San Francisco?

The average price of all flights from Panama City to San Francisco clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
For Panama City to San Francisco, Monday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Sunday is the most expensive. Flying from San Francisco back to Panama City, the best deals are generally found on Wednesday, with Monday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Panama City to San Francisco?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Panama City to San Francisco, 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 Panama City to San Francisco is February, where tickets cost $435 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and March, where the average cost of tickets is $801 and $747 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Panama City to San Francisco?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Panama City to San Francisco, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Panama City to San Francisco, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 88 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Panama City to San Francisco?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
The best deals for a one-way ticket found by KAYAK users over the last 3 days were on Avianca ($236) and American Airlines ($558). The cheapest round-trip tickets were found on Avianca ($430) and Copa Airlines ($598).

Which airlines fly non-stop between Panama City and San Francisco?

Airline and price data is aggregated from results in KAYAK’s search results from the last 2 weeks for flights from Panama City to San Francisco.
There is just one airline that flies from Panama City to San Francisco direct and that is Copa Airlines. The best one-way deal found from Copa Airlines for the route is $554.

How many flights are there between Panama City and San Francisco per day?

Each day, there are between 1 and 2 nonstop flights that take off from Panama City and land in San Francisco, with an average flight time of 7h 40m. The most common departure time is 6:00 pm and most flights take off in the evening. Each week, there are 11 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Tuesday, when 18% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Saturday.

Which cabin class options are there for flights between Panama City and San Francisco?

The average price of flights for each cabin class for the route found by users searching on KAYAK over the last 2 weeks.
There are 3 cabin class options for the route. These are Business, Economy and Prem Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

How long does a flight from Panama City to San Francisco take?

A direct flight to San Francisco will take on average 7h 34m to travel the 3,318 miles flying distance from Panama City.

What’s the earliest departure time from Panama City to San Francisco?

Early birds can take the earliest flight from Panama City at 12:45 pm and will be landing in San Francisco at 6:30 pm.

What’s the latest departure time from Panama City to San Francisco?

If you prefer to fly at night, the latest flight from Panama City to San Francisco jets off at 6:02 pm and lands at 11:40 pm.

Good to know

Low season

March

High season

February

Cheapest flight

$236
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 11% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 35% lower on average.
Flight from Panama City to San Francisco

When to book flights from Panama City to San Francisco

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Panama City to San Francisco based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Panama City to San Francisco

  • What is the cheapest flight from Panama City to San Francisco?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Panama City to San Francisco was $236 for a one-way ticket and $430 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Panama City and San Francisco?

    Yes

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Panama City to San Francisco?

    Panama City and San Francisco are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave Panama City from Panama City Tocumen Intl and will be arriving at San Francisco.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Panama City to San Francisco?

    The Boeing 737 MAX 9 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Panama City to San Francisco flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Panama City to San Francisco?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between Panama City and San Francisco.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Panama City to San Francisco?

    There are nonstop flights from Panama City to San Francisco on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Panama City to San Francisco, Copa Airlines or Avianca?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Panama City to San Francisco are Copa Airlines and Avianca. With an average price for the route of $706 and an overall rating of 7.8, Copa Airlines is the most popular choice. Avianca is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $442 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Panama City to San Francisco?

    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 Panama City to San Francisco.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Panama City to San Francisco?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to San Francisco with an airline and back to Panama City with another airline. Booking your flights between Panama City and SFO can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

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

    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 to San Francisco from Panama City up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding a cheap flight from PTY to San Francisco

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $689 or less one-way and $598 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly non-stop from Panama City to San Francisco?

Find which airlines fly direct from Tocumen Intl to San Francisco, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Nonstop departures

Panama City Tocumen Intl to San Francisco

Monday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Tuesday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Wednesday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Thursday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Friday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Saturday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Sunday

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, United Airlines

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Nonstop returns

San Francisco to Panama City Tocumen Intl

Monday

Copa Airlines, EVA Air, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, EVA Air, +1 more

Tuesday

Copa Airlines, EVA Air, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, EVA Air, +1 more

Wednesday

Copa Airlines, EVA Air, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, EVA Air, +1 more

Thursday

Copa Airlines, EVA Air, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, EVA Air, +1 more

Friday

Copa Airlines, EVA Air, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, EVA Air, +1 more

Saturday

Copa Airlines, EVA Air, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, EVA Air, +1 more

Sunday

Copa Airlines, EVA Air, United Airlines

Copa Airlines, EVA Air, +1 more

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Top 3 airlines serving from Panama City to San Francisco

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Panama City to San Francisco. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Panama City to San Francisco? 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.
7.8
Copa AirlinesOverall score based on 2761 reviews
7.7Comfort
7.3Food
8.1Boarding
7.2Entertainment
8.3Crew
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Captain and Crew were excellent. The Boeing 737-800 was showing its age. In flight entertainment system was sluggish and my Business Class seat on the outbound flight had some mechanical issues. Only real problem was the location of the Gate in Panama PTY. It was a 40 minute hike from Security to the Gate. There should have been some sort of warning about the distance.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Mar 2024PTY - BWI
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Captain and Crew were excellent. The Boeing 737-800 was showing its age. In flight entertainment system was sluggish and my Business Class seat on the outbound flight had some mechanical issues. Only real problem was the location of the Gate in Panama PTY. It was a 40 minute hike from Security to the Gate. There should have been some sort of warning about the distance.

landed in panama it was in terminal one. We had to take a bus to terminal two for customs. Then back to terminal one. It was very frustrating. Then, on the way back from panama it was the same situation. We had to go back and forth between terminals to check in and drop our bags and then to board. When we were leaving, we had to wait in line for the boarding area and go through another gate security process. They told the bottles of water and coffee were bought while in line in the airport after we passed the main security. Ridiculous (and expensive). A much better communication system is needed.

This was my first time flying Copa but I'll definitely be back! Great service, professional agents, and delicious food for a fair price. Thanks for a great trip!

Horrible experience from start to end. Copa costumer service is non existent. They treat you bad. Everybody tells you different information. We didn’t received our luggage in the 1 day stop we did even we they said if was not going to be a problem. They didn’t respect the seats that we had and spread our family leaving in between of two big people who didn’t leave any space for me and crush me from side to side. I’ll never recommend Copa to anybody.

No cumpli mencionado trayecto por reasignacion de Copa Pero extraviaron mis maletas por su culpa

I was fortunate enough to have an entire row to myself and that was the highlight. Unfortunately, the flight was really turbulent which had no impact on how effective the crew was. However, I am disabled and should have boarded the flight first, but that wasn't the case. They also decided to take my bag at the gate because I had one too many and upon my picking it up at JFK it along with my rollator had been damaged. I am a vegan so the didn't have a proper meal for me and I was unable to view the entertainment because I didn't receive a set of headphones and if I needed to supply my own I wasn't made aware of that either. The crew was great, but overall everything was pretty lackluster.

Cons: "Sure. I had booked a two week vacation in Brazil. All hotels, car rental and guides booked. Copa changed my fligjt at the last minute and out of the 14 days vacatipn I had in Brazil, they would have me spend 6 days in Panama City!!! Lost of small fortune with hotels, car rentals amd had to buy another ticket with Latam. They are a scam!!"
Cons: "Due the COVID-19 El Salvador closed its boarders, leaving me unable to fly. I have sent two emails, called and spoke to a customer service representative who treated me unprofessionally and rude. After that I have been calling numerous times with a wait of over 25 minutes each time and I still have to answer from you as a company. I am extremely disappointed and want an answer soon."
Pros: "Crew was great. Food was acceptable. Really comfortable flight."
Cons: "Entertainment could have been better. Tvs per seat to wAtch movies what we want"
Pros: "nice crew."
Cons: "seats were too small and uncomfortable, not possible to lean back much because of a tall passenger behind me. international flights should have better seats."

I was shocked flying to El Salvador that they only give you water. Everything else you have to pay for. There is no wifi or entertainment and it’s an international flight. At least back in the day they had tvs on the plane and everyone watched the same movie. Also seats do not recline, even comfort or plus.

I did not like anything, first time I use company and for sure it will be the last time, they charge for simple operations that any other average airline wouldn't charge.

The good thing is the flight was on time and the crew was really nice. They can work better the arriving with staff

The inflight entertainment did not work on a 6 hour flight The cel phone chargers did not work There was a 45 minute wait for the luggage to get off the plane.

Seat space was terrible no food on a six hour flight

There was no bag included in the reservation. The price was double. Not properly advertised

There is no food. There is no in-inflight entertainment. The seats are cardboard. The airline is a living hellscape.

They could offer free food and drink like other international flights.

Flight attendants to show up on time, offer drinks and food.

The worst airline, the crew so mean and rude, everything was a nightmare, if I start to write, I'll never end

I’ve had a couple flights this week on United that were delayed by an hour or more

Should have video screens Plane audio was poor and without wired connection hard to understand crew. Should serve more than just cups of water and pretzels on six hour flight. Did not see crew rest of flight. Fix charging sockets to retain charging blocks.

My bag was lost with my medicine and I am very inconvenienced. I don’t know what happened, however I want you to do a better job on getting people’s bag back

Do not like the feeling of being in the basic economy. Everyone should feel good no matter what.

So so. Terrible aircraft choice for that leg of the flight.

Our seat tv didn’t work All the rest was perfect

delay several times and wait extra long to board. no entertainment service because there are problem for some rows. always encounter some delays for the last flight of the day.

Meals were adequate but could be better. Lots of movies, podcasts, tv shows. We really enjoyed using our personal headsets highly recommended. 15 hrs flight great to travel at night.

This was a Lufthansa flight. Disappointing main meal. Very rough over Canada and arrival at FRA. IFE was almost unusable.

the plane was old. the wifi didn’t work. the entertainment was boring and dated. the charging ports were impossible to find. i was mostly ignored by flight attendants that had no problem speaking to the man beside me. i got two drinks the entire time i was on the plane.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Panama City to San Francisco found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/29Wed
2 stopsAvianca
17h 05mPTY-SFO
$236
6/24Mon
2 stopsAvianca
26h 55mPTY-SFO
$242
8/19Mon
2 stopsAvianca
12h 55mPTY-SFO
$254
5/29Wed
3 stops
25h 16mPTY-SFO
$376
8/21Wed
3 stops
22h 57mPTY-SFO
$428
10/5Sat
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
22h 09mPTY-SFO
$558
6/16Sun
nonstopCopa Airlines
7h 45mPTY-SFO
$825
8/8Thu
nonstopCopa Airlines
7h 24mPTY-SFO
$954
10/7Mon
3 stopsUnited Airlines
20h 04mPTY-SFO
$1,086
8/17Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
6h 42mPTY-SFO
$2,501

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Last minute flights from Panama City to San Francisco

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Panama City to San Francisco that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/15Wed
multi-stop
23h 05mPTY-SFO
6/15Sat
multi-stop
17h 39mSFO-PTY
$831
5/15Wed
multi-stop
23h 05mPTY-SFO
6/15Sat
multi-stop
21h 53mSFO-PTY
$877
5/15Wed
multi-stop
8h 55mPTY-SFO
6/15Sat
multi-stop
18h 26mSFO-PTY
$909
5/15Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
20h 05mPTY-SFO
6/14Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
16h 07mSFO-PTY
$928
5/15Wed
multi-stop
12h 55mPTY-SFO
6/15Sat
multi-stop
18h 26mSFO-PTY
$981
5/13Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
16h 21mPTY-SFO
5/15Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
12h 24mSFO-PTY
$1,164
5/13Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
11h 04mPTY-SFO
5/15Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
16h 10mSFO-PTY
$1,168
5/15Wed
multi-stop
23h 05mPTY-SFO
6/14Fri
multi-stop
12h 02mSFO-PTY
$1,201
5/13Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
11h 04mPTY-SFO
5/14Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 16mSFO-PTY
$1,228
5/15Wed
nonstopCopa Airlines
7h 45mPTY-SFO
6/14Fri
nonstopCopa Airlines
7h 04mSFO-PTY
$1,508

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Panama City - San Francisco Flights

Departure:

Panama City (undefined)Panama

Destination:

San Francisco (SFO)United States

Return flight deals:

San Francisco - Panama City

Cabin classes:

$5,432
$2,779
$598