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$240 Find cheap flights from Panama to Chicago

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Flights to Chicago - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What is the cheapest day to fly to Chicago?

The average price of all flights to Chicago clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Chicago is Wednesday where tickets can be as cheap as $533. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Tuesday, where prices are $677 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Chicago?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Chicago, 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 to Chicago is September, where tickets cost $515 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and March, where the average cost of tickets from Panama is $638 and $623 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is September with an average price of $515.

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

The average price for all flights to Chicago depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Chicago is generally in the evening, when flights cost $552 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Chicago is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $675.

What is a good deal for flights to Chicago?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to Chicago, 25% of our users found tickets to Chicago for the following prices or less: From Panama City $821 one-way - $533 round-trip.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Chicago?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights to Chicago, 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, you should book around 0 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 days before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Chicago?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Chicago is Chicago Midway Airport, with an average flight price of $104.

Which airline offers the most flights to Chicago?

Of the 14 airlines that fly to Chicago, American Airlines offers the most flights, with around 4,255 per week, followed by United Airlines with 3,395 flights per week.

How many airports are there in Chicago?

There are 3 airports in Chicago: Chicago O'Hare Airport (ORD), Chicago Midway Airport (MDW) and Chicago Greater Rockford Airport (RFD). The busiest airport is Chicago O'Hare Airport (ORD), with 77% of all flights arriving there.

How long is the flight to Chicago?

The duration of your flight to Chicago depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular route to Chicago on KAYAK is from Panama City, which takes 5h 15m.

How many direct flights to Chicago are there each day?

There are around 1,711 direct flights from within Panama to Chicago every day. Most flights depart in the morning, with 6:00 am the most common departure time and 49% of flights departing in the morning.

How many direct flights to Chicago are there each week?

Each week there are around 11,973 direct flights from within Panama to Chicago. The most common day for departures is Friday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

How many long-haul flights are there to Chicago each week?

There are not any long-haul (6-12 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to Chicago. Instead, there are 12 medium-haul flights (3-6 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Panama City.

How many cities have direct flights to Chicago?

From Panama, there are direct flights to Chicago from 1 city. This city is Panama City and there are 12 direct flights each week.

Good to know

Low season

March

High season

October

Cheapest flight

$240
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 5% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 8% lower on average.
Flight from Panama City to Chicago

FAQs - booking Chicago flights

  • Which Chicago airport is closest to central Chicago?

    The distance between Chicago Midway Airport and downtown Chicago is 9 miles, which makes it the closest of the 3 Chicago airports. Chicago O'Hare Airport is 16 miles away from the center and Chicago Greater Rockford is 79 miles away.

  • How much is a flight to Chicago?

    On average, a flight to Chicago costs $695. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $501 and departed from Panama City Tocumen Intl Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Chicago?

    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 to Chicago.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Chicago?

    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 Chicago 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 to Chicago?

    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 Chicago up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Nonstop departures

Panama to Chicago

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +80 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +81 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +79 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +80 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +79 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +80 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +78 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +79 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +81 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +82 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +79 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +80 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +79 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +80 more

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Nonstop returns

Chicago to Panama

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +80 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +81 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +79 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +80 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +79 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +80 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +78 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +79 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +81 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +82 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +79 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +80 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +79 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +80 more

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Top 3 airlines serving from Panama to Chicago

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Chicago. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Panama to Chicago. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Chicago? 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.
8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 10595 reviews
8.6Crew
7.9Comfort
8.2Boarding
8.0Entertainment
7.4Food
Airline reviews

The comfort is typical of what I would expect from main cabin. I've been on flights with other airlines where the seats needed to be changed, the cushions were non-existent. So happy this was not the case. I enjoyed the movie selection. Happy pillow and blanket was provided since I forgot my own. The food was also ok. Great that we arrived early and my luggage arrived undamaged. Again in the past (not with Delta), luggage was lost or broken.

10.0 Excellentp, May 2024VCE - JFK
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The comfort is typical of what I would expect from main cabin. I've been on flights with other airlines where the seats needed to be changed, the cushions were non-existent. So happy this was not the case. I enjoyed the movie selection. Happy pillow and blanket was provided since I forgot my own. The food was also ok. Great that we arrived early and my luggage arrived undamaged. Again in the past (not with Delta), luggage was lost or broken.

Crew went over and above to be helpful. Plane had mechanical problems that caused us to depart late.

The 676 plane is much more comfortable in business class than the A330 and he food was a little better. I didn’t use the entertainment.

Rated entertainment as Mediocre as there were major problems with the Infotainment system that took probably a half hour for them to fix.

Your crew could maybe answer the call bell at least one of the times I pressed it. I pressed it first time with 2.5 hours left in our flight bc my partner was hungry and wanted a sandwich. We finally got the sandwich with 40 mins left in the flight.

Delta crushed it. Flight attendant in first was attentive and just never stopped. Honestly one of the best domestic flights I’ve been on.

They were an hour late and they didn’t have my wheelchair for me

The Flight crew didn’t serve us until about 1.5 hours into the flight because of turbulence but after it ended it was fine to move around. They served us water only and snacks and then NEVER, NOT ONE TIME came through to collect trash until right before landing about 1.5 hours later. There was absolutely no need for that. They crew was just standing around talking and visiting with each other and really never tried to see if we might want something besides water or even try to come pick up trash. This is VERY unusual for a Delta flight but it was not what I would have expected for a 4 hour flight.

The 1st class male crew member was very pleasant - the short female with round glasses , maybe in 50’s had no personality- never spoke when delivering my food, drink, & never smiled the whole trip! In fact looked annoyed when the boarding proses was happening- I would never hire this woman - unfriendly . Have never dealt with a crew member like her-

5-hour delay due to storms in Tanoa and airspace restricted by Miami traffic controllers.

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."

It was good! Appreciated that it was very on schedule so it made the connecting flight less stressful

I was told we'd have a hot breakfast option in first class, so I chose not get a hot breakfast. It was a very strange meal, but the fresh fruit was very good quality. Service was excellent from ORD to ELP. No service from MBS to ORD, not even water. However, when flying American from FNT to ORD, which is a shorter flight, they at least pass out snacks and offer water.

We were delayed an hour leaving Munich (No fault of the crew). They kept us posted on the status so we knew what was going on, but as a result we missed our connection in Chicago and the communication on connecting flights was pretty poor as we disembarked. It was already stressful and some of that could have been reduced by better communications about where to find transfers, etc.

One problem, but a serious one - the plane is built with electric windows that tint dark to reduce light. Sitting next to the window is VERY UNCOMFORTABLE as it emits so much HEAT in the face when tinted.

The delays (5 hrs) were a comedy of errors, and the multiple safety issues encountered were very concerning.

Wifi wasn't working on one of the UA flights after boarding.

The flight was delayed instead of leaving at 11 it left at 12.20

United WiFi is consistently unusable (it can take 10 mins to load a single web page). If you need Wifi to do work, be prepared to lose half a day of productivity.

Crew was not very helpful. They forgot to serve me coffee and had to wait for a long time.It looked as if they were not very happy with what they were doing.

Good movies, iffy pay WiFi, food ok- on time though and that was great!

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to Chicago found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
7/24พ.
1 stop
9h 28mPTY-ORD
8/28พ.
2 stops
23h 30mORD-PTY
$493
6/17จ.
2 stops
23h 30mPTY-ORD
6/19พ.
1 stop
21h 53mORD-PTY
$500
6/21ศ.
nonstopCopa Airlines
5h 44mPTY-ORD
6/30อา.
nonstopCopa Airlines
5h 28mORD-PTY
$534
6/21ศ.
1 stopUnited Airlines
17h 36mPTY-ORD
6/30อา.
1 stopUnited Airlines
10h 06mORD-PTY
$539
9/13ศ.
1 stopDelta
7h 24mPTY-MDW
9/17อ.
1 stopDelta
6h 55mMDW-PTY
$539
8/16ศ.
2 stopsDelta
18h 19mPTY-MDW
8/18อา.
1 stopDelta
18h 05mMDW-PTY
$540
8/16ศ.
1 stopAmerican Airlines
8h 35mPTY-ORD
8/18อา.
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
8h 40mORD-PTY
$540
6/20พฤ.
1 stopUnited Airlines
8h 33mPTY-ORD
6/24จ.
1 stopUnited Airlines
11h 27mORD-PTY
$548
8/14พ.
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
16h 08mPTY-ORD
8/20อ.
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
17h 48mORD-PTY
$551
9/13ศ.
nonstopCopa Airlines
5h 39mPTY-ORD
9/17อ.
nonstopCopa Airlines
5h 28mORD-PTY
$613

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Chicago found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
8/18อา.
2 stops
34h 45mPTY-ORD
$240
5/28อ.
2 stops
35h 15mPTY-ORD
$241
7/23อ.
2 stops
23h 58mPTY-ORD
$248
6/4อ.
3 stops
26h 10mPTY-ORD
$250
6/4อ.
2 stops
35h 24mPTY-ORD
$261
6/15ส.
3 stopsAvianca
23h 00mPTY-ORD
$442
6/19พ.
nonstopCopa Airlines
5h 39mPTY-ORD
$629
6/15ส.
1 stopDelta
13h 36mPTY-MDW
$629
6/14ศ.
1 stopDelta
9h 39mPTY-ORD
$634
8/18อา.
nonstopCopa Airlines
5h 30mPTY-ORD
$821

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Last minute flights to Chicago

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 to Chicago that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/24ศ.
multi-stop
34h 33mPTY-ORD
7/17พ.
multi-stop
24h 13mORD-PTY
$580
5/24ศ.
multi-stop
34h 33mPTY-ORD
7/17พ.
multi-stop
13h 43mORD-PTY
$585
5/24ศ.
multi-stop
35h 00mPTY-ORD
7/17พ.
multi-stop
21h 55mORD-PTY
$589
5/25ส.
multi-stop
24h 32mPTY-ORD
5/31ศ.
multi-stop
27h 22mORD-PTY
$599
5/24ศ.
multi-stop
21h 53mPTY-ORD
7/17พ.
multi-stop
23h 30mORD-PTY
$606
5/26อา.
multi-stopUnited Airlines
9h 40mPTY-ORD
1/26อา.
multi-stopUnited Airlines
16h 35mORD-PTY
$768
5/24ศ.
multi-stopUnited Airlines
10h 25mPTY-ORD
6/14ศ.
multi-stopUnited Airlines
8h 56mORD-PTY
$837
5/24ศ.
nonstopCopa Airlines
5h 39mPTY-ORD
5/26อา.
nonstopCopa Airlines
5h 28mORD-PTY
$951
5/25ส.
nonstopCopa Airlines
5h 44mPTY-ORD
5/31ศ.
nonstopCopa Airlines
5h 28mORD-PTY
$1,031
5/24ศ.
nonstopCopa Airlines
5h 44mPTY-ORD
6/14ศ.
nonstopCopa Airlines
5h 28mORD-PTY
$1,162

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