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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 round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.

The cheapest ticket to Panama from El Salvador found in the last 72 hours was to Panama City, at $188 round-trip. The most popular route is San Salvador (SAL) to Panama City (PTY) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $188.

What is the cheapest month to fly from El Salvador to Panama?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from El Salvador 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 El Salvador to Panama is November, when tickets cost $204 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and August, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $269 and $265 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from El Salvador 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 El Salvador to Panama, you should book around 5 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 23 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 $224.


Good to know

Low seasonMarch
High seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$140
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 6% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 13% lower on average.
Flight from San Salvador to Panama City

FAQs for booking flights from El Salvador to Panama

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from El Salvador 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 El Salvador to Panama.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from El Salvador to Panama 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 El Salvador to Panama?

    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 from El Salvador 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 El Salvador 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 El Salvador 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 Monday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $292. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $337 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 $123 on average. Morning departures are around 144% 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 $377.

Top airlines flying from El Salvador to Panama

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from El Salvador 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 1414 reviews
7.4Comfort
7.8Boarding
6.8Entertainment
6.8Food
8.1Crew
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.

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.

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

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.

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

please see previous response; it covers the whole travel trajectory.

I paid over $200 for seat selection for these flights and I was still stuck on long international flights in seats that do not recline and do not have the head support cushion. At this point basically all airlines have those for all seats, and this really took me by surprise and made me not ever want to travel on Avianca. The Kayak agent who called me for the seat selection (Donovan) was courteous, but it seems the system for this doesn't work. I was offered seat selection, for the $200+, but without being able to see what I was selecting, with no guarantee where I'd be...and then I still ended up in terrible seats. On my way to, and especially after, a very intense business trip, the seat situation really soured my experience.

Be very careful of the initial low price because Avianca wil bill you for a carryon of $120 or a checked bag for $120. Also, be careful with connections because the customs entry process is slow and the connecting terminal is not close.

The connection time is too short to pass through customs and once you do clear customs the connecting flight is in another terminal that is not close.

They charged me $120 to check one bag and then charged me another $120 for a carryon. Ridiculous!

Almost we lost our connection from Bogota to Aruba 🥴 Because we get out late from the plane of Medellin

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