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Cheapest round-trip
$557
Typical prices: $810-$1,001
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Thu 10/29Fri 11/6
IAH - PTY • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$850
Typical prices: $824-$1,052
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Tue 10/13Tue 4/20
IAH - PTY • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from Houston to Panama City

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Houston to Panama City 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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Recent round-trip flight deals from Houston to Panama City

Thu, Oct 29 - Fri, Nov 6
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7:28 pm - 7:49 am
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12h 21m
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6:29 pm - 10:40 am
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17h 11m
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$557Multiple Airlines
Mon, Aug 24 - Fri, Aug 28
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25h 43m
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$557Multiple Airlines
Sat, Aug 22 - Tue, Aug 25
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8:55 pm - 2:05 pm
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17h 10m
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3:10 pm - 9:54 am
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$559Multiple Airlines
Thu, Nov 5 - Mon, Nov 9
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7:28 pm - 7:49 am
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PTY
11h 21m
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9:31 pm - 12:40 pm
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16h 09m
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$564Multiple Airlines
Tue, Oct 13 - Tue, Apr 20
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10:03 am - 2:14 pm
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4h 11mnonstop
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3:30 pm - 8:04 pm
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4h 34mnonstop
$850United Airlines
Wed, Sep 2 - Wed, Sep 9
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3:30 pm - 7:56 pm
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4h 26mnonstop
$850United Airlines
Mon, Aug 31 - Mon, Sep 7
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10:03 am - 2:14 pm
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4h 11mnonstop
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3:30 pm - 7:56 pm
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$850United Airlines
Mon, Oct 5 - Fri, Oct 23
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3:30 pm - 7:56 pm
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$934Copa Airlines
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3:30 pm - 7:56 pm
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$935Copa Airlines
Wed, Sep 30 - Fri, Oct 9
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6:46 am - 6:14 pm
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Houston to Panama City flights

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

What is the cheapest Houston to Panama City flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest return flight from Houston to Panama City costs $840 on the route between Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport (IAH) and Panama City (PTY). It is also the most popular route.

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

The average price of all round-trip flights from Houston to Panama City clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from Houston to Panama City, you should consider leaving on a Saturday and avoid Tuesdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Houston, you’ll find the best rates on Thursdays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Houston to Panama City?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston to Panama City, 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 Houston to Panama City is March, where tickets cost $818 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,075 and $1,011 respectively.

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Cheapest flight

$263
Flight from Houston George Bush Airport to Panama City

When to book flights from Houston to Panama City

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Houston to Panama City 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 Houston to Panama City

  • What is the cheapest flight from Houston to Panama City?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Houston to Panama City was $263 for a one-way ticket and $557 for a round-trip.

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

    A passport is required to fly from Houston to Panama City.

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

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Houston to Panama City?

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

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

    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 Houston to Panama City.

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

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

    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 Panama City with an airline and back to Houston with another airline.

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

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

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Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Houston to Panama City

 
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6.8Entertainment
8.1Crew
7.8Boarding
6.9Food
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There should be a warning regarding the quality of the aircraft on the website as we reserve the tickets. There was no TV or any type of screen onboard. The wifi they offer is good for nothing. Traveling 9 hours straight with kids and no type of entetainment was horrible. I wish I had been informed prior so I could buy a ticket with another airline. The food was a joke too. A very tiny portion per passenger. They also charged $100 per checked bag. With United I used to pay $60. So, fair to say that I wont be flying Copa anymore. Their aircraft was super old, outdated, no entertainment, with nearly no onboard food.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Dec 2025
LAS - PTY
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There should be a warning regarding the quality of the aircraft on the website as we reserve the tickets. There was no TV or any type of screen onboard. The wifi they offer is good for nothing. Traveling 9 hours straight with kids and no type of entetainment was horrible. I wish I had been informed prior so I could buy a ticket with another airline. The food was a joke too. A very tiny portion per passenger. They also charged $100 per checked bag. With United I used to pay $60. So, fair to say that I wont be flying Copa anymore. Their aircraft was super old, outdated, no entertainment, with nearly no onboard food.

Very strict carry on rules meant most of the plane had to gate check their luggage. As is often the case had things that were broken because of this, but I appreciated not being charged to gate check. Otherwise good flight and great crew once on the plane

I liked the meatloaf the chicken was awful but the plane was on time and got there and the staff was nice.

Boarding was quick & efficient; they gave boarding groups due priority; staff & air crew were very cordial and helpful, pleasant flight.

Very happy with my flight. I would definitely recommend it.

Did upgrade, travel in business it was great (more room I could sleep)

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.

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.

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

The experience with United Airlines was excellent; however, the experience with Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH) was horrible. Although our flight departed from Terminal B, we had to go through security in Terminal C and then get on a train for travel to Terminal B. Additionally, there was significant walking required to get to the boarding location.

Unbelievably smooth boarding at IAH and the flight attendants were top notch.

I would have liked to have been served more food when it came to Panama to Newark

Didn't make the flight because the first leg of my flight was canceled and the next leg was already booked.

Same as last comment. Food sucks. Quality. Not surprising most people have no clue about nourishment Clearly

Crew was excellent. This was a relatively long flight though and had very little leg room, and no entertainment.

The food should improve! And The flight should leave on time and not make the traveler wait.

I completely missed my flight because the first leg was longer than planned. I had to sleep overnight in the airport because no accommodation was provided and then sent to Trinidad in the morning with an anticipated 7 hour layover before my flight to Georgetown which was now with Caribbean Airlines. I tried twice with customer service to see if they could put me on an earlier flight which had seats available but was told it wasn’t possible.

horrible website for checking in- no option just to write the passport number; ludicrous

We flew SEA -Houston-Panama-GYE round trip. The connections were torturing because we had to sleep over in Seattle to board the early morning flight and froze for 11 hours in Hoston for the return flight to SEA. Not United's problem, just the inconvenience of numerous transits. Restaurants and fast foods were closed and all we got was a cookie/coffee for each flight. Finally we waited for a long time for our baggage at carousel 9 as informed by the APP and all reliable sources. Suddenly some fellow passengers found out that our bags showed up on carousal 8.

Plane was delayed multiple times. I would like to request a refund. Was due to arrive Thursday evening ended up arriving Friday morning.

The seats were roomier than other airplanes I’ve been on.

The crew and the pilots. The pilots were amazing. The landing in Cancun was excellent.

The security line at JFK was one of the longest I’ve ever experienced - probably 45 minutes. I don’t know if JetBlue has control over it, but it detracted from the overall experience. Entertainment had good options, but the volume control was a bit small to tap on and the screen had a fair amount of interference blips. Clearer picture would have been better.

I liked the entertainment on JetBlue, the service from JFK to JAX was terrible at best

I usually dont fly JeTBlue and I dont think I will ever do it again. The flight was delayed fee time, nobody was giving us any info at at the airport, gate changing, the slowest and poorly organized boarding ever, rude staff.. huh

The flight was delayed. I upgraded to more room. I can't imagine how small the regular seats are I haven't upgraded for my return flight yet.

see my previous response about being kicked off the flight and having to fly the next day, ruining a planned vacation tour.

Horrible - for the first time in my life i was denied boarding an international flight because the name used on my ticket - Josh - was not exactly the same as my passport - Joshua. At no time during ticketing, online check-in, or at the airport flying from Boston to NY was i notified of a problem. It was only at boarding from NY to Costa Rica I was informed of the problem and by then it was too late. After missing the flight I was told by airport Jet Blue staff, including a supervisor, that it was my problem and they could not assist because i bought "the cheapest fare". i was hung up on twice by JetBlue customer service, including once by a supervisor. I blame Kayak and your awful partner ChatDeal for even allowing me to purchase an international ticket without verifying this - you effectively sold me a ticket i could not use. Shame on you and shame on ChatDeal for doing nothing to help me resolve the situation. What a scam.

Jet blue just had great service overall! Only a little turbulence heading out of Austin, otherwise the jet stream helped the speed of the trip!

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