$199 Find Cheap Flights from Panama City to Costa Rica

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Cheap Flights from Panama City to Costa Rica

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
San José
San José2 stops$520
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$635
San José
San José2 stops$520
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$635

Book Cheap Panama City to Costa Rica Plane Tickets

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

Wed, Feb 18 - Wed, Feb 25
American Airlines Logo
8:20 am - 8:12 pm
ECP
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SJO
11h 52m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 10:17 pm
SJO
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ECP
15h 17m
2 stops
$520American Airlines
Tue, Jun 2 - Tue, Jun 9
United Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 10:39 pm
ECP
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SJO
17h 09m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
11:13 am - 8:00 pm
SJO
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ECP
7h 47m
1 stop
$526United Airlines
Tue, Jun 2 - Tue, Jun 9
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 1:00 pm
ECP
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SJO
7h 00m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:12 am - 11:41 pm
SJO
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ECP
16h 29m
2 stops
$531American Airlines
Mon, Feb 9 - Sat, Feb 14
United Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 8:39 pm
ECP
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SJO
14h 09m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
2:20 pm - 9:56 pm
SJO
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ECP
7h 36m
1 stop
$533United Airlines
Thu, Apr 30 - Thu, May 7
American Airlines Logo
12:33 pm - 9:36 pm
ECP
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SJO
10h 03m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
12:42 pm - 11:46 pm
SJO
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ECP
10h 04m
1 stop
$544American Airlines
Thu, Apr 30 - Thu, May 7
American Airlines Logo
12:33 pm - 9:36 pm
ECP
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SJO
10h 03m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
2:22 pm - 10:03 am
SJO
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ECP
18h 41m
2 stops
$549American Airlines
Fri, Feb 20 - Mon, Feb 23
United Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 6:16 pm
ECP
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SJO
11h 46m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
8:45 am - 9:56 pm
SJO
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ECP
13h 11m
1 stop
$551United Airlines
Fri, Feb 20 - Mon, Feb 23
American Airlines Logo
7:19 am - 8:12 pm
ECP
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SJO
12h 53m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
2:55 pm - 9:36 am
SJO
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ECP
18h 41m
2 stops
$556American Airlines
Wed, Feb 11 - Fri, Feb 20
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 12:50 pm
ECP
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LIR
6h 50m
1 stop
Delta Logo
3:05 pm - 10:39 pm
LIR
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ECP
7h 34m
1 stop
$635Delta
Sat, Feb 21 - Sat, Feb 28
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 12:50 pm
ECP
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LIR
6h 50m
1 stop
Delta Logo
2:05 pm - 10:39 pm
LIR
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ECP
8h 34m
1 stop
$642Delta
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Panama City to Costa Rica flights

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

What is the cheapest month to fly from Panama City to Costa Rica?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Panama City to Costa Rica, 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 Costa Rica is October, when tickets cost $478 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and November, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $748 and $673 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$199
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 5% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 16% lower on average.
Flight from Panama City to San José

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Reviews of the top airlines flying from Panama City to Costa Rica

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Panama City to Costa Rica? 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.
7.9
DeltaOverall score based on 8128 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.8Entertainment
7.2Food
8.5Crew
7.9Comfort
Airline reviews

Excellent flight and got us around tough weather. Only issue was seat TV did not work and crew tried to reboot.

10.0 ExcellentSteven, Jan 2026
FLL - CVG
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Excellent flight and got us around tough weather. Only issue was seat TV did not work and crew tried to reboot.

Connection through Atlanta was difficult. Mechanical issue on plane caused a two hour delay. New gate was a mile away.

No WiFi. Comfort plus should have alcohol provided, crew only offered water or tea. Who the heck wants tea?

I have diamond medallion status and usually we are in comfort plus . We were in main this time ( which was fine ) and my husband wanted wine . I have at least 10 vouchers for drinks that are good for this year and next! The attendant would not take the picture of the voucher as proof and never came back to check as She asked me to pull it up on delta Wi-Fi. Instead my husband just used his Amex to buy the wine . Disappointing!!!

Food is basically Sun Chips, cookies or Cheezits. I had an exit row seat so I had plenty of room. The crew was very nice and efficient. Pilot kept us informed. Pretty good flight.

The only thing nice I can say is the flight crew was really nice and apologetic about the situation. They shared as much information as they had and advised us on what we could do about missing connecting flights. The boarding process was so slow. The gate agent was working by herself and should have had someone working with her. It took almost an hour to board because she was trying to board a full flight of people and provide customer service to everyone who was flying standby and/or had questions. It was really chaotic. This didn't help the fact that we were delayed and folks were missing connections the longer it took.

The food is terrible. The staff is wonderful. Comfort is good.

I fly Delta all the time, have Platinum Medallion status. But this route seems to have major problems with delays and seems to never leave on time! Have only taken it twice in the last two weeks, and each time it had delays of more than 1 hour... very disappointed!!!!

Getting to the flight was arduous and lengthy. The flight itself was good but the food option wasn’t a good selection. I need to do a Kosher option on my return. Flight crew were nice

We had a lot of really rough weather but that was not Delta's fault. Pilot was amazing.

In overall it was a good experience, the only down point was that the entertainment screen was working properly.

HORRIBLE, my initial flight was cancelled, they made me pay $200 extra dollars and that got cancelled as well! After 6 cancellations I decided to get a refund because I needed to get home to my babies. Out of $1000+ dollars they offered me only $40 in refund! Totally unacceptable! The flight that they cancelled I was able to fly it on another airline. I had to spend $400 on one way tickets just to get home! I’m still getting the runaround.

First class ticket gets you a choice of chips or nuts. . Just like economy Southwest. Also no screen in the seats. This is first class???!

Everything was absolutely wonderful from check in to baggage claim. Staff was very professional and sweet. Will definitely recommend United to family and friends.

Very turbulent trip made it pretty bearable, plus the lack of refreshments served and the lack of any air conditioning before takeoff which took an hour or more.

It was nice to have gotten up upgraded to first class with a meal on a three hour flight

They charged a fee for 1st bag checked. Others in same party were free.

Flight team stood out for perzonal attention, kindness at bright cheery attitudes at 8am. Very helpful.

My experience on this United Airlines flight was highly uncomfortable, primarily due to two issues: Cabin Temperature: The temperature on the Boeing 737 MAX 8 was unacceptably high, feeling consistently around 80 degrees throughout the flight. This made sleeping impossible and significantly detracted from the experience. Seating Arrangement: Being stuck in a middle seat for a six-and-a-half-hour overnight flight compounded the discomfort. Moving forward, I will always purchase a seat assignment to avoid this situation.

The worst landing I have ever had on a domestic flight. Thought we would lose the landing gear on landing in Newark. Then we spent 40 minutes trying to position the plane in the right place to be able to get the jet way to the plane. The plane arrived stopped. The announcer was that we were there. Everybody got up, then we were told to sit back down because they had to have us towed to a different position. We got towed and then everyone stood up and they told us we were in the wrong position to sit back down again, and then we got towed to a different position This did not happen immediately. It was 30 minutes while we wandered around a small section of the tarmac in Newark close to the gate, but apparently not close enough. Horrifying experience The CAB should be investigating that flight

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