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Cheap Flights from Panama to California

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

Mon, Nov 2 - Sat, Nov 7
Copa Airlines Logo
1:45 pm - 5:15 pm
PTY
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SAN
6h 30mnonstop
Copa Airlines Logo
10:00 pm - 7:06 am
SAN
-
PTY
6h 06mnonstop
$307Copa Airlines
Fri, Oct 16 - Wed, Oct 21
Copa Airlines Logo
1:48 pm - 6:30 pm
PTY
-
SAN
6h 42mnonstop
Copa Airlines Logo
10:00 pm - 6:13 am
SAN
-
PTY
6h 13mnonstop
$307Copa Airlines
Thu, Aug 20 - Sun, Aug 23
United Airlines Logo
3:30 pm - 9:09 am
PTY
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LAS
19h 39m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
6:05 pm - 6:37 pm
LAS
-
PTY
22h 32m
2 stops
$307United Airlines
Thu, Aug 20 - Sun, Aug 23
United Airlines Logo
3:30 pm - 3:16 pm
PTY
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LAS
25h 46m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
6:05 pm - 6:37 pm
LAS
-
PTY
22h 32m
2 stops
$307United Airlines
Thu, Sep 10 - Thu, Sep 17
American Airlines Logo
1:16 pm - 11:58 pm
PTY
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LAS
12h 42m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
10:15 pm - 12:16 pm
LAS
-
PTY
12h 01m
1 stop
$307American Airlines
Thu, Sep 10 - Thu, Sep 17
American Airlines Logo
1:16 pm - 11:58 pm
PTY
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LAS
12h 42m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
5:34 pm - 12:16 pm
LAS
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PTY
16h 42m
2 stops
$307American Airlines
Sun, Sep 13 - Fri, Sep 18
Copa Airlines Logo
1:54 pm - 6:29 pm
PTY
-
SAN
6h 35mnonstop
Copa Airlines Logo
10:00 pm - 6:17 am
SAN
-
PTY
6h 17mnonstop
$307Copa Airlines
Thu, Aug 27 - Wed, Sep 9
United Airlines Logo
3:30 pm - 9:09 am
PTY
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LAS
19h 39m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
12:59 am - 6:37 pm
LAS
-
PTY
15h 38m
1 stop
$307United Airlines
Sun, Sep 13 - Sun, Sep 20
Avianca Logo
5:55 pm - 12:50 pm
PTY
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SFO
20h 55m
2 stops
Avianca Logo
2:15 pm - 10:30 am
SFO
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PTY
18h 15m
1 stop
$693Avianca
Fri, Oct 30 - Mon, Nov 9
Avianca Logo
9:45 am - 10:50 pm
PTY
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SFO
15h 05m
2 stops
Avianca Logo
11:10 pm - 10:30 am
SFO
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PTY
8h 20m
1 stop
$693Avianca
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to California

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

What is the cheapest flight to California?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 5 days.

The cheapest ticket to California from Panama found in the last 5 days was to San Diego, at $378 round-trip. The most popular route is Panama City (PTY) to Los Angeles (LAX) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $759.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Panama to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Panama to California, 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 to California is May, when tickets cost $391 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and October, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $712 and $507 respectively.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from Panama to California depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $679 on average. Morning departures are around 33% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $902.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Panama to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to California, 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 Panama to California, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 41% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 14 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in California?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in California is Los Angeles Airport (LAX), with an average flight price of $533.

Good to know

Low season

March

Cheapest flight

$266
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 1% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 11% lower on average.
Flight from Panama City to San Diego

Flights from Panama to California: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Panama to California 
AFlew with Copa Airlines
PTY
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LAX
Jan 2026
Bring your own food and your own screen because you won’t have any for the next couple of hours.
RajFlew with Copa Airlines
PTY
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SFO
Jan 2025
Pack your lunch or dinner with you either from airport restaurant.

FAQs for booking flights from Panama to California

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

    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 to California.

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

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

    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 Panama to California 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 Panama to California?

    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 Panama to California 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 California?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to California is Wednesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $726. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $963 on average.

Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Panama to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Panama to California. 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 to California? 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.
7.6
Copa AirlinesOverall score based on 1558 reviews
6.8Entertainment
7.8Boarding
7.4Comfort
6.9Food
8.1Crew
Airline reviews

stood in line to check in luggage for nearly an hour. very poor service and not excusable

4.0 OkayAnonymous, Jun 2026
PTY - AUS
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stood in line to check in luggage for nearly an hour. very poor service and not excusable

Same as the previous flight as far as comfort and food. Entertainment didn’t have a watchable screen so everything would need to be watched on your own device in which they didn’t have a charging port that accommodated my iPhone. Seats were very uncomfortable. Staff was very friendly.

Do not book it’s a scam! They stole $1200 from me

Flight got delayed; had to go through security three times.

A lot things happened in this trip.The fly should be less stress.

Some of the Air hostesses are not that friendly. Need improvement

Had to go through security at the gate again. Had to take off shoes and go through the whole thing again even though we have global entry. They asked us to check in items bought at duty free during our layover and since we checked our luggage at the original departure airport, they forced us to check in a small backpack. None of this ever happened with other airlines. In addition, no vegetarian food option and no snacks during a 7 hr flight. Luggage limits are unusually small. This is unacceptable. Will NEVER fly Copa again and will tell friends and family to avoid this airline.

I upgraded myself to Business Class at the last minute so I had a DREAMS window seat. Seeing as I've never flown Business before everything was novel and fun for me and it made the 7 hour flight much more enjoyable for sure.

Horrible food. No wine or any other alcohol is served on the flight. Water is not served often and they refused when I asked for water in two cups. On the other hand, both going and coming back flights were on time.

it was great! Boarded on-time, reasonable leg room, pleasant staff, decent food. The only thing is we were directed to Terminal 2 when the gate was actually in Terminal 1. Smooth ride. Landed early. Got off plane easily and quickly.

The entire experience convinced my wife, Cathy, and me that traveling Polaris on United is the only way we’ll fly in the future. From check-in and baggage drop to the end of the 12-hour flight, the customer service was exceptional, with numerous staff members exemplifying the very best in care. On board, Andre, our primary crew chief, was sincerely friendly, a consummate professional, and, along with Freddy, one of his team members, truly among the best of the best. The captain even came through the cabin to chat with passengers—a wonderful personal touch, especially on such a long journey.

The SFO lounge closes at 12 midnight. My flight took off at 2AM

Delayed 2 hours while stuck on the aircraft. If the luggage was properly loaded the first time we probably wouldn’t have been delayed at all

Flight be on time would be a good start. Then train your flight attendants to be attentive and friendly. This time they completely forgot my row for the measly snack! United, do better!

We boarded the plane and were about to take off when we were notified that the tires had to be checked. Upon inspection, they were found to need replacement, so the entire plane had to be deboarded. After we exited the plane, United staff forced us to stay in the gate area by posting "Do Not Exit" signs on the doors connecting the gate area to the terminal. Many of us had already rebooked our flights and had no checked bags, but they told us we could not leave. This seemed inappropriate to hold people under false pretenses. When the agent told us we could leave, I asked them to please take down the "Do Not Exit" signs, as they were misleading. The agent refused, and I told them that it didn't feel right to hold people like that.

It was a short, comfortable flight. It did leave an hour late due to the pilot having to be replaced (family emergency) but that didn’t inconvenience myself & my friend. The situation was explained, eventually.

There was a piece of plastic baked into my buttermilk biscuit! I have a pictures. The flight attendants in first class were really apologetic, and tried to rectify the situation. I I am very appreciative that they were able to give me some packets of pretzels and gummy bears. I understand they don't personally handle the food until warming it up so I know it wasn't their fault. I don't know whether it was a newer aircraft, or different food packaging, but I was happy that when the food was being warmed up - it didn't smell like plastic. Jokes on me with finding plastic in my food.

The seats were uncomfortable, as if the cushions haven't been switched out in many years. I felt like I was on an old bus. The food was delicious. thank you. Onboard entertainment, very limited. Unless you like violent movies. Why in the world would you have such severely violent movies on a plane? if you don't want to see such things, you don't have a choice. Have you considered that when choosing entertainment? Good god. Why would you have the Godfather? Or black women being brutally beaten with a club? Why in the hell would you put that kind of material on a plane? As for Kayak: Why when I ordered Qantas, was the plane on United?

United was excellent. We had very good experience flying the carrier. Certainly. We will opt to fly them for sure. Lufthansa is out.

The seat that I got this time is really good.

Better seats, allow us to upgrade, terrible website, poor telephone service, better equipment

Horrible experience with Avianca, they delayed their flight and when we arrived to NYC, AVIANCA took 1 hr y 30 mins to park the airplane and all passenger get off the plane, it made me lost all my trains to get back home and I came back to my place at 3 am instead of 12 am. On the top of that their plane seat are so uncomfortable and is not enough space and killed my legs and knees, Avianca used to be good when it was a Colombian company, now after Brasilian company bought them, their service quality is bad and their flights are delayed and oversold.

It was horrible. My experience with Avianca. I didn’t know it was Pakistan international Airlines but anyway, whatever it is it is bad horrible you guys need to upgrade everything in those planes. And you guys charge $130 for a carry-on did they wanna let me in with my carry-on that I travel everywhere with the luggage you guys are such a dog thank you

The fees for baggage were outrageous. $130 for carry on and $150 for check in for an international flight. The seats did not recline. We were not even offered water. Had we known all of this, we would not have booked Avianca at all.

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.

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

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

Everything you need to know for your flight to California

Cabin class types available on flights to California

Cabin classes available on flights to California. Prices are the lowest found on KAYAK over the last 7 days. Price and availability is not guaranteed.