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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 72 hours.

The cheapest ticket to California from Panama found in the last 72 hours was to San Diego, at $200 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 72 hours was $531.

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 October, when tickets cost $521 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $687 and $642 respectively.

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 4 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 California?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in California is San Diego Airport (SAN), with an average flight price of $314.


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High seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$219
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 8% drop in price.
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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 $614. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Monday, where round-trip prices are $849 on average.

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

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $278 on average. Morning departures are around 13% 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 $686.

Reviews of the top 5 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.
8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 7964 reviews
7.9Entertainment
7.9Comfort
8.5Crew
8.2Boarding
7.3Food
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5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Jun 2025BOS - LAX
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5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

Terrible entertainment system - kept freezing and audio kept cutting out. Snacks were mediocre at best for a 5 hour flight.

I am still upset that my bag was lost on a recent trip to Rome ; we were inconvenienced and out €150 Euros ; delta has refused to reimburse us

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

I love the free WiFi!! Crew was nice. Bathroom was decent. First time flying delta in a long time and I enjoyed it. Will definitely look into booking with Delta more but I think Delta is a little more expensive than the other airlines.

Seats are much much more comfortable than United, which is what I usually fly

If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

Only one side of the heafphone jack work. Crew was friendly and helpful.

Great. Flight departed early and arrived early. Deplaning and baggage claim ww were quick.

It was ok. However, the food was quite poor since I don't eat pasta.

Tell people to remain in their seats during the meal/beverage distribution. Enforce boarding by group numbers. No one was checking. Tell people to turn their electronics speakers off. Bigger cups for drinks.

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.

The flight was delayed twice and I could not speak with anyone at the airport about checking in. The phone number to Copa - the customer service agents were polite. They are just limited at helping because they are not at the airport

We were in transit from Lima (flight at 1.10am) and we were in stand by in our flight from Panama to Washington. We wait from 4.30 am to 18.30pm in the Airport. The company give us 2 x 15 dollars for eat during the day and a personnal travel voucher of 400 dollars each. Do they buy food one time something in the Airport ??? And one of us live in France so the voucher is not usable. More than 24 hours travel !! And our place were near the toilets, with 8 children around us. The boy behind my seat stamped his feet on my back all the flight. Really Wonder full ! So we are totally unhappy with our travel. Thanks Copa Airlines....

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.

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

Friendly flight team and seamless travel from one stop to next.

I loved my experience. Very safe, Very informative and very friendly.

Check in person said there would be lunch. We were first class passengers and lunch was chips.

Boarding was mayhem. Late boarding by 15 minutes because of lack of staff (missing 1 flight attendant. We had to wait for an arrival of another plane before we could board). Flight was a little rough, but cannot blame on airlines.

Great experience…left a bit behind schedule but made up fir that in the air and landed 10 minutes early 😁

Airbus plane, nice and polite staff, entertainment even as it was a short flight.

United out of SFO is having issues with catering so none of our meals were loaded on the plane and no offer of compensation for our tickets purchased was offered.

Its good expeince but in enternteiment please be like you tube the music i like or movie

I needed to make changes to my flights. When I called customer service, they assisted me with care professionalism.

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

Wonderful and fast TSA checkpoint. The line was fast and our gate was close by

The gate was too far away for the connecting flight

Generally good. The aisles have gotten narrower which can slow down boarding. Flight crew was great! Healthier complimentary snacks would be appreciated. Due to earthquake in San Francisco we had to circle in air space for a bit but then had a smooth landing. I laud the flight crew for their patience ;)

Loved the staff, boarding and drink options! Wish the comfort of the seat could have been better nevertheless

Honestly, I haven’t flown American in years, probably due to the pandemic and my being unable to travel for certain periods in the last two years, but it was a good experience to dig out or obtain a new American Airlines account after many years of traveling for business with American in the past.

Long 5 hour and 45 min flight and only one drink service and cookie snack

One bottle of water and a package of cookies for comfort plus. We had to literally beg a flight attendant for an extra bottle of water later in the flight due to feeling dehydrated.

Flight boarded from Gate 39 at OGG, the farthest gate in the terminal. There were no Hawaiian themed amenities for the flight. The first class service was mediocre at best; I received not special welcome or recognition as an executive platinum member of American Advantage program. The flight attendants were more concerned with their cell phones than saying "thank you" to the passengers as we disembarked. Fortunately, the flight arrived at LAX a few minutes early.

Bigger seats. Board back to front! Disembark front to back!

Extraordinary service in business class, and very good breakfast and snacks. A really lovely flight.

This flight didn’t happen because AA agents didn’t let us board the flight

Plane was pretty clean, staff was friendly and helpful, flight left about on time arrived early. Took a long time to board and get off the plane - carry on items didn't have enough room so people had to move all around to find places.

The service and food needs to improve to catch up with other international flights

The chicken that was served in business class was cold!

Late departure. When the flight arrived in Medellin the plane sat at the gate for 20 minutes waiting for a bus for us to get off the plane.

I receive a service for what I pay, so it is fair.

i think the flight was late because they were so strict about measuring everyone's personal items to try and charge them $119. It was really petty and made us late.

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.

Terrible, We had to stay in Bogota for two days due to weather but the airline did not provide for the same day flight. Only two days later

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

Overpriced checked bag price of $120 and they charge you for carryon if the size is not minimal of $120.

My whole return flight itinerary, 3 flights, got canceled without any warning to me because I missed one of the earlier flights 3 weeks ago

Boarding, crew and food. Seats are too small Love Avianca

Book cheap flights from Panama to California

Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
9/18Thu
1 stopAvianca
8h 15mPTY-ONT
9/23Tue
2 stopsAvianca
15h 05mONT-PTY
$383
9/22Mon
2 stopsAvianca
20h 30mPTY-ONT
9/30Tue
2 stopsAvianca
15h 05mONT-PTY
$389
8/7Thu
2 stopsUnited Airlines
15h 44mPTY-SAN
8/14Thu
2 stopsUnited Airlines
18h 45mSAN-PTY
$412
8/10Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
10h 40mPTY-SAN
8/15Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
10h 22mSAN-PTY
$421
8/3Sun
1 stopDelta
15h 05mPTY-SAN
8/15Fri
1 stopDelta
22h 41mSAN-PTY
$458
10/23Thu
nonstopCopa Airlines
6h 44mPTY-LAS
10/26Sun
nonstopCopa Airlines
6h 34mLAS-PTY
$488
8/1Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
24h 05mPTY-ONT
8/8Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
24h 08mONT-PTY
$496
8/3Sun
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
24h 27mPTY-SAN
8/16Sat
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
21h 23mSAN-PTY
$504
9/4Thu
1 stopDelta
10h 45mPTY-SJC
9/23Tue
1 stopDelta
22h 14mSJC-PTY
$510
9/27Sat
nonstopCopa Airlines
7h 50mPTY-SFO
10/5Sun
nonstopCopa Airlines
7h 13mSFO-PTY
$523

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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 California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
7/24Thu
1 stopAvianca
8h 15mPTY-ONT
$219
7/18Fri
2 stopsAvianca
25h 50mPTY-ONT
$233
6/23Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
33h 42mPTY-ONT
$260
7/11Fri
2 stopsUnited Airlines
15h 07mPTY-SJC
$282
8/1Fri
2 stopsUnited Airlines
27h 48mPTY-SJC
$288
7/9Wed
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
24h 05mPTY-ONT
$292
6/27Fri
nonstopCopa Airlines
6h 39mPTY-SAN
$436
6/24Tue
1 stopDelta
12h 21mPTY-LAX
$509
7/6Sun
nonstopCopa Airlines
6h 47mPTY-LAX
$583
7/13Sun
1 stopDelta
11h 14mPTY-SFO
$994

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Last minute flights to California

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 California that are departing in the next 10 days.
6/23Mon
multi-stopAvianca
11h 00mPTY-LAX
6/27Fri
multi-stopAvianca
19h 05mLAX-PTY
$695
6/20Fri
multi-stopAvianca
9h 05mPTY-SFO
7/5Sat
multi-stopAvianca
10h 15mSFO-PTY
$697
6/20Fri
multi-stop
33h 40mPTY-LAX
6/22Sun
multi-stop
34h 50mLAX-PTY
$754
6/20Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
16h 15mPTY-SMF
6/22Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
31h 04mSMF-PTY
$755
6/20Fri
multi-stop
25h 43mPTY-LAX
6/23Mon
multi-stop
17h 48mLAX-PTY
$758
6/20Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
21h 10mPTY-SFO
7/6Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
24h 02mSFO-PTY
$763
6/20Fri
nonstopUnited Airlines
7h 40mPTY-SFO
7/5Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
11h 44mSFO-PTY
$787
6/20Fri
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
21h 10mPTY-SFO
7/6Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
22h 41mSFO-PTY
$822
6/20Fri
nonstopCopa Airlines
7h 50mPTY-SFO
7/5Sat
nonstopCopa Airlines
7h 16mSFO-PTY
$977
6/20Fri
nonstopCopa Airlines
7h 50mPTY-SFO
6/22Sun
nonstopCopa Airlines
7h 04mSFO-PTY
$988

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