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MIA Miami ⇄ PTY Panama City

Miami International Airport (United States) and Tocumen International Airport (Panama): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,862 km1,157 mi1,005 nautical miles
MIA → PTY3 h 10 minestimated block time
PTY → MIA3 h 10 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hPanama City vs Miami, today
Great-circle route from Miami (MIA) to Panama City (PTY)MIAMiamiPTYPanama City
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

MIA → PTY

3 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 177° (S).

Leave Miami Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Panama City Sat 7 Nov, 13:10 local.

PTY → MIA

3 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 357° (N).

Leave Panama City Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Miami Sat 7 Nov, 13:10 local.

The two directions differ by 1 minute in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,862 km · 1,157 mi · 1,005 nmi
Initial heading177° (S) from MIA; 357° (N) from PTY
Farthest from the equator25.8°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip9% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

MIAAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
PTYAmerica/Panama — UTC−5 now; UTC−5 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferencePanama City is 1 hour behind Miami today; ±0 h in January and −1 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying MIA → PTY. Your body clock has to move 1 hour later, like a westward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

MIA Miami International AirportMiami, United States · longest runway 13,016 ft3,967 m PTY Tocumen International AirportPanama City, Panama · longest runway 10,006 ft3,050 m

More routes from MIA and PTY

MIACUN Miami – Cancún 855 km531 mi · 2 h 05 min JFKMIA New York – Miami 1,757 km1,092 mi · 3 h 05 min ORDMIA Chicago – Miami 1,930 km1,199 mi · 3 h 10 min MIALIM Miami – Lima 4,219 km2,622 mi · 5 h 50 min MIAMAD Miami – Madrid 7,106 km4,415 mi · 8 h 25 min MIACDG Miami – Paris 7,372 km4,580 mi · 8 h 45 min PTYBOG Panama City – Bogotá 755 km469 mi · 1 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

MANFAO Manchester – Faro 1,869 km1,161 mi · 3 h 15 min LHRHEL London – Helsinki 1,848 km1,148 mi · 3 h PEKCAN Beijing – Guangzhou 1,881 km1,169 mi · 3 h 15 min FRAIST Frankfurt – Istanbul 1,837 km1,141 mi · 3 h

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).