Panama City (PTY) to Lima (LIM): 1,466 miles (2,359 km) great-circle, about 3h 25m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $498 round-trip on Copa, nonstop, departing May 11, 2026.
$498 round-trip, Copa CM838, departing 2026-05-11 at 20:05, returning 2026-05-25. The recorded itinerary left on a Monday, returning on a Monday 14 nights later; the fare was observed 16 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $498, it ranked 13th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from PTY (median $593). That is 34.0 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), close to the PTY median of 31.9 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from PTY of similar length: Mexico City (1,498 mi) at $385 and Bridgetown (1,376 mi) at $463.
Copa had the cheapest fare on 14 of 30 PTY routes. It is the 18th longest of the 30 routes we track from PTY.
Of 10 departure airports with a fare to Lima, Panama City (PTY) ranked 7th at $498. Lowest: $282 from São Paulo (GRU); highest: $1419 from Brisbane (BNE); 3 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Copa (4), airline VE (1), Arajet (1), LATAM (1), Qantas (1) and Sky Airline (1), plus 1 more.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones America/Panama, America/Lima; flight time is our estimate.