Panama City (PTY) to Miami (MIA): 1,157 miles (1,862 km) great-circle, about 2h 50m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $357 round-trip on Avianca, with 1 stop, departing July 20, 2026.
$357 round-trip, Avianca AV316, departing 2026-07-20 at 05:30, returning 2026-08-05. The recorded itinerary left on a Monday, returning on a Wednesday 16 nights later; the fare was observed 86 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $357, it ranked 5th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from PTY (median $593). That is 30.9 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: Punta Cana (988 mi) at $476 and Havana (982 mi) at $461.
Avianca had the cheapest fare on 8 of 30 PTY routes. It is the 21st longest of the 30 routes we track from PTY.
Of 30 departure airports with a fare to Miami, Panama City (PTY) ranked 25th at $357. Lowest: $72 from Atlanta (ATL); highest: $1627 from Wellington (WLG); 10 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Frontier (13), Spirit (4), Southwest (3), American Airlines (2), Arajet (2) and Avianca (1), plus 5 more.
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Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones America/Panama, America/New_York; flight time is our estimate.