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Rio de Janeiro (GIG) – Panama City (PTY)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
5,286 km
3,285 mi · 2,854 nm
Flight time
7 h 5 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
2 h
CO2 per passenger
620 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (367 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
317,818
Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · +11.4%
Flights / week
38
Both directions, average
Seats filled
94%
339,267 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
1
CMP

Traffic: ANAC (Brazil), Dados Estatísticos do Transporte Aéreo, scheduled flights, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from GIG to PTYGIGPTY
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from GIG
308°
Heading from PTY
132°
Halfway point
-7.23, -61.96
Great-circle km
5,295 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Panama City is 2 h behind Rio de Janeiro

The estimate for a route without real times is 7 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)Busiest: July 2026: 33,220 passengers
020K40KSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul33.2KAug
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Month Passengers
Sep 202524,188
Oct 202524,719
Nov 202523,606
Dec 202524,756
Jan 202626,450
Feb 202624,108
Mar 202625,053
Apr 202624,901
May 202628,678
Jun 202628,411
Jul 202633,220
Aug 202629,728
Flights per month, both directions (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)Busiest: July 2026: 208 flights
0100200300SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul208Aug
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Month Flights
Sep 2025147
Oct 2025152
Nov 2025145
Dec 2025155
Jan 2026165
Feb 2026148
Mar 2026149
Apr 2026151
May 2026170
Jun 2026178
Jul 2026208
Aug 2026185

Airlines flying GIG–PTY nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
CMPCompañia Panameña De Aviacion S.A. (Copa Airlines)38
100%

Both directions, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. ANAC (Brazil), Dados Estatísticos do Transporte Aéreo, scheduled flights. Sources

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 5,295 km.

Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

Every airport pair between Rio de Janeiro and Panama City

PTYPAC
GIG5,2865,293
SDU5,3005,307

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Rio de Janeiro airports · All Panama City airports

More routes from GIG

Route Distance Passengers / year
GIG → GRU337 km 1,487,249
GIG → POA1,121 km 1,148,850
GIG → SCL2,937 km 1,031,084
GIG → AEP1,968 km 1,003,919
GIG → SSA1,214 km 909,405
GIG → REC1,853 km 878,624
GIG → VIX417 km 824,564
GIG → CWB673 km 797,804
GIG → FOR2,167 km 758,621
GIG → BSB911 km 721,733

More routes from PTY

Route Distance Passengers / year
PTY → MIA1,854 km 830,114
PTY → MCO2,152 km 617,846
PTY → SCL4,787 km 591,047
PTY → GRU5,076 km 573,964
PTY → JFK3,541 km 378,580
PTY → LAX4,844 km 319,640
PTY → IAD3,315 km 302,991
PTY → IAH2,850 km 300,246
PTY → MAD8,163 km 291,065
PTY → AMS8,818 km 221,579

Questions

Rio de Janeiro (GIG) and Panama City (PTY) are 5,286 km (3,285 miles, 2,854 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.