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Los Angeles (LAX) – Panama City (PTY)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
4,844 km
3,010 mi · 2,616 nm
Flight time
6 h 30 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
3 h / 2 h
January / July
CO2 per passenger
567 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (336 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
319,640
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −9.4%
Flights / week
40
Both directions, average
Seats filled
90%
355,664 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
1
CM

Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

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

The way there

Heading from LAX
115°
Heading from PTY
311°
Halfway point
22.69, -97.14
Great-circle km
4,845 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
3 h in January, 2 h in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 6 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: December 2025: 31,610 passengers
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Month Passengers
Aug 202528,591
Sep 202528,289
Oct 202529,359
Nov 202527,497
Dec 202531,610
Jan 202631,376
Feb 202625,921
Mar 202630,045
Apr 202628,090
May 202628,304
Jul 202630,558
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: December 2025: 211 flights
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Month Flights
Aug 2025186
Sep 2025180
Oct 2025186
Nov 2025186
Dec 2025211
Jan 2026209
Feb 2026168
Mar 2026190
Apr 2026184
May 2026188
Jul 2026196

Airlines flying LAX–PTY nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
CMCompania Panamena (Copa)40
100%

Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources

Aircraft on this route

  • Boeing B737 Max 900 · 2,084 flights

Also carried: 1,421 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 4,845 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 Los Angeles and Panama City

PTYPAC
LAX4,8444,837

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Panama City airports

More routes from LAX

Route Distance Passengers / year
LAX → JFK3,983 km 3,020,062
LAX → SFO543 km 2,842,388
LAX → ORD2,808 km 2,332,419
LAX → HNL4,114 km 2,261,240
LAX → LAS380 km 2,208,696
LAX → DEN1,387 km 2,043,500
LAX → DFW1,987 km 1,914,491
LAX → SEA1,535 km 1,810,795
LAX → EWR3,950 km 1,791,699
LAX → ATL3,133 km 1,783,358

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 → GIG5,286 km 317,818
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

Los Angeles (LAX) and Panama City (PTY) are 4,844 km (3,010 miles, 2,616 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.