David to Panama City

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from David to Panama City. From €34.95, fastest 4h, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from David to Panama City costs €34.95 at the cheapest and takes 4h door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 336 km. Cheapest is by flight, fastest is by flight.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
336 km
Fastest
4h
Average
4h 2m
Services per day
1
Cheapest
€34.95
CO2 per passenger
82.7 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 28, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 1m51m3h 10m€39.6782.7 kg1
  • 4h 1mFastest, by Flight
  • €39.67Cheapest, by Flight
  • 82.7 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 336 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€34.95
  1. Air Panama AP912306:4551m07:36David DAVPanama City PAC

Door to door 4h 1mCO2 82.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Checking the live timetables.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for David to Panama City
Cheapest fare by mode and day for David to Panama CitySunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25SatSep 26
Flight€89.23€75.07€62.68€64.45€78.02€65.04€69.76€60.91€51.47€39.67€54.42€67.40€55.01€65.63

Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €34.95

Arriving in September changes what you want from a room in Panama City. It is not a thing we sell, so here is who does.

A hotel room

Looking for somewhere to stay in Panama City?

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Booking window

When to book David to Panama City

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €41.4490 days
  2. €32.0060 days
  3. €33.7745 days
  4. €36.7230 days
  5. €44.9821 days
  6. €65.6314 days
  7. €69.767 days
  8. €62.683 days
  9. €89.231 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €32.00.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 179 percent. The most expensive point is €89.23, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€89.23€32.001371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €60.91Sun
  2. €51.47Mon
  3. €46.75Tue
  4. €54.42Wed
  5. €67.40Thu
  6. €55.01Fri
  7. €65.63Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €62.68Sep
  2. €48.52Oct
  3. €39.08Nov
  4. €34.95Dec
  5. €36.13Jan
  6. €31.41Feb

The route

DavidDavidPanama CityPanama City
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 336 km against 326 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves David at 06:45 and the last at 06:45, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

David

Bus
  • Terminal David Este
  • Ticket: Bus to Panama City
Air
  • DAV

Panama City

Bus
  • Estación Marañón
  • Mercado de Mariscos
Air
  • BLB
  • PAC
Ferry
  • Playita de Amador
  • Panama Cruise Terminal

The fare from BLB into Panama City is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from BLB into Panama City?

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Air Panama€34.954h740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Air Panama
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest flight fare we sell on 2026-09-28, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€22.0063%
Taxes€3.9611%
Supplier fees€7.0020%
Our service fee€1.996%
Total you pay€34.95100%

A day in Panama City hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Panama City?

Most of the points near Estación Marañón open before the first train and close after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about David to Panama City

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from David to Panama City?

The fastest journey from David to Panama City takes 4h door to door, of which 51m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 2m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from David to Panama City?

The cheapest fare from David to Panama City is €34.95, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €55.01. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from David to Panama City?

The cheapest way from David to Panama City is by flight, at €39.67 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 4h 1m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book David to Panama City?

Fares from David to Panama City bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €32.00. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 179 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for David to Panama City?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from David to Panama City, at €46.75. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 12, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for David to Panama City?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from David to Panama City, at €31.41 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from David to Panama City?

1 operators sell services from David to Panama City across 1 mode: Air Panama. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from David to Panama City?

Every service we sell from David to Panama City is direct, with around 1 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from David to Panama City use?

Services from David to Panama City by flight leave from David DAV and arrive at Panama City PAC. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from David to Panama City?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from David to Panama City allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for David to Panama City on September 12, 2026: 336 km of route against 326 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €34.95, and 4h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Panama City are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Anything to book in Panama City before you go?

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

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