Tocumen to Quito

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Tocumen to Quito. From €95.13, fastest 4h 56m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Tocumen to Quito costs €95.13 at the cheapest and takes 4h 56m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 3 operators. The route covers 1,072 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
1,072 km
Fastest
4h 56m
Average
5h 2m
Services per day
17
Cheapest
€95.13
CO2 per passenger
263.7 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 29, 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 56m1h 46m3h 10m€106.93263.7 kg17
  • 4h 56mFastest, by Flight
  • €106.93Cheapest, by Flight
  • 263.7 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 1,072 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

Cheapest€95.13
  1. Copa Airlines CA613409:181h 46m11:04Tocumen PTYQuito UIO

Door to door 4h 56mCO2 263.7 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.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

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 Tocumen to Quito
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Tocumen to QuitoThuSep 10FriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23
Flight€245.58€200.15€203.10€153.54€135.25€134.66€138.79€142.92€134.07€141.15€134.07€113.42€106.93€123.45

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €95.13

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

A hotel room

Looking for somewhere to stay in Quito?

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Booking window

When to book Tocumen to Quito

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

  1. €88.0590 days
  2. €79.7960 days
  3. €91.5945 days
  4. €90.4130 days
  5. €101.0321 days
  6. €123.4514 days
  7. €138.797 days
  8. €203.103 days
  9. €245.581 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €79.79.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 208 percent. The most expensive point is €245.58, 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.
€245.58€79.791371421304560

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. €134.07Sun
  2. €113.42Mon
  3. €106.93Tue
  4. €123.45Wed
  5. €142.92Thu
  6. €134.07Fri
  7. €141.15Sat
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. €134.66Sep
  2. €96.31Oct
  3. €89.82Nov
  4. €87.46Dec
  5. €83.33Jan
  6. €73.30Feb

The route

TocumenTocumenQuitoQuito
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.

Direct or connecting
88% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 12% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,072 km against 1,041 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bogotá, Guayaquil. The gap between arriving and leaving is 71 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Tocumen at 06:19 and the last at 19:13, across 17 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.

Tocumen

Bus
  • 24 de Diciembre
  • Estación La Siesta
Air
  • PTY

Quito

Rail
  • Estación de Tren de Chimbacalle, Quito
Bus
  • Ruta Tambillo-Sangolquí-Quito
  • Bus Station
Air
  • UIO

Quito is large, and the road in from UIO can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from UIO into Quito

Settled in advance, so the ride into Quito costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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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.
OperatorFrom
Copa Airlines€95.13
LAN Ecuador€98.08
Qatar Airways€101.03
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 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€73.0077%
Taxes€13.1414%
Supplier fees€7.007%
Our service fee€1.992%
Total you pay€95.13100%

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

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Estación de Tren de Chimbacalle, Quito

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Tocumen to Quito

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 Tocumen to Quito?

The fastest journey from Tocumen to Quito takes 4h 56m door to door, of which 1h 46m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 5h 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 Tocumen to Quito?

The cheapest fare from Tocumen to Quito is €95.13, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €150.59. 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 Tocumen to Quito?

The cheapest way from Tocumen to Quito is by Flight, at €106.93 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 4h 56m 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 Tocumen to Quito?

Fares from Tocumen to Quito bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €79.79. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 208 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Tocumen to Quito?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Tocumen to Quito, at €106.93. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Tocumen to Quito?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Tocumen to Quito, at €73.30 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 Tocumen to Quito?

3 operators sell services from Tocumen to Quito across 1 modes: Copa Airlines, LAN Ecuador, Qatar Airways. 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 Tocumen to Quito?

88 percent of the services we sell from Tocumen to Quito are direct. The rest connect at Bogotá, Guayaquil, with about 71 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Tocumen to Quito use?

Services from Tocumen to Quito by Flight leave from Tocumen PTY and arrive at Quito UIO. 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 Tocumen to Quito?

0 of the 3 operators we sell from Tocumen to Quito 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 Tocumen to Quito on September 9, 2026: 1072 km of route against 1041 km in a straight line, 17 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €95.13, and 4h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Quito afterward does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

Anything to book in Quito before you go?

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

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