There are 5 ways to get from Melbourne to Panama by plane, bus, or shuttle
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Fly to Tocumen International Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY)plane MEL - PTY
29h 8m$610–1,960Fly to David
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to David (DAV)plane MEL - DAV
38h 24m$873–2,824Fly to Panama Pacific International Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Panama Pacific International Airport (BLB)plane MEL - BLB
36h 2m$787–2,141Fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, bus, shuttle
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MEL - SJO
- Take the bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14bus
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Paso Canoas
- Take the bus from Frontera to Davidbus
35h 32m$1,808–2,710Fly to Golfito, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Golfito (GLF)plane MEL - GLF
- Take the bus from Golfito to Paso Canoasbus
- Take the bus from Frontera to Davidbus
37h 55m$636–2,037
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Panama is to fly and bus which costs $600 - $2,100 and takes 37h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Panama is to fly which takes 29h 8m and costs $600 - $2,000.
The distance between Melbourne and Panama is 14612 km.
It takes approximately 29h 8m to get from Melbourne to Panama, including transfers.
Panama is 15h behind Melbourne. It is currently 8:49 PM in Melbourne and 5:49 AM in Panama.
There are 887+ hotels available in Panama.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Panama?
United Airlines, Copa Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY) 3 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 52m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tocumen International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to David via Los Angeles, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 23m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to David via Santiago, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to David via Sydney, Houston, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 53m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to David via Sydney, Santiago, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 8m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tocumen International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to David via San Francisco, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 48m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to David via Santiago, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to David via Los Angeles, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 33m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to David via Sydney, Santiago, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 8m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,000
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Golfito via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 12m
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Golfito via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Golfito via Sydney, Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Golfito via Sydney, Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Golfito via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 12m
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Golfito via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Golfito via Sydney, Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Golfito via Sydney, Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Panama Pacific International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 24m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Panama Pacific International Airport via Santiago, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 59m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Panama Pacific International Airport via Santiago, Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 3m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,100
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Phone
- +506 2442 6900
- [email protected]
- Website
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from San José to Paso Canoas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $775
- Website
- RIDE CR
- Phone
- +507 314 6886
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transporte Panamá Chiriqui Frontera
Bus from Frontera to David
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–13
- Schedules at
- Transporte Panamá Chiriqui Frontera
Bus from Frontera to David
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–13
- Schedules at
- Transporte Panamá Chiriqui Frontera
Bus from Golfito to Paso Canoas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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