There are 5 ways to get from Sydney to Panama by plane, shuttle, or bus
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Fly to Tocumen International Airport
best- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY)plane SYD - PTY
23h 34m$1,003–2,356Fly to Golfito, bus
cheapest- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Golfito (GLF)plane SYD - GLF
- Take the bus from Golfito to Paso Canoasbus
- Take the bus from Frontera to Davidbus
35h 4m$629–2,133Fly to David
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to David (DAV)plane SYD - DAV
27h 48m$866–2,820Fly to Panama Pacific International Airport
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Panama Pacific International Airport (BLB)plane SYD - BLB
37h 11m$680–2,237Fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane SYD - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Uvita
- Take the bus from Uvita to Davidbus
30h 26m$1,457–2,113
Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sydney to Panama is to fly and bus which costs $600 - $2,200 and takes 35h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Sydney to Panama is to fly which takes 23h 34m and costs $1,000 - $2,400.
The distance between Sydney and Panama is 14210 km.
It takes approximately 23h 34m to get from Sydney to Panama, including transfers.
Panama is 15h behind Sydney. It is currently 2:40 PM in Sydney and 11:40 PM in Panama.
There are 925+ hotels available in Panama.
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and Panama?
United Airlines, LATAM Chile, and two other airlines fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY) twice daily.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 47m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to David via Houston, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 18m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to David via Los Angeles, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to David via Santiago, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 48m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 47m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,600
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tocumen International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to David via San Francisco, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 18m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to David via Los Angeles, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to David via Santiago, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 23m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to David via Houston, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 53m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Santiago, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–1,600
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Panama Pacific International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 59m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Panama Pacific International Airport via Santiago, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Panama Pacific International Airport via Houston, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 42m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Panama Pacific International Airport via Houston, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 9m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Golfito via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Golfito via Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Golfito via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 27m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Golfito via Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Golfito via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Golfito via Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Panama Pacific International Airport via Houston, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,600
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Francisco, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from San José to Uvita
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $477
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2221 4214
- [email protected]
- Website
- tracopacr.com
Bus from Uvita to David
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–18
- Schedules at
- tracopacr.com
- Colectivo
- $16–18
Bus from Golfito to Paso Canoas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +507 314 6886
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Frontera to David
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–13
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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