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title: "Miami to Panama City (MIA → PTY): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Miami to Panama City is 1,862 km (1,157 mi) great circle, an estimated 2h 49m in the air. The route, what it flies over, and why the short way is not the straight line on a map."
url: https://orbitflights.app/routes/mia-to-pty
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MIA → PTY

# Miami to Panama City: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

Miami to Tocumen is 1,862 km of great circle — 1,157 mi — and an estimated 2h 49m in the air. Both ends are in North America.

**Great circle**
1,862 km
1,157 mi

**Estimated in the air**
2h 49m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
25.8°N
at 0% along

**One lap of Earth**
4.6%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 203rd longest.

The Miami to Panama City route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Miami the path crosses 284 km of open water, then Cuba, then 1,355 km of open water.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 25.8°N, 0% of the way along.

Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.

The heading barely moves: south out of Miami, south into Panama City. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass.

One economy seat on it is about 276 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

[MIA–PTY carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=MIA&to=PTY) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=MIA-PTY)

From

MIA

## Miami

Miami, United States · North America

25.8°N, 80.3°W

[MIA airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/mia) [Flights to Miami →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/miami)

To

PTY

## Tocumen

Panama City, Panama · North America

9.1°N, 79.4°W

[PTY airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/pty)

## Miami to Panama City, asked and answered

**How far is Miami to Panama City?**
Miami to Panama City (MIA to PTY) is 1,862 km, or 1,157 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Miami to Panama City?**
About 2h 49m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.

**What route does a Miami to Panama City flight take?**
The great circle passes over 284 km of open water, then Cuba, then 1,355 km of open water. It reaches 25.8°N at its furthest from the equator.

## Where these numbers come from

Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.

[Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained)

## Flown this one?

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[Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit)

## Nearby routes

[JFK → MIA New York to Miami 1,757 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jfk-to-mia) [MIA → BOG Miami to Bogotá 2,435 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mia-to-bog) [ATL → MIA Atlanta to Miami 959 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/atl-to-mia) [PTY → SJO Panama City to San José 539 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/pty-to-sjo) [MIA → HAV Miami to Havana 379 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mia-to-hav) [MIA → LIM Miami to Lima 4,219 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mia-to-lim)

## Further reading

[How many miles do you have to fly around the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/how-many-miles-to-fly-around-the-world) [What is on the exact opposite side of the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/opposite-side-of-the-world) [What's actually worth counting in a flight log](https://orbitflights.app/blog/what-is-worth-counting-in-a-flight-log)

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