There are 6 ways to get from Colombo to Panama by plane, shuttle, bus, or train
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Fly Bandaranaike International Airport to David
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to David (DAV)plane CMB - DAV
35h 59m$1,130–3,736Fly Bandaranaike International Airport to Golfito, bus
cheapest- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Golfito (GLF)plane CMB - GLF
- Take the bus from Golfito to Paso Canoasbus
- Take the bus from Frontera to Davidbus
33h 7m$536–2,841Fly Bandaranaike International Airport to Panama Pacific International Airport
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Panama Pacific International Airport (BLB)plane CMB - BLB
29h 54m$994–2,753Fly Bandaranaike International Airport to Tocumen International Airport
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY)plane CMB - PTY
28h 1m$1,017–3,272Fly Bandaranaike International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane CMB - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Uvita
- Take the bus from Uvita to Davidbus
31h 38m$1,001–3,130Train to Koggala, fly to Tocumen International Airport
- Take the train from Fort Station to Habaraduwatrain
- Fly from Koggala (KCT) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY)plane KCT - PTY
46h 13m$741–2,449
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to David (DAV) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Panama is to fly and bus which costs $500 - $2,900 and takes 33h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Panama is to fly which takes 28h 1m and costs $1,000 - $3,300.
The distance between Colombo and Panama is 17438 km.
It takes approximately 35h 59m to get from Colombo to Panama, including transfers.
Panama is 10h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 3:20 PM in Colombo and 4:50 AM in Panama.
There are 922+ hotels available in Panama.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Panama?
Turkish Airlines and Copa Airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to David (DAV) 5 times a week.
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Panama Pacific International Airport via Doha, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 1m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Panama Pacific International Airport via Istanbul, Havana
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 14m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Panama Pacific International Airport via Istanbul, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 34m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Panama Pacific International Airport via London Heathrow, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Panama Pacific International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 4m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 48m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Koggala to Tocumen International Airport via Bandaranaike International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Golfito via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Golfito via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Golfito via Doha, Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Golfito via Dubai, Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,600
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Golfito via Zurich, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Golfito via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Golfito via Doha, Madrid, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Golfito via Dubai, Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,600
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to David via Istanbul, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,700
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,600
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to David via Istanbul, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,700
- Phone
- +94 114 600 111
- Website
- seatreservation.railway.gov.lk
Train from Fort Station to Habaraduwa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1–9
- Website
- https://seatreservation.railway.gov.lk/mtktwebslr/
- 2nd Class Fare
- $4–6
- 3rd Class Fare
- $3–5
- Air Conditioned Saloon
- $7–9
- 3rd Class
- $5
- 2nd Class
- $1
- 1st Class
- $6
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- 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
- info@tracopacr.com
- Website
- tracopacr.com
Bus from Uvita to David
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–19
- Schedules at
- tracopacr.com
- Colectivo
- $16–19
Bus from Golfito to Paso Canoas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +507 314 6886
- panachifauditoria@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Frontera to David
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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