There are 6 ways to get from Edinburgh to Panama by plane, train, shuttle, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Edinburgh Airport to Tocumen International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY)plane EDI - PTY
17h 22m$383–1,253Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Tocumen International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY)plane GLA - PTY
17h 37m$392–1,296Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Tocumen International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY)plane ABZ - PTY
20h 3m$560–1,885Train to Durham Tees Valley Airport, fly to Tocumen International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlingtontrain
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY)plane MME - PTY
22h 46m$858–3,007Train to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly to Tocumen International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Invernesstrain
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY)plane INV - PTY
23h 55m$540–1,847Fly Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane EDI - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Uvita
- Take the bus from Uvita to Davidbus
23h 26m$1,004–1,509
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Panama is to train and fly which costs $390 - $1,300 and takes 17h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Panama is to fly which takes 17h 22m and costs $380 - $1,300.
The distance between Edinburgh and Panama is 8338 km.
It takes approximately 17h 22m to get from Edinburgh to Panama, including transfers.
Panama is 6h behind Edinburgh. It is currently 2:23 PM in Edinburgh and 8:23 AM in Panama.
There are 1280+ hotels available in Panama.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Panama?
United Airlines, Copa Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY) 5 times a day.
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tocumen International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 34m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- When
- Saturday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Tocumen International Airport via London Gatwick, Punta Cana
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tocumen International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 34m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 4m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Tocumen International Airport via London Gatwick, Punta Cana
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $110–200
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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
- $13–17
- Schedules at
- tracopacr.com
- Colectivo
- $13–17
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