There are 5 ways to get from Melbourne to Panama by plane, shuttle, or bus
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Fly to Tocumen International Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY)plane MEL - PTY
24h 25m$1,160–1,860Fly to David
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to David (DAV)plane MEL - DAV
38h 26m$623–2,324Fly to Panama Pacific International Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Panama Pacific International Airport (BLB)plane MEL - BLB
35h 32m$737–2,141Fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane MEL - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Uvita
- Take the bus from Uvita to Davidbus
32h 14m$1,044–2,350Fly 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
36h 30m$729–2,629
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Panama is to fly which costs $600 - $2,400 and takes 38h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Panama is to fly which takes 24h 25m and costs $1,100 - $1,900.
The distance between Melbourne and Panama is 14612 km.
It takes approximately 24h 25m to get from Melbourne to Panama, including transfers.
Panama is 16h behind Melbourne. It is currently 6:06 AM in Melbourne and 2:06 PM in Panama.
There are 857+ hotels available in Panama.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Panama?
United Airlines, Copa Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tocumen International Airport (PTY) 5 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tocumen International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to David via Los Angeles, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to David via San Francisco, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to David via Sydney, Houston, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 29m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tocumen International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 54m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to David via Santiago, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to David via Los Angeles, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to David via San Francisco, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 21m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to David via Sydney, Santiago, Tocumen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Golfito via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Golfito via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 57m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Golfito via San Francisco, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Golfito via Brisbane, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Golfito via Auckland, Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Golfito via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Golfito via Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Golfito via Brisbane, Los Angeles, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Golfito via Auckland, Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Panama Pacific International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 54m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Panama Pacific International Airport via Santiago, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 59m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 38m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,800
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from San José to Uvita
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $311
- 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
- $12–17
- Schedules at
- tracopacr.com
- Colectivo
- $12–17
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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