SAN → PTYSan Diego to Tocumen

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Direct flights from San Diego (SAN) to Tocumen (PTY): 4 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 17 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 4,685 km, an estimated 6 hours 30 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at San Diego and Tocumen. Updated 17 October 2026 at 17:35 UTC.

SAN San Diego busy · +20
PTY Tocumen smooth · +0
4,685 km · ~6h 30m est.
departs 22:304x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 4x weekly · nonstop
87 / 100

route health from live SAN and PTY delay boards

Median arrival delay is +17 min. 0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+17 minacross the last 3 operated legs
Flight time~6h 30mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures4x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Copa Airlines

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
Copa AirlinesCM

Flights CM850 22:30 Mo We Fr Su

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-16CM850dep +45 → arr+292
10-14CM850dep +0 → arr+13
10-12CM850dep +0 → arr+17

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
SANSan Diego +20 min busy 🌤 few clouds · WNW 3 kt Full SAN delay board →
PTYTocumen +0 min smooth 🌤 few clouds · WNW 2 kt Full PTY delay board →

Weather lens

Current conditions put the pressure at SAN: 45% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +19 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the San Diego to Tocumen route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop SAN to PTY flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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SAN to PTY questions

Is SAN–PTY running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. The departure side at SAN is the weaker end, route health score 87/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from SAN to PTY?

Great-circle distance is 4,685 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 361–432 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does SAN–PTY fly?

Copa Airlines runs the route with about 4 flights a week (sun, mon, wed, fri). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at SAN and arrival-side delay at PTY, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.