Houston → Panama City flights
IAH to PTY fares median $347 over 25 days tracked, with a bottom quartile near $343 — a wide 48% spread means timing matters.
Target $343–$426 for IAH–PTY; fares spike hard above that
Key takeaways
- Median fare sits at $347, with a $343 low barely below that — the floor is close to typical pricing.
- Bottom quartile (p25) is $343, essentially the same as the observed low, suggesting limited room to beat typical prices further.
- Top quartile (p75) jumps to $426, and the ceiling hits $507 — a 48% spread between low and high.
- That spread signals real volatility: roughly a quarter of snapshots priced well above $426.
- Sample size is 25 daily snapshots, a reasonably solid window but still under a full month of data.
30-day price trend
See full numbers and stats on the IAH → PTY price history page.
The full picture
The data shows a route where the cheapest fares cluster tightly near $343–$347, but the upper end stretches well beyond that, up to $507. With a 48% spread between low and high, this isn't a route with stable, predictable pricing — travelers who hit a bad pricing window could pay 45-50% more than those who catch it near the median. The fact that the 25th percentile ($343) sits almost exactly at the observed low tells us the cheap fares aren't rare outliers; a meaningful share of snapshots landed in that affordable range.
We don't have booking-window data (days-before-departure) in this dataset, only a 30-day rolling snapshot of cached fares, so we can't responsibly claim fares soften at a specific point in the booking horizon. What we can say is that if you're tracking this route, the $343–$426 band (25th to 75th percentile) represents the realistic range you should expect on most days, and treating anything above $426 as a premium price is reasonable given that three-quarters of observed fares fell at or below that mark.
No dominant carrier was identifiable from this data, and we have no day-of-week pattern to report — the snapshots don't break down fares by departure day, only by the date the price was captured. Our honest caveat: with 25 samples, this is a decent but not exhaustive window, and the 48% spread means a single high-priced day can skew perception of 'typical' cost. Treat $347 as a workable target, but don't be surprised if the fare you find on a given day lands anywhere in the $343–$507 range.
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Why we regenerated this article: Median fare ↓ 16% ($411 → $347). We only rewrite when the underlying price index actually moves — stable weeks keep the previous take.
AI-authored from this route's 30-day price index. Article last regenerated Oct 10, 2026. Fares shift continuously — confirm at booking.