Miami → Panama City flights

MIA–PTY fares cluster near $277 — little room to game timing

Key takeaways

• Median fare sits at $277, with the middle half of prices packed tightly between $274 and $279
• Full range spans $235 to $356, a 51% spread driven by a handful of outlier days rather than steady variation
• All 30 of the last 30 days had a cached fare, so this read is well-supported
• The tight p25–p75 band means most days price within $5 of the median — there's no clear cheap pocket to chase
• Outliers above $300 appear to be the exception, not the norm, given how concentrated the middle half is

30-day price trend

See full numbers and stats on the MIA → PTY price history page.

The full picture

Fares between Miami and Panama City have been remarkably stable over the last 30 days. The median sits at $277, and the middle half of all observed fares — the p25 to p75 band — ranges from just $274 to $279. That's a $5 window covering the bulk of typical pricing, which tells us this route doesn't swing much day to day under normal conditions.

The wider range, $235 on the low end to $356 on the high end, produces a 51% spread, but that gap is almost entirely the work of outlier days rather than a steady booking-window trend. With the middle half of fares so tightly bunched around the median, there's no strong evidence that booking earlier or later within this window meaningfully changes what you'll pay. The low end ($235) likely reflects a rare good day rather than a predictable discount zone, and the high end ($356) looks like an isolated spike rather than a pattern tied to specific timing.

We don't have carrier-level detail in this data, so no day-of-week or airline pattern can be confirmed here. Given the consistency across all 30 sampled days, travelers on this route are better served by booking when it's convenient for their schedule rather than trying to time the market — the data simply doesn't show a reliable window where prices reliably soften. The honest caveat: a 51% spread is wide enough that a lucky day near $235 is possible, but the tight middle-half clustering suggests $270–$280 is the realistic planning number, not the occasional low outlier.

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