Left JFK at 16:09, 37 min after its 15:32 slot.
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- 20:25PTY board estimate · sched 20:01
Direct flights from New York (JFK) to Tocumen (PTY): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. 92% of the last 12 operated flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. The median arrival is 24 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 12 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 3,554 km, an estimated 5 hours 3 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at New York and Tocumen. Updated 14 October 2026 at 22:53 UTC.
Left JFK at 16:09, 37 min after its 15:32 slot.
Checked JFK board 18:39 · PTY board 17:53
of the last 12 operated JFK → PTY flights arrived within 15 minutes
Median arrival delay is −24 min. 0 of 12 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Current conditions put the pressure at JFK: 29% odds of a 15+ minute delay, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop JFK 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.
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Pro Flight Search — New York (JFK) to Tocumen (PTY) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
Operators schedule morning departures around 02:20 from JFK. Earlier flights typically land before destination-airport delays accumulate later in the day; check the PTY delay card to confirm conditions when you'd arrive.
Great-circle distance is 3,554 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 281–335 min gate-to-gate on this route.
Copa Airlines runs the route with about 27 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.