Flying from Buenos Aires to Panama City?
Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.
Flying from Buenos Aires to Panama City?
Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.
Flying from Buenos Aires to Panama City?
Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.
Buenos Aires → Panama City
A long flight from Argentina to Panama. The clock rolls back 2 hours when you land.
This route crosses the Tropic of Capricorn, the southernmost latitude where the sun passes directly overhead.
The Paris of South America
Buenos Aires is a grand, European-flavored capital of wide boulevards and sidewalk cafes, built on the flat pampas along the Rio de la Plata. Ezeiza Airport sits well outside the city, with no rail link; the Tienda Leon shuttle bus, taxis, or rideshares cover the roughly 40-minute drive depending on traffic. A separate, closer downtown airport (Aeroparque) handles most domestic flights, so check which one your itinerary actually uses. Buenos Aires keeps notably late hours, with dinner often starting after 9pm and nightlife running well past midnight.
Nearby airports
| 229 km / 142 mi |
Surrounding hubs
| 1,723 km / 1,071 mi | |
| 1,996 km / 1,240 mi | |
| 2,251 km / 1,399 mi |
The crossroads of the Americas
Panama City sits at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, a skyline of high-rises rising abruptly next to the historic Casco Viejo old town. Panama Metro's Line 2 runs directly to Tocumen Airport, one of the more useful airport rail links in Latin America, alongside buses and taxis. The canal itself is the city's defining feature and a major draw, with ships visible transiting it from multiple viewpoints. It's hot and humid year-round, with a wet season from roughly May to November.
Surrounding hubs
| 543 km / 337 mi | |
| 755 km / 469 mi | |
| 1,029 km / 639 mi |
Find out which side of the plane to sit on.
Pick your airports, set your departure time, and you're done.
We calculate the sun's position based on your flight path and departure time, then tell you which side of the plane gets direct sun and which stays shaded. No guessing, just math.
Enter your flight
Pick your departure and arrival airports and set your departure time at the departure airport. FlightSide estimates the duration and you can adjust it if you know the exact schedule.
We track the sun along your route
Your flight path is broken into hundreds of points. At each one we check where the sun is and which side of the plane it faces.
You get a recommendation
Which side of the plane to sit on, left or right, depending on whether you'd rather avoid the sun or enjoy it. The percentages and the map are there if you want to see why.
Want to go deeper? Accuracy, edge cases, polar routes — see the FAQ →
Notes from the product.
Small updates, route observations, and clearer explanations for how the app keeps evolving.
Type less, wait less, wonder more
Airport search now understands metro codes and old city names, FlightSide loads noticeably faster, and a new Feeling lucky button chooses a flight for anyone without one in mind.
A closer look at the route, not just the seat
FlightSide now shows the two cities and key details about the flight alongside the seat recommendation: confirm you picked the right airports, read the time change off two clocks, and check the return leg.
It's all about the sun (after all)
Not all sunlight reaches the side windows. FlightSide now weighs the sun’s angle to the cabin and shows twilight along the route.