Flying from São Paulo to Panama City?
Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.
Flying from São Paulo to Panama City?
Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.
Flying from São Paulo to Panama City?
Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.
São Paulo → Panama City
A long flight from Brazil to Panama. Set your watch back 2 hours on arrival.
This route crosses the Tropic of Capricorn, the southernmost latitude where the sun passes directly overhead.
Departing from
GRU
São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport
Brazil's financial capital
São Paulo is Brazil's largest city and financial engine, a dense forest of high-rises with no single historic core, spread across an inland plateau rather than a coastline. A commuter rail line reaches a station near Guarulhos Airport, with an automated people-mover covering the final stretch to the terminals on a limited evening schedule; most travelers still arrive by bus, shuttle, or car. The city is known for serious year-round traffic and a helicopter culture among executives trying to avoid it. It also has one of Latin America's deepest restaurant scenes and a dense, varied immigrant heritage, from Italian to Japanese.
Surrounding hubs
| 3,475 km / 2,159 mi | |
| 336 km / 209 mi | |
| 1,570 km / 976 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
| 1,368 km / 850 mi | |
| 539 km / 335 mi | |
| 543 km / 337 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.
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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.