Flying from Miami to Panama City?
Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.
Flying from Miami to Panama City?
Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.
Flying from Miami to Panama City?
Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.
Miami → Panama City
A medium flight from United States to Panama. The clock rolls back 1 hour when you land.
This route crosses the Tropic of Cancer, the northernmost latitude where the sun passes directly overhead.
The Magic City
Miami is a low, flat city wrapped around Biscayne Bay, with the Atlantic and its barrier-island beaches on one side and the Everglades not far to the west. It is really several cities at once: the beach strip, the mainland business core, and a patchwork of distinct, often Latin American neighborhoods that give Miami its bilingual rhythm. Heat, humidity, and a real hurricane season shape the calendar more than in most US cities. The city is built for the car; transit exists but rarely beats driving, so expect traffic to be part of any plan.
Nearby airports
| 34 km / 21 mi |
Surrounding hubs
| 959 km / 596 mi | |
| 1,049 km / 652 mi | |
| 310 km / 193 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
| 1,358 km / 844 mi | |
| 1,368 km / 850 mi | |
| 539 km / 335 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.