Where to Meet Halfway Between Los Angeles and Panama City
The best meeting cities between Los Angeles and Panama City, ranked by flying distance from both origins.
Los Angeles (LAX) and Panama City (PTY) are 4,845 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 22.68°, -97.13°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 2,423 km flight. In practice the better meeting city is the one whose flights actually arrive together — the list below starts from distance, and the search underneath it checks real schedules for your date.
Best cities to meet between Los Angeles and Panama City
1. Mexico City, Mexico (MEX)
2,500 km / 2,411 kmA vast, high-altitude capital with one of the world's richest concentrations of museums.
2. Toronto, Canada (YYZ)
3,494 km / 3,848 kmCanada's largest city and a major transatlantic and transpacific connecting point.
3. Cancún, Mexico (CUN)
3,407 km / 1,554 kmMexico's Caribbean resort gateway, and a straightforward beach-first meeting point.
4. Chicago, United States (ORD)
2,802 km / 3,753 kmA central US hub city, and a practical meeting point between the coasts.
5. New York, United States (JFK)
3,974 km / 3,554 kmA meeting point with direct long-haul connections in almost every direction.
6. Montreal, Canada (YUL)
3,973 km / 4,083 kmCanada's most European city, and a comfortable transatlantic meeting point between Europe and North America.
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Where is the halfway point between Los Angeles and Panama City?
The geographic midpoint of the 4,845 km great-circle route between Los Angeles (LAX) and Panama City (PTY) lies near 22.68°, -97.13° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 2,423 km.
What is the best city to meet halfway between Los Angeles and Panama City?
Mexico City (MEX) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 2,500 km from Los Angeles and 2,411 km from Panama City. A vast, high-altitude capital with one of the world's richest concentrations of museums.
How do I find flights that arrive at the same time from Los Angeles and Panama City?
Fly2Meet compares real departure schedules from both cities on a date you choose and ranks the flight pairs whose arrival times land closest together, so neither traveler waits long at the airport. It is free and needs no account.
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More on both ends of this trip: Los Angeles guide · Panama City guide · all meeting-point pages