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Where to Meet Halfway Between Panama City and San Francisco

The best meeting cities between Panama City and San Francisco, ranked by flying distance from both origins.

Panama City (PTY) and San Francisco (SFO) are 5,344 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 24.86°, -98.40°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 2,672 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 Panama City and San Francisco

  1. 1. Mexico City, Mexico (MEX)

    2,411 km / 3,028 km

    A vast, high-altitude capital with one of the world's richest concentrations of museums.

    Mexico City guideMEX airport

  2. 2. Toronto, Canada (YYZ)

    3,848 km / 3,627 km

    Canada's largest city and a major transatlantic and transpacific connecting point.

    Toronto guideYYZ airport

  3. 3. Chicago, United States (ORD)

    3,753 km / 2,964 km

    A central US hub city, and a practical meeting point between the coasts.

    Chicago guideORD airport

  4. 4. Montreal, Canada (YUL)

    4,083 km / 4,076 km

    Canada's most European city, and a comfortable transatlantic meeting point between Europe and North America.

    Montreal guideYUL airport

  5. 5. New York, United States (JFK)

    3,554 km / 4,152 km

    A meeting point with direct long-haul connections in almost every direction.

    New York guideJFK airport

  6. 6. Cancún, Mexico (CUN)

    1,554 km / 3,871 km

    Mexico's Caribbean resort gateway, and a straightforward beach-first meeting point.

    Cancún guideCUN airport

Check real arrival times

Compare live schedules from PTY and SFO for your date and see which flight pair lands closest together.

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Questions

Where is the halfway point between Panama City and San Francisco?

The geographic midpoint of the 5,344 km great-circle route between Panama City (PTY) and San Francisco (SFO) lies near 24.86°, -98.40° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 2,672 km.

What is the best city to meet halfway between Panama City and San Francisco?

Mexico City (MEX) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 2,411 km from Panama City and 3,028 km from San Francisco. 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 Panama City and San Francisco?

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: Panama City guide · San Francisco guide · all meeting-point pages