Airport · Tocumen
Tocumen International Airport (PTY)
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Panama's main international gateway and Copa Airlines' hub, about 23 km east of Punta Paitilla. It has two passenger terminals linked by a free shuttle, and the airport runs its own official taxi service plus Metro and MetroBús connections.
Good to know
Allow extra time at rush hour; the 24-minute figure is a no-traffic estimate. Copa and United flights normally use Terminal 2, while most other US carriers use Terminal 1, so check your boarding pass before taking the shuttle.
Details
- Iata
- PTY
- info@tocumenpanama.aero
- Open 24 hours
- Yes
- Free wifi
- 1 hour, network 'Airport_Tocumen'
- Terminals
- Terminal 1; Terminal 2
- Info phone
- +507 238-2700
- Distance method
- OSRM free-flow routing (router.project-osrm.org) from OSM coordinates; no traffic
- Family facilities
- Nursing rooms, changing tables, sensory room and medical-assistance points listed by the airport
- Old website redirects
- tocumenpanama.aero now redirects to tocumenaero.com
- Inter terminal shuttle
- Free, daily 5:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m. Internal route: T1 between gates 104-105 / T2 down the stairs facing gate 209. External route: T1 level 100 exit gate 2 / T2 level 100 exit gate 18.
- Terminal airlines note
- Airline-to-terminal split taken from Uber's PTY page, which says some carriers use both terminals; confirm with your airline.
- Drive time free flow min
- 24
- Seguro al turista eligible
- Yes
- Terminal airlines examples
- Terminal 1
- American; Delta; Air Canada; Avianca; Iberia; Turkish Airlines
- Terminal 2
- Copa; United; Air France; KLM
- Distance to punta paitilla km
- 22.7
- Third party drive time to city center min
- 21
Sources
- tocumenaero.com (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
- tocumenaero.com (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
- tocumenaero.com (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
- uber.com (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
- welcomepickups.com (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
- nominatim.openstreetmap.org (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
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