Flights St. Louis → Panama City
STL → ECP
How long is the flight from St. Louis to Panama City?
The flight from St. Louis (STL) to Panama City (ECP) takes about 1h 42m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
Route overview
The flight route from St. Louis to Panama City has an on-time performance rate of 81%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 11.9 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees around 73 flights, serving the busy destination airport which handles approximately 897,679 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The St. Louis (STL) → Panama City (ECP) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 210 flights monitored in recent months, 69% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.48%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Panama City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Panama City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from St. Louis (STL) to Panama City (ECP) heads south-east for about 1,022 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 42m.
Departures from St. Louis on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 49% of STL-ECP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Panama City it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 210 tracked STL-ECP flights, 69% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 0.5% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 75% | 5 min | 0.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about STL-ECP
The flight from St. Louis (STL) to Panama City (ECP) takes about 1h 42m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
On the St. Louis (STL) -> Panama City (ECP) route, on-time performance is 69% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 210 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on St. Louis-Panama City is 0.48% across 210 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
