--- title: "Tocumen to Medellin – 1 way by plane | Mixroutes" description: "Tocumen to Medellin is 526 km. Fastest: fly in 4h 58m. Cheapest: fly from $90. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tocumen-to-medellin" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tocumen-to-medellin.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Tocumen to Medellin [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Tocumen&to=Medellin) [Medellin to Tocumen](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/medellin-to-tocumen) **Fastest:** 4h 58m\ by plane, door to door\ **Cheapest:** $90\ by plane\ **Distance:** 526 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** –\ none timetabled\ ## 1 way to travel 526 km apart. Times are the timetables for Wed 11 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best Flying is the only way we found for this trip. - [**Fly** best fastest cheapest 4h 58m$90–150 Estimated **Check before you go** · Colombia PTY → MDE · non-stop · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Tocumen&to=Medellin) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Panama; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Likely no visa needed for Colombia** · Panama passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/colombia/entry-requirements) - **Reconsider travel to Colombia** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.col.html) [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/colombia/warnings-and-insurance) - **Exercise increased caution in Panama** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.pan.html) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department. Visa rules: [Passport Index data](https://github.com/imorte/passport-index-data) (MIT, 17 Feb 2026); always check the official entry rules. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Tocumen to Medellin? The fastest way is by plane: about 4h 58m door to door, including the ride to the airport and check-in. The straight-line distance is 526 km. What is the cheapest way from Tocumen to Medellin? Flying is the cheapest, from $90. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How long is the flight from Tocumen to Medellin? About 1h 22m in the air (PTY → MDE); about 4h 58m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run $90–150; live prices are on Flights70. ## In Medellin City in Colombia Medellín, officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín, is the capital of the department of Antioquia, and the second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central region of the Andes Mountains, in northwestern South America. The city's population was 2,427,129 at the 2018 census. The metro area of Medellín is the second-largest urban agglomeration in Colombia in terms of population and economy, with more than 4 million people. [The Medellin guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/medellin) [Hotels in Medellin Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com/medellin) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tocumen-to-medellin, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt