# Distance from Echuca Airport (ECH) to Tocumen (PTY)

> 14,644 km · estimated flight time 18h · Ultra-long-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 14,644 km / 9,099 mi / 7,907 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 18h
- **Heading**: 113° (east southeast)
- **Return heading**: 229° (southwest)
- **Classification**: Ultra-long-haul
- **Type**: International (Australia) → Panama
- **Intercontinental**: Oceania → North America
- **Time difference**: -15h (When it's 19:50 in Echuca Airport, it's 04:50 in Tocumen)
- **Elevation difference**: 188 ft (PTY is lower than ECH)

## Airports

### [Echuca Airport (ECH)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/ech-echuca-airport/1ef266e0-0b5f-6ca4-8110-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Echuca Airport, Australia
- ICAO: YECH
- Timezone: Australia/Melbourne
- Coordinates: -36.160000, 144.760000
- Elevation: 323 ft

### [Tocumen International Airport (PTY)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/pty-tocumen-tocumen-international-airport/1ef266df-6516-6622-8185-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Tocumen, Panama
- ICAO: MPTO
- Timezone: America/Panama
- Coordinates: 9.070000, -79.380000
- Elevation: 135 ft

## Route notes

This is an ultra-long-haul route, one of the longest in aviation. It requires wide-body aircraft with extended range capability such as the Airbus A350-900ULR or Boeing 777-200LR. Passengers should prepare for an extended flight with multiple meal services.

Time-zone information: When it's 19:50 in Echuca Airport, it's 04:50 in Tocumen.
With a 15-hour time difference, expect significant jet lag.

## Related

- [Echuca Airport (ECH)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/ech-echuca-airport/1ef266e0-0b5f-6ca4-8110-06bb2780ed98)
- [Tocumen International Airport (PTY)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/pty-tocumen-tocumen-international-airport/1ef266df-6516-6622-8185-06bb2780ed98)
- [Flight duration calculator](/#calculator)