As we get ready to embark on our fifth trip to Sport Fish Panama Island Lodge in January, Hanna and I continue to be thrilled at the ease of travel to the world’s best yellowfin tuna fishing grounds. Here are updates on Tocumen Airport, Panama’s flagship carrier Copa, and the experience in general.

Sport Fish Panama Island Lodge provides the seclusion of a private island with all of the convenience and safety of a major metropolis like Panama City. That starts with Tocumen International Airport, a thoroughly modern, welcoming and generally efficient point of entry and exit.

Copa continues to make it easier for North American anglers to get to Panama. Over the past year they’ve added direct flights between Panama City’s Tocumen Airport and US cities including Austin and Baltimore. Now they’re at it again, adding direct flights between Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) and Panama City.

Copa is the main airline for heading into Panama for a fishing trip. When you join us at Sport Fish Panama Island Lodge (or various other places in Central America) they may be your best bet.

We recently published an article about the best ways to fly to Panama for an epic tuna popping trip. Many of the options were from Copa, including direct flights from our home airport, Washington-Dulles. Copa since announced that starting June 28th they’ll be adding service between Baltimore/Washington International Airport and Tocumen four times weekly.