Any night arrival into Panama with clear weather... which isn't often.

Flying Southbound from the USA, you can easily see the immense number of ships (on both sides of the canal) waiting for their number to be called for the passage. And the string of lights, both ship and shore, that define the canal itself.

So it's a view thing. The Panama airport itself is nothing special, with the exception of millions of COPA aircraft, and an insidious control system that favors them over anyone else. The number of times we've waited 30 to 45 minutes just to taxi to park ("got to get the COPAs pushed back") - too many to count.

The view flying into both Managua and Liberia CR is spectacular; volcanoes, rugged Pacific shoreline, etc.

I guess I'm more of a "view" guy than a stick and rudder guy when it comes to fun approaches.