Punta Cana Airport

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Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana
Dominican Republic - Punta Cana International Airport (buildings seen from the taxiway) .JPG
Characteristics
ICAO code MDPC
IATA code PUJ
Coordinates

18 ° 34 '3 "  N , 68 ° 21' 48"  W Coordinates: 18 ° 34 '3 "  N , 68 ° 21' 48"  W.
Height above MSL 14 m (46  ft )
Transport links
Street Carrera Aeropuerto, Aterrizaje Boulevard
Local transport Bus, minibus, taxi
Basic data
opening 1978
operator Swissport , Punta Cana Resort and Groupo Punta Cana
Terminals 3
Passengers 7,264,912 (2017)
Air freight 11,334 t (2017)
Flight
movements 		43,556 (2017)
Runways
09/27 3100 m × 45 m
asphalt
08/26 3100 m × 45 m
asphalt

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The Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana ( IATA : PUJ , ICAO : MDPC ) is an international airport in Punta Cana in the east of the Dominican Republic . With two runways and around 7.3 million passengers in 2017, it is the largest airport in the country and one of the most important in the Caribbean .

Airport facilities

Terminals

The airport has three terminals . Terminal 1 and 2 are used for handling international arrivals and departures, Terminal 3 is used exclusively for regional flights. The buildings are built in the traditional Dominican style with palm roofs made from real Dominican palm trees . The 33,000 square meter site has more than 50 check-in counters, 16 boarding gates, VIP and smoking rooms and children's play areas.

Airlines and Destinations

From German-speaking countries, Punta Cana is served by Eurowings from Cologne / Bonn & Düsseldorf Airport , Condor from Frankfurt am Main , Munich and Vienna , Tuifly from Hamburg and Edelweiss Air from Zurich - sometimes only seasonally .

In addition to regional flights such as to Aruba or Curaçao , Punta Cana is also connected to numerous international flight destinations, especially in North and South America and Europe, including Buenos Aires , Atlanta and London, due to its importance as a holiday destination .

Traffic figures

Source: Junta de Aviación Civil
Source: Junta de Aviación Civil
Traffic figures for the Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana 2005–2017
year Passenger volume Air freight ( tons ) Flight movements
2017 7,264,912 12,241 43,556
2016 6,845,667 20,663 44,085
2015 6,348,822 21,377 42,939
2014 5,844,431 21,531 37,305
2013 5,160,798 20,021 32,391
2012 4,819,715 16,033 31,436
2011 4,456,620 14,958 28,525
2010 3,989,524 14,455 26,348
2009 3,778,206 12,910 24,160
2008 3,682,872 12,993 23,118
2007 3,559,579 10,874 22,486
2006 3,396,348 9,303 22,765
2005 2,984,681 8,577 20,569

Busiest routes

Busiest routes from Punta Cana (2017)
rank city Passengers Airlines
01 Toronto – Pearson , Canada 544.015 Air Canada Rouge , Air Transat , Sunwing , WestJet
02 New York – JFK , United States 443.932 American , Delta , JetBlue
03 Atlanta , United States 412.705 Southwest , Delta
04th Panama City , Panama 372,800 Copa , Copa Colombia
05 Miami , United States 345.961 American, LATAM Chile
06th Montreal – Trudeau , Canada 345.212 Air Canada Rouge, Air Transat, Sunwing
07th Lima , Peru 276,708 Avianca Perú , LATAM Perú
08th Paris – CDG , France 259.611 Air France , XL Airways
09 Newark , United States 253.939 United
10 Charlotte , United States 253.120 American

Web links

Commons : Punta Cana International Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Estadísticas. JAC.gob.do , accessed November 3, 2018 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ New terminal opened at Punta Cana Airport . Travel EXCLUSIV magazine website, accessed November 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ Flight plan - information - Eurowings . ( eurowings.com [accessed November 26, 2017]).