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Punta Cana International Airport

*Aeropuerto Internacional Punta Cana*
Punta Cana International Airport; Aeropuerto Internacional Punta Cana
	IATA: PUJ; ICAO: MDPC;
Summary
Airport type	Public/Private
Owner	Grupo PuntaCana
Operator	Punta Cana Resort and Club/Grupo PuntaCana
Serves	Punta Cana, Higuey
Location	Punta Cana in La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic
Elevation AMSL	40 ft / 12.2 m
Website	Punta Cana International Airport
Map
	MDPC Location of airport in Dominican Republic
Runways
Statistics (2013)
Passengers
Passengers	5,163,426
Aircraft Operations	31,175 (2012)
	Source: Banco Central República Dominicana; 1 Runway 08/26 All traffic.; 2 Runway 09/27 Light traffic only.

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Punta Cana International Airport (IATA: PUJ, ICAO: MDPC) is a privately owned commercial airport in Punta Cana, eastern Dominican Republic. The airport is built in a traditional Dominican style with open-air terminals with their roofs covered in palm fronds. Grupo PuntaCana built the Punta Cana International Airport in 1984. A number of scheduled and charter airlines fly to Punta Cana. Currently, there are more than 5.1 million annual passenger movements in almost 60,000 commercial aircraft operations.^[1] The operators of the airport, Grupo Punta Cana, expanded the facility in November 2011 with a new runway and Air Traffic Control tower designed to support the robust growth of travel to the region.

Terminals and destinations

The airport has three terminals: Terminal 1 is used for international flights, whilst Terminal 3 is used for domestic flights and private jets. In February 2009, the new Terminal 2 was opened. Punta Cana International Airport currently serves as a destination for 53 different airlines.

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Aeroflot	Moscow-Sheremetyevo	1
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Seasonal: Buenos Aires-Ezeiza	1
Aerolíneas Mas	Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo-La Isabela	D
Air Berlin	Düsseldorf, Munich Seasonal: Berlin-Tegel (ends 4 May 2014)^[2]	1
Air Canada	Montreal-Trudeau Seasonal: Halifax, Ottawa	2
Air Canada Rouge	Toronto-Pearson	2
Air Europa	Madrid	1
Air France	Paris-Charles de Gaulle	1
Air Pullmantur	Madrid	1
Air Transat	Québec City, Toronto-Pearson Seasonal: Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal-Trudeau, Regina, Vancouver	2
AirTran Airways operated by Southwest Airlines	Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago-Midway ^[3]	1
American Airlines	Miami Seasonal: New York-JFK	1
Apple Vacations operated by Frontier Airlines	Seasonal: Detroit, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh ^[4]	1
Apple Vacations operated by Frontier Airlines	Chicago-O'Hare, Chicago-Rockford, Cincinnati, Philadelphia ^[5] Seasonal: Baltimore, Cleveland, Hartford/Springfield, Lansing, Pittsburgh, St. Louis	1
Arkefly	Amsterdam Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse	1
Avianca	Bogota	1
British Airways	Antigua, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow (begins October 26, 2014)^[6]	1
CanJet	Halifax, Montreal-Trudeau, Québec City, St. John's, Toronto-Pearson, Winnipeg Seasonal: Hamilton, Ottawa, Thunder Bay	1
Condor	Frankfurt Seasonal: Munich,^[7] Vienna	1
Copa Airlines	Panama City	1
Corsair International	Paris-Orly	1
Delta Air Lines	Atlanta, New York-JFK Seasonal: Cincinnati, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Pittsburgh	1
Dniproavia	Seasonal charter: Kiev-Boryspil^[8]	1
Edelweiss Air	Zürich	1
Evelop Airlines	Seasonal: Madrid (begins 13 May, 2014) ^[9]	1
Frontier Airlines	Seasonal: Denver	1
Gol Transportes Aéreos	Caracas, São Paulo-Guarulhos	1
Insel Air	Seasonal: Miami, San Juan	1
Jetairfly	Brussels	1
JetBlue Airways	Boston, Fort Lauderdale (begins May 1, 2014),^[10] New York-JFK, San Juan	1
LAN Airlines	Miami, Santiago de Chile	1
LAN Argentina	Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Miami	1
LAN Peru	Lima	1
Orenair	Charter: Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Yekaterinburg	1
Orbest	Seasonal charter: Lisbon, Madrid	1
Perla Airlines	Porlamar	1
SATA International	Charter: Lisbon	1
Servicios Aéreos Profesionales	Antigua, Aruba, Bridgetown, Curaçao, Holguin, Pointe-à-Pitre, Port of Spain, St. Maarten, Santo Domingo-Las Américas, Varadero	3
Seaborne Airlines	San Juan	1
Spirit Airlines	Seasonal: Fort Lauderdale	1
Sun Country Airlines	Seasonal: Minneapolis/St. Paul^[11]	1
Sunwing Airlines	Bagotville, Gander, Halifax, London (ON), Moncton, Montreal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Québec City, St John's, Saint John, Toronto-Pearson, Kitchener, Hamilton, Val-d'Or, Winnipeg	1
Thomas Cook Airlines	London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK)	1
Thomson Airways	Birmingham (UK), East Midlands,^[12] London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK) Seasonal: Glasgow-International (resumes May 1, 2014), Newcastle upon Tyne	1
Transaero Airlines	Moscow-Domodedovo Seasonal: Moscow-Sheremetyevo, St. Petersburg	1
TUIfly operated by Arkefly	Seasonal: Hamburg	1
United Airlines	Newark Seasonal: Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles	1
US Airways	Charlotte, Philadelphia Seasonal: Boston	1
WestJet	Montreal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson Seasonal: Halifax, Hamilton, Ottawa, St. John's	1
Wind Rose Aviation	Kiev-Boryspil^[13]	1
XL Airways France	Brussels, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Seasonal: Bordeaux,^[14] Lyon, Nantes,^[15] Toulouse^[16]	1

Traffic and growth

Punta Cana's airport is the leading point of entry in number of arriving passengers in the Dominican Republic. It is also the fastest growing airport with almost a 20% increase in traffic yearly, which indicates that in 4 years the aircraft movements will double. At the moment the airport counts on two international terminals, one VIP, domestics and an FBO, a main incline with 12 positions.

Cancun International Airport, Havana International Airport, and Punta Cana International Airport are the only airports in Latin America with direct flights to Russia.

In the Caribbean, Punta Cana International Airport is the third busiest airport, surpassed only by Cancun International Airport, in Cancun, Mexico, and by Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which are the first and the second busiest airports in the region, respectively.

Top destinations

Busiest International Routes from PUJ
(2012)^[17]
Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Toronto (YYZ)	315,533	Air Canada, Air Transat, CanJet, Sunwing, Westjet
2	Paris (CDG)	312,129	Air France, XL Airways
3	Miami (MIA)	251,183	American, LAN
4	Panama City (PTY)	249,094	Copa, AeroRepublica
5	Montreal (YUL)	230,563	Air Canada, Air Transat, CanJet, Sunwing, Westjet
6	Charlotte (CLT)	198,770	US Airways
7	New York (JFK)	195,820	American, Delta, JetBlue
8	Moscow (DME)	180,018	Transaero
9	Atlanta (ATL)	168,785	AirTran, Delta
10	Newark (EWR)	156,594	United

Airport expansion

Punta Cana's Airport operators completed an ambitious airport expansion project in November 2011. The airport includes a new runway, a control tower equipped with the most modern radio and air traffic control equipment in the Caribbean. Additionally, there is a new Terminal Approach Radar Control (TRACON) facility and a new Automated Weather Observation Station (AWOS). This new facility also provides a back-up to the National Radar System located in Santo Domingo.

U.S. Preclearance

Plans were underway for a U.S. immigration and customs preclearance station to be opened at the airport by the end of summer 2009,^[18] however, as of March 2013 the facility has not opened yet.

References

^ puntacanainternationalairport.com – Airport Information
^ http://www.airberlin.com/de-DE/flightplan?et_cid=14015&et_lid=6760031
^ http://swamedia.com/releases/b5eb5e0d-be0f-4d27-9ab2-811a856e138d
^ http://www.applevacations.com/flight-schedule/dtw-detroit/
^ http://www.applevacations.com/flight-schedule/phl-philadelphia/
^ "Airline Routes - February 18, 2013". Air Transport World. February 18, 2014. Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
^ http://www.condor.com/eu/fileadmin/dam/pdf/tcf-eu/06_The_Company/02_Press/Buchungsstart_Langstrecke_Wi1314_en_130305.pdf
^ "Flight schedule". «Dniproavia» airlines. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
^ Evelop Air destinations at official website
^ http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jetblue-adds-nonstops-caribbean-fort-144321236.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CRM_W9SEDUAfKXQtDMD
^ Sun Country Airlines. Flight Schedule, suncountry.com, retrieved 2011-May-17
^ http://flights.firstchoice.co.uk/firstchoice/en-GB/timetable/findbyroute?departure=EMA&destination=PUJ
^ http://www.windrose.aero/eng/main_info/2510.html
^ Aéroport de Bordeaux – Destinations/Punta Cana
^ Aéroport de Nantes Atlantique- Punta Cana au départ de Nantes Atlantique
^ Aéroport Toulouse- Flight Toulouse/Punta Cana (Dominican Republic)
^ IDAC traffic Statistics
^ Busiest Dominican airport to have U.S. Customs, Immigration station, Nuevo Diario reports from the Dominican Times retrieved 25 July 2008

External links

Media related to Punta Cana International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

Dominican Airports Flydominicanrepublic.com
Punta Cana International Airport – Official website
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airport-technology.com provides key data and information

[1] untacanainternationalairport.com – Airport Information

[2] ttp://www.airberlin.com/de-DE/flightplan?et_cid=14015&et_lid=6760031

[3] ttp://swamedia.com/releases/b5eb5e0d-be0f-4d27-9ab2-811a856e138d

[4] ttp://www.applevacations.com/flight-schedule/dtw-detroit/

[5] ttp://www.applevacations.com/flight-schedule/phl-philadelphia/

[6] "Airline Routes - February 18, 2013". Air Transport World. February 18, 2014. Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine

[Condor_Press_Release-7] ttp://www.condor.com/eu/fileadmin/dam/pdf/tcf-eu/06_The_Company/02_Press/Buchungsstart_Langstrecke_Wi1314_en_130305.pdf

[8] "Flight schedule". «Dniproavia» airlines. Retrieved March 28, 2014.

[9] Evelop Air destinations at official website

[10] ttp://finance.yahoo.com/news/jetblue-adds-nonstops-caribbean-fort-144321236.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CRM_W9SEDUAfKXQtDMD

[SunCountryFlight-11] Sun Country Airlines. Flight Schedule, suncountry.com, retrieved 2011-May-17

[12] ttp://flights.firstchoice.co.uk/firstchoice/en-GB/timetable/findbyroute?departure=EMA&destination=PUJ

[13] ttp://www.windrose.aero/eng/main_info/2510.html

[14] Aéroport de Bordeaux – Destinations/Punta Cana

[15] Aéroport de Nantes Atlantique- Punta Cana au départ de Nantes Atlantique

[16] Aéroport Toulouse- Flight Toulouse/Punta Cana (Dominican Republic)

[17] IDAC traffic Statistics

[18] Busiest Dominican airport to have U.S. Customs, Immigration station, Nuevo Diario reports from the Dominican Times retrieved 25 July 2008

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 | [[Aerolíneas Mas]] | [[Cibao International Airport|Santiago de los Caballeros]], [[La Isabela International Airport|Santo Domingo-La Isabela]] | D
 | [[Air Berlin]] | [[Düsseldorf Airport|Düsseldorf]], [[Munich Airport|Munich]]<br> '''Seasonal:''' [[Berlin-Tegel]] (ends 4 May 2014)<ref>http://www.airberlin.com/de-DE/flightplan?et_cid=14015&et_lid=6760031</ref> | 1
-| [[Air Canada]] | [[Montreal-Trudeau International Airport|Montreal-Trudeau]] (ends 27 April 2014)<br> '''Seasonal:''' [[Halifax Stanfield International Airport|Halifax]], [[Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport|Ottawa]] | 2
+| [[Air Canada]] | [[Montreal-Trudeau International Airport|Montreal-Trudeau]]<br> '''Seasonal:''' [[Halifax Stanfield International Airport|Halifax]], [[Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport|Ottawa]] | 2
-| [[Air Canada Rouge]] | [[Montreal-Trudeau International Airport|Montreal-Trudeau]] (begins 3 May 2014), [[Pearson International Airport|Toronto-Pearson]] | 2
+| [[Air Canada#Air Canada Rouge|Air Canada Rouge]] | [[Pearson International Airport|Toronto-Pearson]] | 2
 | [[Air Europa]] | [[Madrid Barajas Airport|Madrid]] | 1
 | [[Air France]] | [[Charles de Gaulle Airport|Paris-Charles de Gaulle]] | 1

v t e Airports in the Dominican Republic
International	Barahona La Romana Puerto Plata Punta Cana Samaná–El Catey Santiago de los Caballeros Santo Domingo–Las Américas Santo Domingo–La Isabela
Domestic	Constanza Dajabón Montecristi Pedernales Sabana de la Mar Samaná–Arroyo Barril San Juan de la Maguana San Pedro
Military	San Isidro Air Base
Field	Azua Boca Chica Consuelo Consuelo–Batey Anita Cotuí–Angelina Cotuí–San Miguel El Valle Enriquillo Esperanza Higüey Jimani La Romana–La Caleta La Vega–El Ponton Montecristi–Walterio Monte Plata San Cristobal San Pedro–Ingenio Quisqueya
Closed	Herrera International Airport Samaná–El Portillo Punta Águila International Airport Santiago Municipal Airport
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