Punta Cana International Airport

Punta Cana International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional Punta Cana
IATA: PUJICAO: MDPC
PUJ
Location of airport in Dominican Republic
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
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 10,171 3,100 Asphalt/Con 1
09/27 10,171 3,100 Asphalt/Con 2
Statistics (Jan-Nov 2011 )
Passengers 4,049,031
Source: Banco Central República Dominicana
1 Runway 08/26 All traffic.
2 Runway 09/27 Light traffic only.

Punta Cana International Airport (IATA: PUJICAO: 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 4.5 million annual passenger movements in more than 15,000 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.

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Terminals, airlines 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.

Airlines Destinations Terminal
Aeroflot Moscow-Sheremetyevo 1
Aerolíneas Mas Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo-La Isabela 3
AeroSur Santa Cruz de la Sierra-Viru Viru
Air Berlin Düsseldorf, Munich
Seasonal: Berlin-Tegel
1
Air Canada Montreal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson
Seasonal: Ottawa
2
Air Century Puerto Plata, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo-La Isabela 3
Air Europa Madrid 1
Air France Paris-Charles de Gaulle 1
Air Pullmantur Madrid 1
Air Transat Seasonal: Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Quebec City, Regina, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver 2
AirTran Airways Atlanta 1
American Airlines Miami, New York-JFK 1
American Eagle San Juan 1
Apple Vacations operated by Frontier Airlines Baltimore, Chicago/Rockford, Cleveland, Philadelphia[2] 1
Arkefly Amsterdam
Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse
1
Avianca Bogota 1
British Airways London-Gatwick1 1
CanJet Halifax, Montreal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Quebec City, St John's, Toronto-Pearson, Winnipeg
Seasonal: Hamilton
1
Condor Frankfurt, Vienna 1
Copa Airlines Panama City 1
Delta Air Lines Atlanta
Seasonal: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK
1
Edelweiss Air Zürich 1
Frontier Airlines Chicago-O'Hare [begins January 9, 2012], Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
Seasonal: Baltimore
1
Gol Transportes Aéreos Caracas, São Paulo-Guarulhos 1
Insel Air Seasonal: Miami, San Juan 1
Jetairfly Brussels 1
JetBlue Airways Boston, New York-JFK 1
KLM Amsterdam 1
LAN Airlines Miami, Santiago de Chile 1
LAN Argentina Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Miami 1
LAN Peru Lima 1
Miami Air Boston, Miami, New York-JFK
Seasonal: Atlantic City, Cincinatti/Northern Kentucky, Houston-Intercontinental, Norfolk, San Juan
1
Orenair Seasonal: Moscow-Sheremetyovo, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg 1
Orbest Airlines Madrid 1
PAWA Dominicana Aguadilla
Seasonal: San Juan
1
Sata Internacional Seasonal: Lisbon 1
Servicios Aéreos Profesionales Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Curaçao, Holguin, Pointe-à-Pitre, Port of Spain, St. Maarten, Santo Domingo, Varadero 3
Spirit Airlines Seasonal: Fort Lauderdale 1
Sun Country Airlines Seasonal: Dallas/Fort Worth, Lansing, Minneapolis/St. Paul[3] 1
Sunwing Airlines Bagotville, Gander, Halifax, London (ON), Moncton, Montreal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Quebec City, St. John's, Saint John, Toronto-Pearson, Kitchener, Hamilton, Val-d'Or, Winnipeg 1
Thomas Cook Airlines London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK) 1
Thomas Cook Canada operated by Jazz Air Seasonal: Calgary, Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver 1
Thomson Airways Birmingham (UK), East Midlands,[4] London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK)
Seasonal: Glasgow-International, Newcastle upon Tyne
1
Transaero Airlines Moscow-Domodedovo
Seasonal: Moscow-Sheremetyevo, St. Petersburg
Charter: Yekaterinburg
1
United Airlines Newark
Seasonal: Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles
1
US Airways Charlotte, Philadelphia
Seasonal: Boston
1
USA Jet Airlines Seasonal: San Juan 1
VolAir Santiago de los Caballeros 3
WestJet Montreal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson
Seasonal: Halifax, Hamilton, Ottawa
1
White Airways Lisbon 1
XL Airways France Brussels, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Seasonal: Lyon
1
Notes

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 less than 5 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 Caribbean airports with connecting 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.

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, however, as of June 2011 the facility has not opened yet.[5]

See also

References

External links

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