Punta Cana International Airport

Punta Cana International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional Punta Cana
Summary
Airport typePrivate-owned, Public-use
Owner/OperatorPuntacana Resort and Club/Grupo Puntacana
ServesPunta Cana, Higüey, Bávaro
LocationPunta Cana in La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic
Opened17 December 1983; 40 years ago (1983-12-17)
Operating base forArajet[1]
Elevation AMSL40 ft / 12.2 m
Coordinates18°34′00″N 68°21′07″W / 18.56667°N 68.35194°W / 18.56667; -68.35194
Websitewww.puntacanainternationalairport.com
Map
PUJ/MDPC is located in the Dominican Republic
PUJ/MDPC
PUJ/MDPC
Location of airport in Dominican Republic
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 10,171 3,100 Asphalt concrete
09/27 10,171 3,100 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2023)
Total passengers9,162,782
Aircraft operations55,100
Source: Banco Central República Dominicana
1 Runway 08/26 Main runway.
2 Runway 09/27 back up runway.

Punta Cana International Airport (IATA: PUJ, ICAO: MDPC) is a privately owned commercial airport in Punta Cana, eastern Dominican Republic. The airport was built with open-air terminals and roofs covered in palm fronds. Grupo Punta Cana built the airport, which was designed by architect Oscar Imbert, and inaugurated it in December 1983.[2] It is owned by Grupo Punta Cana and became the first privately owned international airport in the world.[3]

The airport is the busiest in the Dominican Republic, and the second-busiest of the Caribbean, only behind Puerto Rico's Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport. In 2022, more than 8.3 million passengers (arrivals and departures combined) passed through the terminals that year, with almost 50,000 commercial aircraft operations.[4][5] In 2023, the airport accounted for 60% of all air arrivals in the Dominican Republic.[6] The airport serves 90 airports in 26 countries.[7]

  1. ^ Casey, David (9 July 2024). "Arajet Seeks To Add Nearly 20 International Routes From Punta Cana". AviationWeek. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
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  4. ^ "Punta Cana Airport Information". Puntacanainternationalairport.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014.
  5. ^ Diario, Listin (27 December 2022). "Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana logra récord de 8 millones de pasajeros en un año". listindiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  6. ^ Externa, Fuente (28 February 2023). "Dominican Republic broke record in flight operations in 2022". DMK Abogados. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Punta Cana International Airport Official Website". PuntaCanaInternationalAirport.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.