Punta Cana International Airport
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| Punta Cana International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Punta Cana |
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IATA: PUJ – ICAO: MDPC
 PUJ
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| 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 | ||
| Coordinates | 18°34′00″N 068°21′07″W / 18.5666667°N 68.35194°WCoordinates: 18°34′00″N 068°21′07″W / 18.5666667°N 68.35194°W | ||
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| 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. |
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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 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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[edit] 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.
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| Airlines | Destinations | Terminal |
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| 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 |
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- Notes
- ^1 Although British Airways's flight to London-Gatwick stops at Antigua, British Airways has no rights to transport passengers between Punta Cana and Antigua.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Departamento Aeroportuario - 2008 passenger statistics
- ^ http://www.applevacations.com/flight-schedule/phl-philadelphia/
- ^ 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
- ^ Busiest Dominican airport to have U.S. Customs, Immigration station, Nuevo Diario reports from the Dominican Times retrieved 25 July 2008
[edit] External links
Media related to Punta Cana International Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Punta Cana International Airport - Official website
- Airport information for MDPC at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- airport-technology.com provides key data and information
