Punta Cana International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Punta Cana
IATA: PUJ – ICAO: MDPC
Summary
Airport type		Public/Private
Owner		City of Punta Cana
Operator		Punta Cana Resort and Club/Grupo Punta Cana
Serves		Punta Cana, Higuey
Location		Punta Cana in La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic
Elevation AMSL		40 ft / 12.2 m
Coordinates		18°34′0″N 68°21′7″W / 18.566667°N 68.35194°W / 18.566667; -68.35194
Website		Punta Cana International Airport
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
09/27	10,171	3,100	Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2008)
Passengers			3,758,109
Source: Departamento Aeroportuario

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. In 2009, Punta Cana received 3,811,946 passengers, making it the busiest airport in the country. The operators of the airport, Grupo Punta Cana, are planning to expand the airport, by adding a new Control Tower, a new terminal with more gates, as well as another runway.

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.

Aircraft parked at several gates adjacent to Terminal 1

Terminal 2 departure lounge.

Martinair B767-300ER at PUJ

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.

Jose Marti International Airport, in Havana, Cuba 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 Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport, in San Juan, Puerto Rico and by Cancun International Airport in Cancun, which are the first and the second busiest airports in the region, respectively.

LAN B767-300ER pulling in

Airport expansion

The Punta Cana's Airport operators have planned an ambitious airport expansion project. The project consists of a new larger runway, expansion of the existing taxiway, construction of a new taxiway, a new control tower, the installation of the ILS, new frequencies of radio and the expansion of the International Terminal.

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 January 2010, the facility has not opened yet.

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