PUJ
Punta Cana International Airport
Punta Cana International Airport (IATA: PUJ, ICAO: MDPC) is a large airport in Punta Cana, La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic. It opened in 1978. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,100 m (10,171 ft). In 2023 it handled 9.2 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1978–19781978
OpenedPunta Cana International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap09/27083° / 263° · LIT
LENGTH3,100 m10,171 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
08/26074° / 254° · LIT
LENGTH3,100 m10,171 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2011–20234.5M
4.8M
5.2M
5.8M
6.3M
6.8M
7.3M
7.8M
2.0M
4.3M
8.2M
9.2M
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Routes
96 destinations · 28 countriesYear-round60
SJULuis Munoz Marin International AirportPuerto Rico · JetBlue Airways, Arajet250 km155 miPAPToussaint Louverture International AirportHaiti · Sunrise Airways414 km257 miCURHato International AirportCuraçao · TUI fly Netherlands712 km442 miDOMDouglas-Charles AirportDominica · Liat Air822 km511 miKINNorman Manley International AirportJamaica · Arajet892 km554 miCCSMaiquetía Simón Bolívar International AirportVenezuela · RUTACA Airlines, Air Century898 km558 miVLNArturo Michelena International AirportVenezuela · Air Century937 km582 miBRMJacinto Lara International AirportVenezuela · Air Century954 km593 miMARLa Chinita International AirportVenezuela · Air Century961 km597 miCTGRafael Nuñez International AirportColombia · Arajet1,186 km737 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Arajet, American Airlines1,466 km911 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways1,471 km914 miMDEJose Maria Córdova International AirportColombia · Arajet, Wingo, JetSmart1,577 km980 miPTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Copa Airlines1,589 km987 miBOGEl Dorado International AirportColombia · Arajet, Wingo, Avianca1,665 km1,035 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines1,714 km1,065 miSFBOrlando Sanford International AirportUnited States · Arajet1,731 km1,076 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways, Breeze Airways1,783 km1,108 miCLOAlfonso Bonilla Aragon International AirportColombia · JetSmart1,885 km1,171 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · Arajet1,955 km1,215 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,227 km1,384 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines2,313 km1,437 miUIOMariscal Sucre International AirportEcuador · Avianca Ecuador, Arajet2,348 km1,459 miBWIBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,427 km1,508 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,430 km1,510 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,459 km1,528 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines2,508 km1,558 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Arajet2,522 km1,567 miGYEJosé Joaquín de Olmedo International AirportEcuador · Arajet2,627 km1,632 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,652 km1,648 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways2,658 km1,652 miCVGCincinnati Northern Kentucky International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines2,767 km1,719 miCLECleveland Hopkins International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines2,845 km1,768 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · WestJet, Arajet, Air Canada Rouge +22,984 km1,854 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,004 km1,867 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Canada, Arajet +13,032 km1,884 miSTLSt. Louis Lambert International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines3,089 km1,919 miYQBQuebec Jean Lesage International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Transat3,151 km1,958 miMDWChicago Midway International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines3,168 km1,969 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Arajet +13,192 km1,983 miNLUFelipe Ángeles International AirportMexico · Arajet3,218 km2,000 miMEXMexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico3,225 km2,004 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,268 km2,031 miLIMJorge Chávez International AirportPeru · LATAM Airlines Peru, Sky Airline, Arajet3,534 km2,196 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Airlines4,200 km2,610 miGRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · Arajet, LATAM Brasil5,240 km3,256 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet5,382 km3,344 miCORIngeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International AirportArgentina · Arajet5,564 km3,457 miMDZGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International AirportArgentina · Arajet5,715 km3,551 miROSRosario Islas Malvinas International AirportArgentina · Arajet5,780 km3,592 miSCLComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportChile · Arajet5,783 km3,593 miEZEEzeiza International Airport - Ministro PistariniArgentina · Arajet6,027 km3,745 miMVDCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International AirportUruguay · Arajet6,080 km3,778 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · World2Fly, Evelop Airlines, Air Europa6,570 km4,082 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways6,783 km4,215 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways6,882 km4,276 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways, British Airways6,897 km4,286 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Air Caraïbes7,064 km4,389 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · TUI fly Netherlands7,245 km4,502 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Discover Airlines, Condor Flugdienst7,512 km4,668 miSeasonal38
RDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Breeze Airways2,180 km1,355 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,652 km1,648 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, American Airlines2,658 km1,652 miPITPittsburgh International AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Breeze Airways2,689 km1,671 miCMHJohn Glenn Columbus International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways2,760 km1,715 miINDIndianapolis International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,914 km1,811 miYHMJohn C. Munro Hamilton International AirportCanada · WestJet2,943 km1,829 miYHZHalifax / Stanfield International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Canada, Air Transat2,960 km1,839 miYQGWindsor International AirportCanada · Air Transat2,974 km1,848 miYXULondon International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Transat2,974 km1,848 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Canada2,984 km1,854 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,986 km1,855 miHOUWilliam P. Hobby AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,986 km1,855 miYKFRegion of Waterloo International AirportCanada · WestJet2,988 km1,857 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada Rouge, Flair Airlines3,032 km1,884 miYFCFredericton International AirportCanada · WestJet3,041 km1,890 miYOWOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Canada, Air Transat3,051 km1,896 miYQMGreater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Transat3,082 km1,915 miSTLSt. Louis Lambert International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines3,089 km1,919 miMKEGeneral Mitchell International AirportUnited States · Sun Country Airlines3,273 km2,034 miYBGSaguenay-Bagotville AirportCanada · WestJet3,318 km2,062 miMCIKansas City International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines3,424 km2,128 miYYTSt. John's International AirportCanada · WestJet3,527 km2,192 miYDFDeer Lake AirportCanada · WestJet3,546 km2,203 miYQXGander International AirportCanada · WestJet3,597 km2,235 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines3,722 km2,313 miYQTThunder Bay International AirportCanada · WestJet3,814 km2,370 miYWGWinnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Canada Rouge4,326 km2,688 miYQRRegina International AirportCanada · WestJet4,774 km2,966 miYXESaskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International AirportCanada · WestJet5,000 km3,107 miYEGEdmonton International AirportCanada · WestJet5,463 km3,395 miBFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways6,554 km4,072 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways6,805 km4,228 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France7,079 km4,399 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Edelweiss Air7,526 km4,676 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Neos7,554 km4,694 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Discover Airlines7,759 km4,821 miKTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines8,249 km5,126 miMost destinationsArajet 23WestJet 20American Airlines 11Air Transat 8Southwest Airlines 7JetBlue Airways 6
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PUJ. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Punta Cana International Airport” (revision of 17 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
6 channelsA/DAPP119.700
APPLAS AMERICAS APP119.300
TWRTWR118.800
ATIS132.850
GNDGROUND121.900
DLVDELIVERY121.650