Punta Cana International Airport: Difference between revisions
→Terminals, airlines and destinations: Newark flights is operated by Continental. As is usual. |
|||
| Line 94: | Line 94: | ||
|[[United Airlines]]|'''Seasonal:''' Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles | 1 |
|[[United Airlines]]|'''Seasonal:''' Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles | 1 |
||
|[[US Airways]]|Charlotte, Philadelphia <br> '''Seasonal:''' Boston | 1 |
|[[US Airways]]|Charlotte, Philadelphia <br> '''Seasonal:''' Boston | 1 |
||
|[[USA3000 Airlines]]| |
|[[USA3000 Airlines]]|Chicago-O'Hare, Cleveland [ends December 5], Pittsburgh [ends December 5], St. Louis [ends January 19] | 1 |
||
|[[USA Jet Airlines]]|'''Seasonal:''' San Juan | 1 |
|[[USA Jet Airlines]]|'''Seasonal:''' San Juan | 1 |
||
|[[VolAir]]| Santiago de los Caballeros | 3 |
|[[VolAir]]| Santiago de los Caballeros | 3 |
||
Revision as of 15:16, 7 November 2011
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2009) |
Punta Cana International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Punta Cana | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 / 18.56667°N 68.35194°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Punta Cana International Airport | ||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Statistics (Jan-Setp 2011 ) | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
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, 3,811,946 passengers passed through Punta Cana, making it the busiest airport in the country.[1] 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. Punta Cana International Airport currently serves as a destination for 53 different airlines.
.jpg)
| Airlines | Destinations | Terminal |
|---|---|---|
| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo | 1 |
| Aerolíneas Mas | 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 | 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 | Philadelphia[2], Baltimore, Cleveland, Rockford | 1 |
| Arkefly | Amsterdam | 1 |
| Avianca | Bogota | 1 |
| British Airways | London-Gatwick1 | |
| CanJet | Halifax, Montreal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Quebec City, St John's, Toronto-Pearson, Winnipeg Seasonal: Hamilton | 1 |
| Condor | Frankfurt, Vienna | 1 |
| Continental Airlines | Newark | 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 |
| Gol Transportes Aéreos operated by Varig | 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: Yekaterinburg, Moscow-Sheremetyovo, Novosibirsk | 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 [begins 23 December], 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 [begins December 19], Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver [begins December 18] | 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 | 1 |
| United Airlines | Seasonal: Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles | 1 |
| US Airways | Charlotte, Philadelphia Seasonal: Boston | 1 |
| USA3000 Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare, Cleveland [ends December 5], Pittsburgh [ends December 5], St. Louis [ends January 19] | 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 | 1 |
- 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.
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
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 Terminals 1 and 2. It also includes the construction of a New Terminal 3, that will be located between the two runways. As Of Right now the expansion of the old taxi ways is complete, as well as the construction of the new taxiways and new runway 08/26. The New control tower has yet to start construction and workers have already began to clear the trees out between the two runways in order to make room for the new terminal, scheduled to be complete in April 2012.
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
- ^ 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
External links
Media related to Punta Cana International Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Punta Cana International Airport - Official website
- Template:WAD
- airport-technology.com provides key data and information