Punta Cana Airport (PUJ): terminals, flights

Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana (IATA: PUJ, ICAO: MDPC) is a network point for Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Our catalogue shows 0 departing routes and 4 arriving, with the airlines, frequencies and lowest peso (MXN) fares listed below.

Airport facts

PUJ carries 4 routes and 2 airlines in our catalogue, totalling 19 weekly departures. Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana (ICAO MDPC) serves Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic, in the America/Santo_Domingo zone (UTC−4 in July). Its coordinates (18.5674, -68.3634) are the basis of every distance on this site.

• IATA: PUJ
• ICAO: MDPC
• City: Punta Cana
• Country: Dominican Republic
• Time zone: America/Santo_Domingo
• Coordinates: 18.5674, -68.3634
• Airlines at the airport: 2

Time difference against Mexico City. In July, Punta Cana runs 2 h ahead of the Mexican capital (UTC−4 versus UTC−6). In January the airport operates on UTC−4, so the gap is not constant across the year: daylight saving shifts it. This is the calculation that decides whether a pre-booked ground connection still works.

Coordinates, and why we publish them. 18.5674, -68.3634 is the position from which every great-circle distance on this site is computed, including the ones that set the EU261 compensation band. It is not the distance the aircraft flies — that follows airways and diversions — but the geodesic measure the regulations use. Publishing it lets anyone recompute the figures on these pages.

Airlines at PUJ

2 catalogued airlines operate routes to or from PUJ: 1 full-service and 1 low-cost, with checked allowance from 0 to 25 kg. Alliances present: SkyTeam. They cover 4 catalogued routes and 19 weekly departures. The table below lists each operator with its type, alliance and checked allowance.

Carriers in our catalogue operating routes to or from this airport, with type, alliance and economy baggage allowance:

25 kg separate the most generous operator from the leanest at PUJ. That gap is what reorders prices once the bag is in: a cheaper base fare on a carrier with no included baggage can land above a full-service one the moment you check a single piece. Compare the total, not the headline figure.

Alliances present at PUJ: SkyTeam. It matters for two concrete things: where miles credit, and what happens when something breaks. Within one alliance, rebooking onto another member is usually provided for; between carriers with no agreement it does not exist and depends on goodwill at the desk. If you buy two legs on operators from different alliances, treat them as two separate trips.

Routes to Punta Cana (PUJ)

Our catalogue lists 4 routes into PUJ, totalling 19 weekly departures and spanning 1,955 to 3,662 km. The busiest is CUN-PUJ at ~7 flights a week; 1 of them carry a cached fare, spread across 1 audience profiles. Every row in this section comes from that same corridor catalogue, not from a live search.

What traffic PUJ moves. By audience profile, the routes catalogued here split as: Caribbean leisure corridor (4). That mix explains the airport’s seasonality: family corridors spike in December and Holy Week, leisure ones follow the holiday calendar, and regional ones stay flatter across the year.

Not all of these routes fly daily. The thinnest on the list is MTY-PUJ at ~2 weekly departures — under one a day. On a pair like that a cancellation is not resolved in hours: the next seat may be two or three days out, which is why it is worth avoiding the last flight before a fixed commitment.

Connection tips

PUJ concentrates 19 catalogued weekly departures across 2 airlines, in the America/Santo_Domingo zone. That density is what decides how much slack to leave on a connection: the more of its own services the airline runs here, the more same-day rebooking options exist.

Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana runs on the America/Santo_Domingo time zone; factor the offset from your origin city when planning connections and transfers. The busiest route at PUJ is MEX-PUJ (~7 flights a week). The lowest fare detected at this airport is $4,641 MXN on the CUN-PUJ route. Book 4–8 weeks ahead for the busiest routes to/from Punta Cana; fares climb in December, Holy Week and summer. Each route guide above shows month-by-month seasonality and the lowest peso fare. That window is a general Mexican-market rule of thumb, not a measurement of this route: our series records observed prices, not the lead time at which each ticket was bought.

The cheap connection that loses the checked bag. Two separate tickets are not one itinerary: there is no interline agreement, the bag is not checked through to the final destination, and if the first flight lands late the second airline owes you nothing — it sold a different flight. The apparent saving evaporates the moment you buy a same-day replacement. On a single ticket, rebooking and the bag transfer are the carrier’s problem, not yours.

Other airports in Dominican Republic

1 further the Dominican Republic airport appear in our catalogue besides PUJ, with 2 routes between them. The best-connected is Santo Domingo (SDQ) with 2 routes, and the nearest sits ~139 km great-circle from PUJ. The 1 distances in this section are measured from each airport’s own coordinates.

Other airports in the same country in our catalogue, with the number of catalogued routes — useful if you need an alternative gateway:

Great-circle distance is not the transfer. The figures in the table are geodesic, computed from each airport’s coordinates; the real journey depends on whether road, rail or a domestic flight exists, and on what they cost. An airport 300 km away can be more accessible than one at 120 km if the first has a direct motorway and the second does not. Use them to rule out, not to plan.

Why the route counts look small. The routes column counts the pairs catalogued on this site — those relevant to the Mexican traveller — in both directions, not the airport’s total destination list. A large airport with little Mexican traffic shows few routes here, and that says more about our editorial coverage than about the size of the terminal.

FAQ

The 8 questions on this record are answered from catalogue figures for PUJ: routes and weekly frequencies, minimum fares observed by the collector, checked-baggage allowances and the rights regime that applies on each leg. No answer adds data that is not in those sources.

What are the IATA and ICAO codes for Punta Cana airport? The IATA code is PUJ and the ICAO code is MDPC. Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana serves Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Which airlines operate at PUJ? Airlines on our catalogued routes at PUJ: Aeromexico, Volaris.

How many routes are there from Punta Cana (PUJ)? Our catalogue lists 0 departing routes and 4 arriving at PUJ — see the tables above.

What time zone is PUJ in? PUJ operates in the America/Santo_Domingo time zone.

How many weekly departures does PUJ have in this catalogue? Across the catalogued routes touching PUJ we count 19 weekly departures over 2 airlines and 4 routes. That is the coverage relevant to Mexican travellers, not the airport’s full directory.

What is the time difference between Punta Cana and Mexico City? In July, Punta Cana runs 2 h ahead of Mexico City (UTC−4 versus UTC−6). The gap shifts with daylight saving, so recompute it for your exact date before booking transfers.

What is the longest catalogued route at PUJ? Catalogued routes at PUJ span 1,955 to 3,662 km great-circle, computed from each airport’s coordinates. That distance drives aircraft type and the applicable compensation band on European sectors.

What is the lowest fare detected at PUJ? $4,641 MXN on CUN-PUJ, per the collector’s last pass across 1 routes with data at this airport. It is an observed one-way minimum, not a guaranteed price or a bookable offer.

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Published by FlightsMX Editorial Team. Last verified: May 2026.