Punta Cana International Airport MDPC / PUJ
The privately owned resort airport 20 minutes from the Cap Cana and Puntacana Resort estates and the Bávaro hotel strip, with a dedicated FBO terminal and CIQ. Very heavy charter traffic in winter; parking is generally available.
10,171 ft
Longest runway
20 min
Drive to Punta Cana
2
FBOs / handlers
47 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- No
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 15 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Any size including BBJ/ACJ.
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Punta Cana Airport FBO (Grupo Puntacana)
- Universal Aviation Punta Cana
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 10,171 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Lineage 1000E 6,076 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 needs 9,800 ft