Getting There
By plane
The Dominican Republic has a total of eight international airports throughout the country. These include:
- Las Americas International Airport (serves Santo Domingo)
- La Romana International Airport (1.5 hours from Punta Cana hotels)
- Punta Cana International Airport
- El Catey International Airport (serves Samana)
- Gregorio Luperon International Airport (serves Puerto Plata)
- Santiago International Airport
- La Isabela International Airport (serves Santo Domingo)
Punta Cana Airports
Punta Cana International Airport
The best airport to land in Punta Cana is at the Punta Cana International Airport, it is between 10 to 30 minutes from the major hotels. The airport offers scheduled service from:
United States
- American Airlines (New York, Miami)
- United (Chicago)
- US Airways (Philadelphia and Charlotte, NC)
- Continental (Newark)
Canada
- Air Canada (Calgary, London, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg)
- Air Transat (Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg)
Caribbean
- American Eagle (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Europe
- Martinair (Amsterdam)
- Holland Exel (Amsterdam and Brussels)
- Air France (
- Air Pullmantur (Madrid)
- Condor (Frankfurt)
- LTU (Dusseldorf and Munich)
- Aerofly and Lauda Italy (Milan)
- Lauda Austria (Vienna)
Latin America
- Avianca (Bogota)
- Aeropostal (Caracas)
- Lanchile (Miami and Santiago de Chile).
There are additional charter services from: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh and St. Louis; Hamilton, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Quebec, Toronto, Windsor, Winnipeg; Brussels, Lisbon, Manchester, Moscow and Zurich; Buenos Aires.
La Romana Airport
The second best airport for Punta Cana is the La Romana Airport, which is about 1-1/2 to 2 hours drive from the major Punta Cana hotels.
The Las Americas International Airport
The Las Americas International (Santo Domingo) is approximately a 4-hour drive away from the Punta Cana major hotels. The cheapest and best way to get to and from Santo Domingo is by the commuter express bus. This will cost about US$8.
