List of the busiest airports in Dominican Republic

This is a list of the busiest airports in the Dominican Republic by passenger traffic, a statistic available for almost all the airstrips taken into account. The present list intends to include all the international airports located in the country.

Punta Cana International Airport is currently the country's busiest airport by passenger traffic.

List of airports

Ordered by total passenger traffic, international and domestic, with final data for 2019.

2024

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2024)	Change
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	9,551,291	2.30%
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	5,476,547	0.25%
3.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	2,291,599	9.08%
4.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	880,091	20.25%
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	166,316	3.48%
6.	Samaná El Catey International Airport	AZS/MDCY	Samaná	106,167	16.25%
7.	La Isabela International Airport	JBQ/MDJB	Santo Domingo	66,731	41.27%

2023

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2023)	Change
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	9,336,502	11.58%
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	5,490,334	17.43%
3.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	2,100,729	12.50%
4.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	731,876	13.45%
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	172,325	29.65%
6.	Samaná El Catey International Airport	AZS/MDCY	Samaná	126,775	100.92%
7.	La Isabela International Airport	JBQ/MDJB	Santo Domingo	113,633	9.36%

2022

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2022)	Change
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	8,366,844	89.68%
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	4,675,375	19.80%
3.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	1,867,236	4.01%
4.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	645,064	66.69%
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	244,960	31.16%
6.	La Isabela International Airport	JBQ/MDJB	Santo Domingo	103,901	17.13%
7.	Samaná El Catey International Airport	AZS/MDCY	Samaná	63,095	153.37%

2021

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2021)	Change
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	4,410,838	117.60%
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	3,902,553	112.53%
3.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	1,945,241	101.44%
4.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	386,973	11.43%
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	355,874	134.95%
6.	La Isabela International Airport	JBQ/MDJB	Santo Domingo	88,700	99.45%
7.	Samaná El Catey International Airport	AZS/MDCY	Samaná	24,902	55.14%

Source: Banco Central República Dominicana year 2021

2020

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2019)	Change
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	2,027,016	71.6%
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	1,836,151	53.9%
3.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	965,628	43.8%
4.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	347,263	58.7%
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	151,466	62.1%
6.	La Isabela International Airport	JBQ/MDJB	Santo Domingo	75,655	41.2%
7.	Samaná El Catey International Airport	AZS/MDCY	Samaná	55,519	66.5%

Source: Banco Central República Dominicana year 2020

Other years

Ordered by total passenger traffic, international and domestic, with final data for years between 2005 and 2019.

2019

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2019)	Change
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	7,137,882	9.49%
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	3,982,978	7.63%
3.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	1,717,611	6.51%
4.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	839,962	4.1%
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	399,416	93.2%
6.	Samaná El Catey International Airport	AZS/MDCY	Samaná	165,780	3.97%
7.	La Isabela International Airport	JBQ/MDJB	Santo Domingo	75,655	48.8%

Source: Banco Central República Dominicana year 2019

2018

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2018)	Change
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	7,886,586	7.6%
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	3,700,582	0.4%
3.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	1,612,523	15%
4.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	875,941	9.4%
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	206,732	1.9%
6.	Samaná El Catey International Airport	AZS/MDCY	Samaná	172,641	25%
7.	La Isabela International Airport	JBQ/MDJB	Santo Domingo	50,838	61.9%

Source: Banco Central República Dominicana year 2018

2017

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2017)	Change
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	7,331,415	6.33%
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	3,687,024	0.35%
3.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	1,400,551	0.2%
4.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	966,985	11.6%
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	210,669	1.84%
6.	Samaná El Catey International Airport	AZS/MDCY	Samaná	138,055	8.2%
7.	La Isabela International Airport	JBQ/MDJB	Santo Domingo	31,405	33.6%

Source: Banco Central República Dominicana year 2017

2016

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2016)	Change
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	6,894,892	8.29%
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	3,673,957	3.86%
3.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	1,397,734	5.92%
4.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	866,647	11.7%
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	214,620	2.81%
6.	Samaná El Catey International Airport	AZS/MDCY	Samaná	127,626	4.67%
7.	La Isabela International Airport	JBQ/MDJB	Santo Domingo	23,502	34.2%

Source: Banco Central República Dominicana year 2016

2015

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2015)	Change
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	6,366,552	9.27%
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	3,537,306	11.80%
3.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	1,319,490	7.56%
4.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	776,149	1.01%
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	208,749	9.74%
6.	Samaná El Catey International Airport	AZS/MDCY	Samaná	121,922	5.79%
7.	La Isabela International Airport	JBQ/MDJB	Santo Domingo	35,719	-

Source: Banco Central República Dominicana year 2015

2014

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2014)
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	5,826,081 12.49%
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	3,163,746 3.99%
3.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	1,226,646 12.31%
4.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	761,937 2.02%
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	231,256 18.11%
6.	Samaná El Catey International Airport	AZS/MDCY	Samaná	115,247 3.6%

Source: Banco Central República Dominicana year 2014

2013

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2013)
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	5,178,979 7.49%
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	3,016,109 3.83%
3.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	1,092,229 0.03%
4.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	746,821 0.27%
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	195,792 13.2%
6.	Samaná El Catey International Airport	AZS/MDCY	Samaná	119,502 6.5%

Source: Banco Central República Dominicana year 2013

2012

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2012)
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	4,817,774 8%
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	3,136,522 2%
3.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	1,092,663 17.6%
4.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	744,754 1.5%
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	225,550 7.6%
6.	Samaná El Catey International Airport	AZS/MDCY	Samaná	112,164 7.8%

Source: Banco Central República Dominicana year 2012

2011

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2011)
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	4,460,583 10.6%
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	3,074,445 1%
3.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	928,944 3.1%
4.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	755,877 14.6%
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	244,081 7.9%
6.	Samaná El Catey International Airport	AZS/MDCY	Samaná	121,718 0.4%

Source: Banco Central República Dominicana year 2011

2010

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2010)
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	4,033,391 5.5%
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	3,044,302 9.4%
3.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	901,080 10.2%
4.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	885,306 17.9%
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	264,947 11.8%
6.	Samaná El Catey International Airport	AZS/MDCY	Samaná	122,229 16.5%

Source: Banco Central República Dominicana year 2010

2009

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2009)
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	3,811,946 2.8%
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	2,756,716 5.2%
3.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	1,038,698 8.1%
4.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	817,518 0.3%
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	296,124 31.5%
6.	Samaná El Catey International Airport	AZS/MDCY	Samaná	102,004 20.3%

Source: Banco Central República Dominicana year 2009

2008

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2008)
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	3,702,826 3.7%
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	2,614,072 2.1%
3.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	1,123,075 1.8%
4.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	820,159 17.2%
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	389,321 10.6%
6.	Samaná El Catey International Airport	AZS/MDCY	Samaná	122,774 3.5%

Source: Banco Central República Dominicana year 2008

2007

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2007)
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	3,566,938 3.3%
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	2,670,098 2.6%
3.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	1,102,852 9.3%
4.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	950,136 2.5%
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	430,432 14.2%
6.	Samaná El Catey International Airport	AZS/MDCY	Samaná	118,449 First Year

Source: Banco Central República Dominicana year 2007

2006

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2006)
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	3,488,534 14.4%
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	2,601,903 1.5%
3.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	1,205,793 2.2%
4.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	973,541 8.1%
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	491,650 3.7%

Source: Banco Central República Dominicana year 2006

2005

	Airport name	IATA/ICAO code	City served	Passengers (2005)
1.	Punta Cana International Airport	PUJ/MDPC	Punta Cana	2,947,106
2.	Las Américas International Airport	SDQ/MDSD	Santo Domingo	2,563,714
3.	Gregorio Luperón International Airport	POP/MDPP	Puerto Plata	1,179,478
4.	Cibao International Airport	STI/MDST	Santiago de los Caballeros	900,252
5.	La Romana International Airport	LRM/MDLR	La Romana	509,713

Source: Banco Central República Dominicana year 2005

See also

• Dominican Republic portal