Arriving at Punta Cana Airport

Punta Cana International Airport

Arrival instructions, step by step

The most pleasant arrival in the Caribbean: open-air terminals with palm-frond roofs and a short walk to the pickup area.

1. The e-Ticket and immigration

   The Dominican e-Ticket is free and filled online before you fly; have the QR ready on your phone. The tourist card is already included in almost every airline ticket, so nobody at the airport should charge you for it again.

2. Have your return ticket handy

   Since 28 April 2023 the airline is required to check that every foreign passenger holds an onward or return ticket. Without one you can be refused entry, and the check happens at the counter, not on landing.

3. Flying in from Brazil or Venezuela? Yellow fever

   The Dominican Republic requires an international vaccination certificate from anyone arriving from Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo, and from every passenger coming from Venezuela. It has to be at least ten days old. Confirm with your airline before you fly.

4. Baggage claim and customs

   Collect your bags and walk through customs. Random checks are quick.

5. Porters and helpers

   Porters at the belt expect a tip and “helpers” who take your cart expect more. Keep your own cart until you reach your driver; a dollar or two is plenty if you do want the help.

6. Out into the open air

   There is no timeshare hall here. You walk out of the terminal into the covered pickup area.

7. Find the sign

   Your driver waits in the pickup area with an eTransfers sign. Photo and plate are in MyTrip before you land.

8. Twenty minutes to Bavaro

   Cap Cana is 15 minutes, Bavaro and Punta Cana village 20 to 30, Uvero Alto about an hour on the coastal road.

Meeting point by terminal

Your confirmation names your terminal. Here is where we stand at each one.

How to recognize your driver

• Name and photoSent by WhatsApp the evening before, with the vehicle plates.
• The eTransfers signBlue sign, white logo, your name in large letters.
• Uniform and vehicleNavy polo with the logo. The vehicle model and plates match your message.
• Live locationAsk IAN and we send the driver’s live location while you walk out.

What to watch for at Punta Cana Airport

What happens if your flight moves

• We track your flight numberFrom the moment you book. If the schedule moves, we move the pickup before you land.
• The driver waits, at no chargeSixty minutes after landing on international flights, thirty on domestic. The immigration lineup never counts against you.
• If you miss the flight entirelyMessage us with the new flight number. With Premium, changing the date or the time is free up to 12 hours before the original pickup; with Economy it is your one included change, with 24 hours’ notice. Outside those windows, we move it subject to availability.

Punta Cana Airport transfer questions

Written and kept up to date by our own team at Punta Cana International Airport · reviewed September 30, 2026