Arriving at Puerto Plata Airport
One hall, one exit, fifteen minutes on a normal day.
Arrival instructions, step by step
A small, relaxed terminal with one arrivals exit. Fifteen minutes from the aircraft to your vehicle on a normal day.
The e-Ticket and immigration
The Dominican e-Ticket is free and filled online before you fly; have the QR ready. The tourist card is already included in almost every airline ticket.
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.
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.
Baggage claim and customs
One hall, then customs. Checks are quick.
Porters and helpers
Porters expect a tip; two or three dollars is plenty. Keep your own cart if you would rather not.
Find the sign
Your driver waits outside the arrivals doors with an eTransfers sign. Photo and plate are in MyTrip before you land.
Fifteen minutes to Sosua
Sosua is ten to fifteen minutes, Cabarete twenty, Playa Dorada and Puerto Plata town twenty-five to thirty.
Meeting point by terminal
Your confirmation names your terminal. Here is where we stand at each one.
Outside the arrivals doors, by the eTransfers sign.
2 min walk · American, JetBlue, United…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 Puerto Plata Airport
Tipping is normal, but agree it is a tip and not a fee. Two or three dollars covers it.
Driver name, photo and plate are in MyTrip before you land.
The transfer is prepaid. No driver of ours asks for the fare on arrival.
Motoconchos are everywhere on the north coast and are not the way to travel with luggage, at night, or with children.
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. Immigration lines never count 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.
Puerto Plata Airport transfer questions
How far is Sosua? And Cabarete?
Is there a fee to enter the country?
Can you carry kites and boards?
Which airlines fly here?
Do you go to Samana or Santiago?
Where does my driver wait?
Written and kept up to date by our own team at Gregorio Luperon International Airport · reviewed September 30, 2026
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