The three busiest airports in the country, Punta Cana, Las Américas and Cibao, were responsible for 94% of total passenger traffic, to/from the Dominican Republic in April 2022.
It led the one in Punta Cana, with 747,170 passengers transported, which represents 55% of the total. According to statistics obtained from the Civil Aviation Board (JAC) database. The one in La Romana had a decrease, going from averaging more than 70 thousand passengers per month in the period November 2021-February 2022, to 11 thousand in April 2022, due to the Russian-Ukrainian war.
In April 2022, for the second consecutive month, this airport sets a particular month mark, with 364,931 passengers carried, surpassing the number of passengers in April 2019 with an additional 31,914 passengers.
This is the second fastest growing airport in the country, with a 10% increase in passenger traffic, compared to the number of passengers carried in April 2019.
Only Cibao Airport grew at a faster rate. The US airlines, JetBlue, American, Delta and United, were responsible for 62% of the total passenger traffic at this airport, mainly connecting with New York and Miami.
The Cibao airport is the third busiest and fastest growing airport in the Dominican Republic, with 151,647 passengers transported in April 2022. This number represents a growth of 15%, compared to April 2019 and also breaks a record for the largest number of passengers in the month of April, exceeding the record number set last year by only one hundred passengers. The number of passenger traffic already mentioned is the largest to date in the year 2022 and the largest since September 2021 (8 months). The Punta Cana airport is the busiest in the country.
