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JFK New York ⇄ PUJ Punta Cana

John F. Kennedy International Airport (United States) and Punta Cana International Airport (Dominican Republic): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance2,508 km1,559 mi1,354 nautical miles
JFK → PUJ3 h 50 minestimated block time
PUJ → JFK3 h 55 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hPunta Cana vs New York, today
Great-circle route from New York (JFK) to Punta Cana (PUJ)JFKNew YorkPUJPunta Cana
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

JFK → PUJ

3 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 167° (SSE).

Leave New York Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Punta Cana Sat 7 Nov, 14:50 local.

PUJ → JFK

3 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 349° (N).

Leave Punta Cana Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive New York Sat 7 Nov, 12:55 local.

The two directions differ by 6 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance2,508 km · 1,559 mi · 1,354 nmi
Initial heading167° (SSE) from JFK; 349° (N) from PUJ
Farthest from the equator40.6°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip13% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

JFKAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
PUJAmerica/Santo_Domingo — UTC−4 now; UTC−4 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferencePunta Cana is on the same clock as New York today; +1 h in January and ±0 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying JFK → PUJ. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

JFK John F. Kennedy International AirportNew York, United States · longest runway 14,511 ft4,423 m PUJ Punta Cana International AirportPunta Cana, Dominican Republic · longest runway 10,171 ft3,100 m

More routes from JFK and PUJ

JFKBOS New York – Boston 300 km186 mi · 1 h 20 min JFKMEX New York – Mexico City 3,365 km2,091 mi · 5 h 05 min JFKMAD New York – Madrid 5,760 km3,579 mi · 7 h JFKFCO New York – Rome 6,866 km4,267 mi · 8 h 10 min JFKNRT New York – Tokyo 10,830 km6,729 mi · 13 h 50 min SINJFK Singapore – New York 15,341 km9,532 mi · 18 h 30 min YYZPUJ Toronto – Punta Cana 2,984 km1,854 mi · 4 h 20 min

Routes of a similar length

LAXMEX Los Angeles – Mexico City 2,500 km1,554 mi · 3 h 45 min ADDDXB Addis Ababa – Dubai 2,519 km1,565 mi · 3 h 50 min LHRIST London – Istanbul 2,487 km1,546 mi · 3 h 40 min DUSAYT Düsseldorf – Antalya 2,479 km1,540 mi · 3 h 40 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).