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YYZ Toronto ⇄ PUJ Punta Cana

Toronto Pearson International Airport (Canada) and Punta Cana International Airport (Dominican Republic): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance2,984 km1,854 mi1,611 nautical miles
YYZ → PUJ4 h 20 minestimated block time
PUJ → YYZ4 h 35 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hPunta Cana vs Toronto, today
Great-circle route from Toronto (YYZ) to Punta Cana (PUJ)YYZTorontoPUJPunta 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

YYZ → PUJ

4 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 156° (SSE).

Leave Toronto Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Punta Cana Sat 7 Nov, 15:20 local.

PUJ → YYZ

4 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 342° (NNW).

Leave Punta Cana Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Toronto Sat 7 Nov, 13:35 local.

The two directions differ by 12 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 distance2,984 km · 1,854 mi · 1,611 nmi
Initial heading156° (SSE) from YYZ; 342° (NNW) from PUJ
Farthest from the equator43.7°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip15% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

YYZAmerica/Toronto — 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 Toronto 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 YYZ → 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

YYZ Toronto Pearson International AirportToronto, Canada · longest runway 11,120 ft3,389 m PUJ Punta Cana International AirportPunta Cana, Dominican Republic · longest runway 10,171 ft3,100 m

More routes from YYZ and PUJ

YULYYZ Montreal – Toronto 507 km315 mi · 1 h 40 min YYZMCO Toronto – Orlando 1,702 km1,058 mi · 3 h YYZYYC Toronto – Calgary 2,689 km1,671 mi · 4 h 25 min YYZDUB Toronto – Dublin 5,261 km3,269 mi · 6 h 35 min YYZCDG Toronto – Paris 6,020 km3,741 mi · 7 h 20 min YYZHKG Toronto – Hong Kong 12,548 km7,797 mi · 15 h 35 min JFKPUJ New York – Punta Cana 2,508 km1,559 mi · 3 h 50 min

Routes of a similar length

YULCUN Montreal – Cancún 2,969 km1,845 mi · 4 h 35 min SFOORD San Francisco – Chicago 2,964 km1,842 mi · 4 h 05 min HKGNRT Hong Kong – Tokyo 2,962 km1,841 mi · 4 h 10 min DXBIST Dubai – Istanbul 3,030 km1,883 mi · 4 h 45 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).