There are 6 ways to get from San Francisco to Punta Cana by plane, train, shuttle, or bus
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to Punta Cana International Airport
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ)plane SFO - PUJ
12h 15m$430–1,287Caltrain to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Punta Cana International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ)plane SJC - PUJ
14h 48m$252–939Fly San Francisco International Airport to Las Américas International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Las Américas International Airport (SDQ)plane SFO - SDQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Santo Domingo Airport to Punta Cana
13h 32m$370–992Fly San Francisco International Airport to La Romana International Airport, bus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to La Romana International Airport (LRM)plane SFO - LRM
- Take the bus from Sitrabapu Terminal La Romana to Punta Cana Airportbus
18h 7m$389–1,350Fly San Francisco International Airport to Cibao International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Cibao International Airport (STI)plane SFO - STI
- Take a shuttle bus from Santiago de los Caballeros to Punta Cana Airport
17h$915–2,522Train to Sacramento International Airport, fly to Punta Cana International Airport
- Take the train from Richmond to Sacramentotrain
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ)plane SMF - PUJ
16h 16m$413–1,344
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Punta Cana is to train and fly which costs $410 - $1,400 and takes 16h 16m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Punta Cana is to fly which takes 12h 15m and costs $430 - $1,300.
The distance between San Francisco and Punta Cana is 5650 km.
It takes approximately 12h 15m to get from San Francisco to Punta Cana, including transfers.
Punta Cana is 3h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 3:37 AM in San Francisco and 6:37 AM in Punta Cana.
There are 1349+ hotels available in Punta Cana.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic?
Delta, American Airlines, and four other airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ) 5 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Punta Cana International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Punta Cana International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Punta Cana International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Las Américas International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Las Américas International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to La Romana International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cibao International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cibao International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Punta Cana International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Punta Cana International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Las Américas International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cibao International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cibao International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cibao International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Punta Cana International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Punta Cana International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Las Américas International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cibao International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Punta Cana International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cibao International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Punta Cana International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Punta Cana International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Punta Cana International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–650
- Website
- arajet.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Las Américas International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to La Romana International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to La Romana International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 6m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cibao International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $9–12
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Richmond to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 877-255-8178
- Website
- welcomepickups.com
Shuttle from Santo Domingo Airport to Punta Cana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $130
- Website
- https://www.welcomepickups.com/santo-domingo/airport-taxi/
- Phone
- +1 809 682 9670
- [email protected]
- Website
- expresobavaro.com
Bus from Sitrabapu Terminal La Romana to Punta Cana Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Schedules at
- expresobavaro.com
- Expreso Bavaro
- $7
- Phone
- (407) 420-7646
- [email protected]
- Website
- dominicanairporttransfers.com
Shuttle from Santiago de los Caballeros to Punta Cana Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $285
- Website
- https://dominicanairporttransfers.com/
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