Connecting at Las Américas - Santo Domingo airport

Connection time calculator, immigration and security, and how to move between terminals at SDQ.

How connections work at SDQ

At Santo Domingo Las Américas airport, passengers connecting between two international flights can usually stay in the transit area without going through immigration.

The airport has 2 terminals or concourses (Terminal A, Terminal B). All of them are connected after security, so you do not need to clear security again to change.

Connecting passengers go through a transfer security screening.

Connection time calculator

Is your layover at SDQ long enough? Pick your connection and get an estimate with the times of this airport.

Terminals / concourses: Terminal A, Terminal B

Getting between them: Walking inside the terminal

Las Américas uses a single terminal building, so there are no transfers between terminals. Transit passengers follow the Transit Passengers signs after leaving the plane and, just before immigration, turn right to a security checkpoint that leads to the departure gates.

  • Plane-to-plane transfers usually take 10 to 25 minutes; the transit security queue rarely takes more than 5 minutes.

Estimate based on typical times at this airport, not your airline's official minimum connection time. Immigration and security lines change with the time of day and season. On a single ticket, the airline must rebook you if you miss the connection; on separate tickets, it does not.

Sources: cestee.com.

Times are estimates: always check with your airline.

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