Time zone: GMT - 4 hours
Location: In the Caribbean, the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti.
Capital: Santo Domingo
Currency: Dominican peso (currency code DOP)
Languages: Spanish. Business language: Spanish
Airport authority contact information: Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil, Santo Domingo. Telephone: +1 809 (1)221 7909.
Airports: In 2005 the Dominican Republic had 31 airports, 13 of which have paved runways, the most significant of which are:
Las Americas Airport
Puerto Plata Airport
Santo Domingo Las Americas Airport
