Petrolina Airport

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Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport

Aeroporto de Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorInfraero / CCR
ServesPetrolina
Juazeiro
Opened28 October 1981 (1981-10-28)
Time zoneTime in Brazil (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL384 m / 1,260 ft
Coordinates09°22′03″S 040°33′49″W / 9.36750°S 40.56361°W / -9.36750; -40.56361Coordinates: 09°22′03″S 040°33′49″W / 9.36750°S 40.56361°W / -9.36750; -40.56361
Websitewww4.infraero.gov.br/aeroportos/aeroporto-de-petrolina-senador-nilo-coelho/
Map
PNZ is located in Brazil
PNZ
PNZ
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,250 10,663 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers210,544 Decrease 49%
Aircraft Operations4,298 Decrease 22%
Metric tonnes of cargo984 Decrease 71%
Statistics: Infraero[1]
Sources: Airport Website,[2] ANAC[3]

Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport (IATA: PNZ, ICAO: SBPL) is the airport serving Petrolina, Pernambuco and Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil. It is named after the Petrolina-born Senator Nilo de Sousa Coelho (1920–1983).

It is operated by Infraero and CCR.

History[]

Petrolina Airport handles the export of fresh fruits from the São Francisco valley to Europe and the United States. The cargo terminal operates with 6 large coolers[4] with capacity for 17,000 boxes each plus 2 cooler tunnels.

Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021 CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.[5]

Airlines and destinations[]

Passenger[]

AirlinesDestinations
Azul Brazilian Airlines Campinas, Recife
Gol Transportes Aéreos Salvador da Bahia, São Paulo–Guarulhos
LATAM Brasil São Paulo–Guarulhos
Voepass Linhas Aéreas Juazeiro do Norte

Cargo[]

AirlinesDestinations
Cargolux Luxembourg
Lufthansa Cargo Frankfurt

Access[]

The airport is located 9 km (6 mi) from downtown Petrolina and 15 km (9 mi) from downtown Juazeiro.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Estatísticas". Infraero (in Portuguese). 10 February 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Aeroporto Sen. Nilo Coelho". Infraero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Aeródromos". ANAC (in Portuguese). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Aeroporto de Petrolina-Nilo Coelho" (in Portuguese). Infraero. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  5. ^ "Governo federal arrecada R$ 3,3 bilhões com leilão de 22 aeroportos". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 April 2021.

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