Petrolina Airport

Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport
Aeroporto de Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Infraero
Serves Petrolina
Juazeiro
Elevation AMSL 384 m / 1,260 ft
Coordinates 09°22′03″S 040°35′49″W / 9.36750°S 40.59694°W / -9.36750; -40.59694Coordinates: 09°22′03″S 040°35′49″W / 9.36750°S 40.59694°W / -9.36750; -40.59694
Website Infraero PNZ
Map
PNZ
Location in Brazil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,250 10,663 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers 485,495 Increase 8.4%
Aircraft Operations 6,056 Decrease 2.5%
Metric tonnes of cargo 4,784 Increase 30.7%

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.

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[1] with capacity for 17,000 boxes each plus 2 cooler tunnels.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Avianca Brazil Recife, Salvador da Bahia, São Paulo-Guarulhos
Azul Brazilian Airlines Recife, Campinas, Juazeiro do Norte
Gol Airlines São Paulo-Guarulhos

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Cargolux Luxembourg

Accidents and incidents

Access

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Aeroporto de Petrolina-Nilo Coelho" (in Portuguese). Infraero. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "Accident description PP-ZNU". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
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