Petrolina Airport

Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport Aeroporto de Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho
IATA: PNZ ICAO: SBPL
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 (2016)
Passengers 447,539 1.7% Aircraft Operations 6,211 10.3% Metric tonnes of cargo 3,661 3.4%
Statistics: Infraero Sources: Airport Website,ANAC

Passengers	447,539 1.7%
Aircraft Operations	6,211 10.3%
Metric tonnes of cargo	3,661 3.4%

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.

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

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