Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
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| Serves | Petrolina /Juazeiro | ||||||||||
| Opened | 28 October 1981 (1981-10-28) | ||||||||||
| Time zone | BRT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 386 m / 1,263 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 09°22′03″S040°33′49″W / 9.36750°S 40.56361°W /-9.36750; -40.56361 | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho International Airport (IATA:PNZ,ICAO:SBPL) is the airport servingPetrolina, Pernambuco andJuazeiro, Bahia, Brazil. Since July 8, 2002 it is named after the Petrolina-born Senator Nilo de Sousa Coelho (1920–1983).[5]
It is operated byCCR.
Petrolina Airport handles the export of fresh fruits from theSão 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.[6]Cargolux flies cargo configurated-Boeing 747 aircraft into the airport.
Previously operated byInfraero, on April 7, 2021CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.[7]In 2024, CCR extended and modernized the terminal.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Azul Brazilian Airlines | Campinas,Recife |
| Gol Linhas Aéreas | São Paulo–Guarulhos |
| LATAM Brasil | São Paulo–Guarulhos |
The airport is located 9 km (6 mi) from downtown Petrolina and 15 km (9 mi) from downtown Juazeiro. The main access is made by the BR-235 roadway west of downtown Petrolina.
