Presidente Itamar Franco Airport
Presidente Itamar Franco Airport
Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (IATA: IZA, ICAO: SBZM), formerly and still commonly called Zona da Mata Regional Airport, is an airport serving Juiz de Fora, and the region of Zona da Mata, Brazil, located in the municipality of Goianá. Since March 8, 2012 the airport is named after Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco, the 33rd President of Brazil. It is operated by Socicam.
Location
21.513°S, 43.173°O · 411 m s. n. m. (1.348 ft)
General data
Runways · 2
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 1
Flight information
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
The construction of the airport was completed in 2007 but commercial operations began only on August 23, 2011.
In March 2011 Infraero ceased to administrate the airport and Multiterminais Alfandegados do Brasil became the new administrator.
In January 2015, through a public bidding launched by the Government of Minas Gerais, the Presidente Itamar Franco Airport started to be administered by the Concessionária do Aeroporto da Zona da Mata S.A. Archived 2017-10-15 at the Wayback Machine, formed by Socicam Administração, Projetos e Representações Ltda. and Companhia Brasileira de Comércio Exterior (CBCE). Socicam is a company with experience in the administration of bus terminals (such as Tietê Bus Terminal in São Paulo/SP), airport terminals (such as the Airport of Caldas Novas-GO), as well as urban and container terminals.
Airlines operating here · 3
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (IZA). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IZA
MLA
“Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (IZA).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IZA. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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Harvard
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BibTeX
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title = {{Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (IZA)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
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howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IZA}},
urldate = {2026-10-24},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}Wikipedia
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