PNZSBPL

Senador Nilo Coelho Airport

Petrolina, Brazil · Latin America

Latin America America/Fortaleza

4direct destinations

3airlines

1runway

2,760 mLongest runway

1981opened

Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho International Airport (IATA: PNZ, ICAO: SBPL) is the airport serving Petrolina, Pernambuco and Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil. Since July 8, 2002 it is named after the Petrolina-born Senator Nilo de Sousa Coelho (1920–1983). It is operated by Motiva.

Location

9.362°S, 40.569°O · 385 m s. n. m. (1.263 ft)

General data

CountryBrazil

CityPetrolina

IATA codePNZ

ICAO codeSBPL

Coordinates9.362°S, 40.569°O

Elevation385 m s. n. m. (1.263 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Fortaleza

Runways1

Longest runway2,760 m

OperatorInfraero

Opened1981

Direct destinations4

Official website

Runways · 1

13/31

Length2,760 m9,055 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

Flight information

125.700RDO

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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

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. Cargolux flies cargo configurated-Boeing 747 aircraft into the airport.

Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021 CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport. On April 26, 2025 CCR was rebranded as Motiva.

On November 18, 2025 the entire airports portfolio of Motiva was sold to the Mexican airport operator ASUR. Motiva will cease to operate airports. The transaction was completed on August 31, 2026.

Airlines operating here · 3

Other airlines with direct routes

Azul Brazilian Airlines Gol Transportes Aéreos LATAM Brasil

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: EdilsonCarlosPetrolina · CC BY-SA 4.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Senador Nilo Coelho Airport (PNZ). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PNZ

MLA

“Senador Nilo Coelho Airport (PNZ).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PNZ. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Senador Nilo Coelho Airport (PNZ). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PNZ (Accessed: 24 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_pnz,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Senador Nilo Coelho Airport (PNZ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PNZ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PNZ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

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