PNZ — Senador Nilo Coelho Airport
- IATA code
- PNZ
- ICAO code
- SBPL
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 538,642
- Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
- Nonstop routes
- 5
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−3
- America/Recife
- Elevation
- 385 m
- 1,263 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 2,760 m
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About PNZ
Senador Nilo Coelho Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Petrolina, Brazil. It opened in 1981 and is run by Infraero. 538,642 passengers used it in Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Open traffic data shows 5 nonstop routes from PNZ.
Wikidata (CC0) · ANAC (CC BY). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from PNZ
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| PNZ → GRU | 1,679 km | 345,169 |
| PNZ → VCP | 1,664 km | 88,502 |
| PNZ → REC | 636 km | 77,852 |
| PNZ → SSA | 463 km | 26,906 |
| PNZ → VIX | 1,206 km | 213 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports, ANAC (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026) for routes in and out of Brazil. Routes outside these are not counted.
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| PAV | Paulo Afonso Airport | 254 km |
| JDO | Orlando Bezerra de Menezes Airport | 278 km |
| SET | Santa Magalhães Airport | 286 km |
| CJZ | Pedro Vieira Moreira Airport | 350 km |
| LEC | Coronel Horácio de Mattos Airport | 355 km |
Distance from PNZ to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 2,760 m | 45 m | Asphalt |
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Location
Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil · -9.3624, -40.5691
Questions
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