Petrolina Airport
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| Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport Aeroporto de Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho |
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| IATA: PNZ – ICAO: SBPL | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Infraero | ||||||||||
| Serves | Petrolina Juazeiro |
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| Elevation AMSL | 384 m / 1,260 ft | ||||||||||
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| Website | Infraero PNZ | ||||||||||
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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.
Contents
History
Petrolina Airport handles the export of fresh fruits from the São Francisco valley to Europe and the US. The cargo terminal operates with 6 large coolers[4] with capacity for 17,000 boxes each plus 2 cooler tunnels.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Cargo
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Cargolux | Luxembourg |
| Lufthansa Cargo | Dakar, Frankfurt |
Accidents and incidents
- 28 January 1981: a Sudene Douglas C-47A-90-DL registration PP-ZNU crashed at Petrolina.[5]
Access
The airport is located 9 km (6 mi) from downtown Petrolina and 15 km (9 mi) from downtown Juazeiro.
See also
References
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External links
- Airport information for SBPL at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for SBPL at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Current weather for SBPL at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for PNZ at Aviation Safety Network
