# Senador Nilo Coelho Airport (PNZ / SBPL)

**Senador Nilo Coelho Airport** (IATA: PNZ, ICAO: SBPL) is a medium airport in Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil. It opened on 28 Oct 1981. It has one runway, 2,760 m (9,055 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Infraero. In 2022 it handled 421 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbpl

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PNZ / SBPL
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Infraero
- Serves: Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
- Opened: 28 Oct 1981
- Elevation: 385 m / 1,263 ft
- Coordinates: -9.3624, -40.5691
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,760 m / 9,055 ft
- Passengers: 421,426 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Recife
- Website: http://www4.infraero.gov.br/aeroportos/aeroporto-de-petrolina-senador-nilo-coelho/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrolina_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2587312
- Weather station: SBPL · WMO 82984
- Ident: SBPL

## Timeline

- 28 Oct 1981: Senador Nilo Coelho Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 2,760 m / 9,055 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 110° / 290° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 368,239 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 461,586 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 459,832 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 495,511 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 448,460 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 456,278 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 501,897 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 483,596 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 386,520 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 210,544 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 299,387 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 421,426 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [SSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbsv.md) Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport · Brazil · 464 km / 288 mi · Gol Transportes Aéreos
- [REC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbrf.md) Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport · Brazil · 636 km / 395 mi · LATAM Brasil
- [GRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgr.md) São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · Brazil · 1,686 km / 1,048 mi · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from PNZ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- G3 [Gol Transportes Aéreos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gol-transportes-aereos) · 2
- JJ [LATAM Brasil](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-brasil) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 421K (2022) | #1,191 of 3,974 | #104 in South America | #41 in BR |
| Longest runway | 2,760 m / 9,055 ft | =1,716 of 29,858 | =92 in South America | #14 in BR |
| Elevation | 385 m / 1,263 ft | =14,266 of 43,403 | =3,144 in South America | =2,487 in BR |
| Age | Opened 1981 | =8,229 of 15,079 | =121 in South America | =64 in BR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =31 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | RDO | 125.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [SDC4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sdc4.md) Condomínio Aeronáutico Hangar Fly Residence Airport · 12 km / 7.2 mi
- [BR-2437](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-2437.md) Fazenda Mariad Airport · 23 km / 15 mi
- [SNAV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/snav.md) Agrovale Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [BR-2168](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-2168.md) Sobradinho Airport · 30 km / 19 mi
- [SDFX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sdfx.md) Casa Nova Airport · 46 km / 29 mi
- [BR-2155](https://dromopedia.com/airports/br-2155.md) Juazeiro Airport · 57 km / 36 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Petrolina Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Petrolina_Airport&oldid=1374395129), revision of 11 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbpl/data