# Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (IZA / SBZM)

**Presidente Itamar Franco Airport** (IATA: IZA, ICAO: SBZM) is a medium airport in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,525 m (8,284 ft). In 2022 it handled 110 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IZA / SBZM
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Elevation: 411 m / 1,348 ft
- Coordinates: -21.5131, -43.1731
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,525 m / 8,284 ft
- Passengers: 110,090 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
- Website: http://www.socicam.com.br/terminais/terminais_aeroportos/aeroporto_presidente_itamar_franco_zona_da_mata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zona_da_Mata_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8073848
- Weather station: SBJF · WMO 83692
- Ident: SBZM

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,525 m / 8,284 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  |  |
| 8/26 | 2,525 m / 8,284 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 18,180 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 65,723 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 27,723 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 97,311 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 133,900 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 143,237 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 128,875 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 151,471 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 47,931 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 42,540 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 110,090 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [GRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgr.md) São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport · Brazil · 400 km / 249 mi · LATAM Brasil
- [CGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbsp.md) Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport · Brazil · 428 km / 266 mi · Gol Transportes Aéreos
- [VCP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbkp.md) Viracopos International Airport · Brazil · 440 km / 273 mi · Azul Brazilian Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- AD [Azul Brazilian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azul-brazilian-airlines) · 1
- G3 [Gol Transportes Aéreos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gol-transportes-aereos) · 1
- JJ [LATAM Brasil](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-brasil) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 110K (2022) | #1,776 of 3,974 | #166 in South America | #60 in BR |
| Longest runway | 2,525 m / 8,284 ft | #2,237 of 29,858 | #129 in South America | #31 in BR |
| Elevation | 411 m / 1,348 ft | =13,341 of 43,403 | =2,912 in South America | =2,277 in BR |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =21 in South America | =4 in BR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | Zona da Mata Radio | 130.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [JDF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbjf.md) Francisco de Assis Airport · 38 km / 24 mi
- [SBBQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbbq.md) Major Brigadeiro Doorgal Borges Airport · 67 km / 41 mi
- [GIG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sbgl.md) Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport · 144 km / 90 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: “Zona da Mata Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zona_da_Mata_Regional_Airport&oldid=1368903402), revision of 11 Aug 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/sbzm/data