AirportsSenador Nilo Coelho Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Petrolina, in Pernambuco, Brazil. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is PNZ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- PNZ
- ICAO code
- SBPL
- City
- Petrolina
- State or region
- Pernambuco
- Country
- Brazil
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 9.3624° S, 40.5691° W
- Elevation
- 385 m (1,263 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,760 m (9,055 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, PNZ means Senador Nilo Coelho Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SBPL. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 9.3624° S, 40.5691° W. It stands 385 metres (1,263 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Recife, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Senador Nilo Coelho Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,760 metres (9,055 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 129 airports of Brazil on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 11.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 2,760 m 9,055 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Paulo Afonso AirportPaulo Afonso | PAV | 254 km |
| Orlando Bezerra de Menezes AirportJuazeiro do Norte | JDO | 278 km |
| Santa Magalhães AirportSerra Talhada | SET | 286 km |
| Pedro Vieira Moreira AirportCajazeiras | CJZ | 350 km |
| Coronel Horácio de Mattos AirportLençóis | LEC | 355 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,198 km | 16 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,798 km | 15 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,043 km | 13 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,778 km | 9 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,520 km | 8 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,487 km | 11 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,996 km | 19 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 17,103 km | 21 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,042 km | 18 h 35 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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