Airports / Brazil / IZA
Presidente Itamar Franco Airport
SBZM / IZAJuiz de Fora, BrazilELEV 1,348 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
21 nm
To the nearest alternate
Francisco de Assis Airport (JDF) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (SBZM / IZA) operates as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 1,348 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into IZA for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Francisco de Assis Airport (JDF, 21 nm), Major Brigadeiro Doorgal Borges Airport (SBBQ, 36 nm), and Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG, 78 nm).
Charter pricing from IZA depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under SDZY and Zona da Mata Regional Airport. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Juiz de Fora.
Field capability
ICAO
SBZM
IATA
IZA
FAA / Local
SBZM
Elevation
1,348 ft
Coordinates
21.5131° S · 43.1731° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Brazil fields
state range 8–4,138 ft
At 1,348 ft, IZA sits higher than 61% of the 138 Brazil fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 21nmJDFFrancisco de Assis AirportJuiz de Fora
- 36nmSBBQMajor Brigadeiro Doorgal Borges AirportBarbacena
- 78nmGIGRio Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportRio De Janeiro
- 83nmSBAFCampo Délio Jardim de Mattos AirportRio de Janeiro
- 84nmSDUSantos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro
- 89nmRRJJacarepaguá - Roberto Marinho AirportRio de Janeiro
Location
Open the full mapSBZM · Presidente Itamar Franco Airport · Juiz de Fora, Brazil