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List of airports in Bulgaria

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Locations of Bulgarian airports with commercial airline services. Bold indicates international airports.


This is a list of airports in Bulgaria. It is a partial list of public active aerodromes (airports and airfields), grouped by type and sorted by location.

The Republic of Bulgaria is a country in the Balkans in southeastern Europe. It borders five other countries: Romania to the north (mostly along the River Danube), Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Greece and Turkey to the south. The Black Sea defines the extent of the country to the east. The country's capital city is Sofia. Bulgaria is divided into 28 provinces which are subdivided into 265 municipalities.

Passenger statistics

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Bulgarian airports with number of passengers served:[1][2]

Rank Airport City IATA / ICAO 2010 2015 2019 2020 2022 2023 Change
1. Sofia Airport Sofia SOF /

LBSF

3,296,936 4,088,943 7,107,096 2,937,846 6,003,653[3] 7,208,987 Increase 20.8%
2. Burgas Airport Burgas BOJ /

LBBG

1,872,618 2,360,320 2,885,776 424,252 1,643,581[4] 1,848,169 Increase 12.4%
3. Varna Airport Varna VAR / LBWN 1,198,956 1,398,694 2,084,319 622,215 1,484,186[4] 1,838,828 Increase 23.9%
4. Plovdiv Airport Plovdiv PDV / LBPD 26,386 103,300 77,309 42,120 221,721 183,988 Decrease 17.0%
5. Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport Veliko Tarnovo/

Gorna Oryahovitsa

GOZ / LBGO 1,177 495 235 95 136 196 Increase 44.1%
TOTAL 6,396,073 7,951,752 12,154,735 4,026,528 9,353,277 11,080,168 Increase 18.4%

Airports

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Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.

City served Province ICAO IATA DAFIF Airport name Coordinates
Airports[5]
Burgas / Sarafovo Burgas LBBG BOJ Burgas Airport 42°34′10″N 027°30′54″E / 42.56944°N 27.51500°E / 42.56944; 27.51500 (Burgas Airport)
Gorna Oryahovitsa Veliko Tarnovo LBGO GOZ Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport 43°09′05″N 025°42′46″E / 43.15139°N 25.71278°E / 43.15139; 25.71278 (Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport)
Plovdiv / Krumovo Plovdiv LBPD PDV Plovdiv Airport 42°04′04″N 024°51′03″E / 42.06778°N 24.85083°E / 42.06778; 24.85083 (Plovdiv Airport)
Rousse (Ruse) / Shtraklevo Rousse LBRS ROU Ruse Airport (no scheduled passenger services) 43°41′41″N 026°03′24″E / 43.69472°N 26.05667°E / 43.69472; 26.05667 (Ruse Airport)
Sofia Sofia-oblast LBSF SOF Sofia Airport 42°41′42″N 023°24′22″E / 42.69500°N 23.40611°E / 42.69500; 23.40611 (Sofia Airport)
Stara Zagora Stara Zagora LBSZ SZR Stara Zagora Airport (not operational) 42°22′36″N 025°39′18″E / 42.37667°N 25.65500°E / 42.37667; 25.65500 (Stara Zagora Airport)
Varna / Aksakovo Varna LBWN VAR Varna Airport 43°13′55″N 027°49′30″E / 43.23194°N 27.82500°E / 43.23194; 27.82500 (Varna Airport)
Vidin Vidin LBVD VID LB40 Vidin Airport (not operational) 44°01′20″N 022°48′58″E / 44.02222°N 22.81611°E / 44.02222; 22.81611 (Vidin Airfield)
Certified airfields[6]
Balchik (Balchic) Dobrich LBWB LB25 Balchik Airfield 43°25′28″N 028°10′51″E / 43.42444°N 28.18083°E / 43.42444; 28.18083 (Balchik Airfield)
Blagoevo Razgrad LBBL Blagoevo Airfield 43°27′19″N 26°25′54″E
Bohot Pleven LBBO Bohot Airfield 43°18′23″N 024°41′29″E / 43.30639°N 24.69139°E / 43.30639; 24.69139 (Bohot-LM Airfield)
Grivitsa (Grivitza, Grivica) Pleven LBGR Grivitza Airfield 43°24′00″N 024°46′00″E / 43.40000°N 24.76667°E / 43.40000; 24.76667 (Grivitza Airfield)
Dolna Banya (Dolna Bania) Sofia LBDB Dolna Bania Airfield 42°18′31″N 023°49′13″E / 42.30861°N 23.82028°E / 42.30861; 23.82028 (Dolna Bania Airfield)
Erden / Bojchinovci Montana LBRD Erden Airfield 43°29′57″N 023°18′17″E / 43.49917°N 23.30472°E / 43.49917; 23.30472 (Erden Airfield)
Izgrev / Kalimantsi Varna Izgrev Airfield 43°16′38″N 027°42′07″E / 43.27722°N 27.70194°E / 43.27722; 27.70194 (Izgrev Airfield)
Ihtiman Sofia LBHT Ihtiman Airfield 42°25′19″N 023°46′02″E / 42.42194°N 23.76722°E / 42.42194; 23.76722 (Ihtiman Airfield)
Kaynardzha Silistra Kaynardzha Airfield 43°58′13″N 027°28′10″E / 43.97028°N 27.46944°E / 43.97028; 27.46944 (Kaynardzha Airfield)
Lesnovo / Elin Pelin Sofia LBLS Lesnovo Airfield 42°38′04″N 023°38′47″E / 42.63444°N 23.64639°E / 42.63444; 23.64639 (Lesnovo Airfield)
Polikraishte Veliko Tarnovo Polikraishte Airfield 43°11′57″N 025°38′27″E / 43.19917°N 25.64083°E / 43.19917; 25.64083 (Polikraishte Airfield)
Primorsko Burgas LBPR Primorsko Airfield 42°15′33″N 027°42′11″E / 42.25917°N 27.70306°E / 42.25917; 27.70306 (Primorsko Airfield)
Dolni Rakovets Pernik LBSW Sofia West Airport 42°26′36″N 022°59′00″E / 42.44333°N 22.98333°E / 42.44333; 22.98333 (Sofia West Airport)
Other airfields
Kazanlak Stara Zagora LBKA Kazanlak Airfield 42°35′41″N 025°25′13″E / 42.59472°N 25.42028°E / 42.59472; 25.42028 (Kazanlak Airfield)
Haskovo Haskovo LBHS HKV LB26 Haskovo Malevo Airport 41°52′18″N 025°36′17″E / 41.87167°N 25.60472°E / 41.87167; 25.60472 (Malevo Airport)
Military airports
Bezmer Yambol LBIA JAM LB44 Bezmer Air Base 42°27′17″N 026°21′08″E / 42.45472°N 26.35222°E / 42.45472; 26.35222 (Bezmer Air Base)
Buhovtsi (Bukhovtsi) Targovishte LBTG TGV Buhovtsi Airfield (Targovishte Airport) 43°18′24″N 026°42′00″E / 43.30667°N 26.70000°E / 43.30667; 26.70000 (Buhovtsi Airfield)
Cheshnegirovo Plovdiv LBPS LB23 Cheshnegirovo Air Base 42°6′50″N 24°59′29″E / 42.11389°N 24.99139°E / 42.11389; 24.99139 (Cheshnegirovo Air Base)
Dobrich Dobrich-oblast Z08K LB43 Dobrich Air Base 43°36′34″N 027°50′11″E / 43.60944°N 27.83639°E / 43.60944; 27.83639 (Dobrich Air Base)
Dobroslavtsi Sofia-oblast LBSD LB20 Dobroslavtsi Air Base (Kumaritsa) 42°48′44″N 023°17′58″E / 42.81222°N 23.29944°E / 42.81222; 23.29944 (Dobroslavtsi Air Base)
Dolna Mitropolia Pleven LBPL PVN LB41 Dolna Mitropolia Air Base 43°27′05″N 024°30′10″E / 43.45139°N 24.50278°E / 43.45139; 24.50278 (Dolna Mitropolia Air Base)
Gabrovnitsa Montana LBMG LB15 Gabrovnitsa Air Base 43°32′39″N 023°16′21″E / 43.54417°N 23.27250°E / 43.54417; 23.27250 (Gabrovnitsa Air Base)
Graf Ignatievo Plovdiv LBPG LB21 Graf Ignatievo Air Base 42°17′25″N 024°42′50″E / 42.29028°N 24.71389°E / 42.29028; 24.71389 (Graf Ignatievo Air Base)
Ravnets (Ravnetz) Burgas LBBR Ravnets Air Base 42°31′37″N 027°16′05″E / 42.52694°N 27.26806°E / 42.52694; 27.26806 (Ravnets Air Base)
Silistra Silistra LBSS SLS LB12 Silistra Airfield (Polkovnik Lambrinovo) 44°03′18″N 027°10′43″E / 44.05500°N 27.17861°E / 44.05500; 27.17861 (Silistra Airfield)
Sliven Sliven LBSL LB17 Sliven Airfield 42°38′46″N 026°21′33″E / 42.64611°N 26.35917°E / 42.64611; 26.35917 (Sliven Airfield)
Haskovo Haskovo LBHS LB14 Uzundzhovo Air Base 41°58′34″N 025°35′23″E / 41.97611°N 25.58972°E / 41.97611; 25.58972 (Uzundzhovo Air Base)

See also

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References

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  • "Map of Bulgarian Airports and Certified Airfields". Bulgarian Civil Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on 2009-10-27.
  • "ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 17 September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  • "IATA Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association.
  • "UN Location Codes: Bulgaria". UN/LOCODE 2012-1. UNECE. 14 September 2012. – includes IATA codes
  • "Airports in Bulgaria". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) – ICAO codes
  • "Airports in Bulgaria". Great Circle Mapper. – IATA and ICAO codes
  • and Herzegovina Airport records for Bosnia and Herzegovina at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-09-03

Footnotes

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  1. ^ https://www.sofia-airport.bg/sites/default/files/en-passengers_2017-2018_7.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2019-01-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "ЛЕТИЩЕ СОФИЯ ОБСЛУЖИ НАД 6 МЛН. ПЪТНИЦИ ПРЕЗ 2022 Г."
  4. ^ a b "Летищата Бургас и Варна с общо 59% ръст на обслужените пътници през 2022 г." 6 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Airports". Bulgarian Civil Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
  6. ^ "Certified Airfields". Bulgarian Civil Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2009.