List of airports in Bulgaria
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
[edit]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 |  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 | 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 | 23.9%
|
| 4. | Plovdiv Airport | Plovdiv | PDV / LBPD | 26,386 | 103,300 | 77,309 | 42,120 | 221,721 | 183,988 |  17.0%
|
| 5. | Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport | Veliko Tarnovo/ | GOZ / LBGO | 1,177 | 495 | 235 | 95 | 136 | 196 | 44.1%
|
| TOTAL | 6,396,073 | 7,951,752 | 12,154,735 | 4,026,528 | 9,353,277 | 11,080,168 | 18.4%
| |||
Airports
[edit]Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
See also
[edit]- Bulgarian Air Force
- Transport in Bulgaria
- List of Bulgarian Air Force Bases
- List of airlines of Bulgaria
- List of airports by ICAO code: L#LB – Bulgaria
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Europe#Bulgaria
References
[edit]- "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
[edit]- ^ https://www.sofia-airport.bg/sites/default/files/en-passengers_2017-2018_7.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "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) - ^ "ЛЕТИЩЕ СОФИЯ ОБСЛУЖИ НАД 6 МЛН. ПЪТНИЦИ ПРЕЗ 2022 Г."
- ^ a b "Летищата Бургас и Варна с общо 59% ръст на обслужените пътници през 2022 г." 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Airports". Bulgarian Civil Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
- ^ "Certified Airfields". Bulgarian Civil Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2009.