List of airports in Bulgaria

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.

Provinces of Bulgaria (click for larger image)

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

Bulgarian airports with number of passengers served in 2010 - 2018:[1][2]

RankAirportCityIATA / ICAO201020112012201320142015201620172018Change
17-18
1.Sofia AirportSofiaSOF / LBSF3,296,9363,474,9333,467,4553,504,3263,815,1584,088,9434,979,7606,490,0966,962,040 7.3%
2.Burgas AirportBurgasBOJ / LBBG1,872,6182,229,0452,356,8652,461,6482,522,3192,360,3202,878,8832,982,3393,277,229 9.9%
3.Varna AirportVarnaVAR / LBWN1,198,9561,163,8841,211,1961,303,6791,387,4941,398,6941,689,5951,970,7002,281,134 15.8%
4.Plovdiv AirportPlovdivPDV / LBPD26,38676,83587,52691,000103,535103,30077,64991,600133,39745.6%
5.Gorna Oryahovitsa AirportVeliko Tarnovo/
Gorna Oryahovitsa		GOZ / LBGO1,177562301281286495235361388 7.5%
TOTAL6,396,0736,945,2597,123,3437,360,9347,828,7927,951,7529,626,12211,535,09612,654,188 9.7%

Airports

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

City served Province ICAO IATA DAFIF Airport name Coordinates
Airports[3]
Burgas / Sarafovo Burgas LBBG BOJ Burgas Airport 42°34′10″N 027°30′54″E
Gorna Oryahovitsa Veliko Tarnovo LBGO GOZ Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport 43°09′05″N 025°42′46″E
Plovdiv / Krumovo Plovdiv LBPD PDV Plovdiv Airport 42°04′04″N 024°51′03″E
Rousse (Ruse) / Shtraklevo Rousse LBRS ROU Ruse Airport (not operational) 43°41′41″N 026°03′24″E
Sofia Sofia-oblast LBSF SOF Sofia Airport 42°41′42″N 023°24′22″E
Stara Zagora Stara Zagora LBSZ SZR Stara Zagora Airport (not operational) 42°22′36″N 025°39′18″E
Varna / Aksakovo Varna LBWN VAR Varna Airport 43°13′55″N 027°49′30″E
Certified airfields[4]
Balchik (Balchic) Dobrich LBWB LB25 Balchik Airfield 43°25′28″N 028°10′51″E
Bohot Pleven LBBO Bohot Airfield 43°18′23″N 024°41′29″E
Grivitsa (Grivitza, Grivica) Pleven LBGR Grivitza Airfield 43°24′00″N 024°46′00″E
Dolna Banya (Dolna Bania) Sofia LBDB Dolna Bania Airfield 42°18′31″N 023°49′13″E
Erden / Bojchinovci Montana LBED Erden Airfield 43°29′57″N 023°18′17″E
Izgrev / Kalimantsi Varna Izgrev Airfield 43°16′38″N 027°42′07″E
Ihtiman Sofia LBHT Ihtiman Airfield 42°25′19″N 023°46′02″E
Kaynardzha Silistra Kaynardzha Airfield 43°58′13″N 027°28′10″E
Lesnovo / Elin Pelin Sofia LBLS Lesnovo Airfield 42°38′04″N 023°38′47″E
Polikraishte Veliko Tarnovo Polikraishte Airfield 43°11′57″N 025°38′27″E
Primorsko Burgas LBPR Primorsko Airfield 42°15′33″N 027°42′11″E
Dolni Rakovets Pernik LBSW Sofia West Airport 42°26′36″N 022°59′00″E
Other airfields
Kazanlak Stara Zagora LBKA Kazanlak Airfield 42°35′41″N 025°25′13″E
Haskovo Haskovo LBHS HKV LB26 Haskovo Malevo Airport 41°52′18″N 025°36′17″E
Military airports
Bezmer Yambol LBIA JAM LB44 Bezmer Air Base 42°27′17″N 026°21′08″E
Buhovtsi (Bukhovtsi) Targovishte LBTG TGV Buhovtsi Airfield (Targovishte Airport) 43°18′24″N 026°42′00″E
Cheshnegirovo Plovdiv LBPS LB23 Cheshnegirovo Air Base 42°6′50″N 24°59′29″E
Dobrich Dobrich-oblast Z08K LB43 Dobrich Air Base 43°36′34″N 027°50′11″E
Dobroslavtsi Sofia-oblast LBSD LB20 Dobroslavtsi Air Base (Kumaritsa) 42°48′44″N 023°17′58″E
Dolna Mitropolia Pleven LBPL PVN LB41 Dolna Mitropolia Air Base 43°27′05″N 024°30′10″E
Gabrovnitsa Montana LBMG LB15 Gabrovnitsa Air Base 43°32′39″N 023°16′21″E
Graf Ignatievo Plovdiv LBPG LB21 Graf Ignatievo Air Base 42°17′25″N 024°42′50″E
Ravnets (Ravnetz) Burgas LBBR Ravnets Air Base 42°31′37″N 027°16′05″E
Silistra Silistra LBSS SLS LB12 Silistra Airfield (Polkovnik Lambrinovo) 44°03′18″N 027°10′43″E
Sliven Sliven LBSL LB17 Sliven Airfield 42°38′46″N 026°21′33″E
Haskovo Haskovo LBHS LB14 Uzundzhovo Air Base 41°58′34″N 025°35′23″E
Vidin Vidin LBVD VID LB40 Vidin Airfield 44°01′20″N 022°48′58″E

See also

References
  • "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.
  • "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. – 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
  1. https://www.sofia-airport.bg/sites/default/files/en-passengers_2017-2018_7.pdf
  2. https://www.fraport.com/content/fraport/en/misc/binaer/traffic-figures/traffic-figures-fraport-group/2018/monthly-traffic-figures/current-group-traffic-figures/jcr:content.file/traffic-sheet-2018-may_en.pdf
  3. "Airports". Bulgarian Civil Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
  4. "Certified Airfields". Bulgarian Civil Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2009.


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