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Sofia Airport

Sofia Airport (IATA: SOF, ICAO: LBSF) is the main international airport of Bulgaria, located 10 km (6.2 mi) east of the centre of the capital Sofia. In 2025 the airport surpassed 8 million passengers for the first time. The airport serves as the home base for BH Air, Bulgaria Air, European Air Charter and GullivAir, and as a base for both Ryanair and…

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Owner
State-owned
Location
Sofia, Bulgaria
Aircraft movements
65,764
Airport type
Public / Military
Cargo (t)
21,887
Cargo change 23-24
11.2%

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Sofia Airport

Nodes74
Edges73
Triples142
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027027
Components1

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Sofia Airport

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related to Development since the 1990s · 25
Sofia Airport → Airbus A310s, April, Balkan Bulgarian Airlines, Blvd Tsarigradsko, Boeing, Bulgarian, Connection, December, Design, European, Jes Air, June, Kuwaiti, New York City, Ottawa, Over, Passengers, Project, Sofia, Sofia Airport Metro Station
related to Early years · 14
Sofia Airport → Aeroput, Belgrade, Construction, Electra, From June, Lockheed Model, On, September, Sofia, Tsar Boris III, Two, Village, Vrazhdebna, Yugoslav
related to Control tower · 13
Sofia Airport → August, BULATSA, December, Diyan Dinev, Glavbolgarstroy AD, Glavbolgartroy AD, Ivaylo Moskovski, Nina Stoyanova, Pavel Kalistratov, PM Boyko Borisov, Sofia, The, This
related to Rose Air Technik · 10
Sofia Airport → Balkans, C-Check, Europe, It, July, On, Rose Air, The, This, Wizz Air
related to Runway system · 10
Sofia Airport → At, August, ICAO, IIIB, Iskar, New, On, The, They, Two
related to Terminal 3 · 9
Sofia Airport → Bulgarian, Eastern Europe, It, Skytrax, SOF Connect, Terminal, The, This, VIP
related to Train · 8
Sofia Airport → April, Bulgarian, Iskarsko, M4, Metro Station, Situated, Sofia Airport Metro Station, Terminal
related to Car · 7
Sofia Airport → A1, Brussels Boulevard, Terminal, There, Trakia, Tsarigradsko, Via Brussels Boulevard
related to Other facilities · 7
Sofia Airport → Air Detachment, President, Prime Minister, Terminal, The, The Government, The VIP
Operating base for · 4
Sofia Airport → BH Air, European Air Charter, Ryanair, Wizz Air

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airport sofia terminal new bulgarian air bulgaria runway passengers base million opened east airlines passenger years located european construction operations

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Sofia AirportAircraft movements65,7641.00infobox
Sofia AirportAirport typePublic / Military1.00infobox
Sofia AirportCargo (t)21,8871.00infobox
Sofia AirportCargo change 23-2411.2%1.00infobox
Sofia AirportCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Sofia AirportDirectionDirection Length Surface m ft 09/27 3,600 11,811 Asphalt1.00infobox
Sofia AirportElevation AMSL531 m (1,742 ft)1.00infobox
Sofia AirportHub forBulgaria Air1.00infobox
Sofia AirportLocationSofia, Bulgaria1.00infobox
Sofia AirportMovements change 23-248.6%1.00infobox
Sofia AirportOpened16 September 1937; 88 years ago (1937-09-16)1.00infobox
Sofia AirportOperating base forBH Air1.00infobox
Sofia AirportOperating base forEuropean Air Charter1.00infobox
Sofia AirportOperating base forRyanair1.00infobox
Sofia AirportOperating base forWizz Air1.00infobox
Sofia AirportOperatorSOF Connect AD1.00infobox
Sofia AirportOwnerState-owned1.00infobox
Sofia AirportPassenger change 23-249.9%1.00infobox
Sofia AirportPassengersPassengers8,413,762Passenger change 23-249.9%Aircraft movements65,764Movements change 23-248.6%Cargo (t)21,887Cargo change 23-2411.2%1.00infobox
Sofia AirportPassengers8,413,7621.00infobox
Sofia AirportServesSofia1.00infobox
Sofia AirportTime zoneEET (UTC+2)1.00infobox
Sofia AirportWebsitewww.sofia-airport.eu1.00infobox
Sofia Airport• Summer (DST)EEST (UTC+3)1.00infobox
Sofia Airportis aSof Connect consortium0.90text

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