SOF
Sofia Airport
Sofia Airport (IATA: SOF, ICAO: LBSF) is a large airport in Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria. It opened in 1935. It has one runway, 3,600 m (11,811 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 8.4 million passengers.
Timeline
3 events · 1935–19841935
OpenedSofia Airport opens.
21 DEC 1971
DisasterBalkan airlines Il-18 Crash (1971).30 killed
10 JAN 1984
Disaster1984 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash.50 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap09/27095° / 275° · LIT
LENGTH3,600 m11,811 ftWIDTH45 m147 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–20253.8M
4.1M
5.0M
6.5M
6.9M
7.1M
2.8M
3.2M
5.9M
7.2M
7.9M
8.4M
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Routes
102 destinations · 38 countriesYear-round73
OTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · TAROM300 km186 miBOJBurgas AirportBulgaria · Bulgaria Air335 km208 miBEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Air Serbia343 km213 miVARVarna AirportBulgaria · Bulgaria Air364 km226 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines467 km290 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines528 km328 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), Aegean Airlines, Bulgaria Air531 km330 miBRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air577 km359 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Ryanair, Wizz Air619 km385 miRMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · Wizz Air640 km398 miSUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportItaly · Ryanair736 km457 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air783 km487 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Ryanair, Austrian Airlines804 km500 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair, Wizz Air867 km539 miCIACiampino–G. B. Pastine International AirportItaly · Ryanair896 km557 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines901 km560 miCTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Ryanair917 km570 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Wizz Air, Bulgaria Air924 km574 miBLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Ryanair997 km620 miPMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,007 km626 miWROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · Ryanair1,058 km657 miPSAPisa International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,061 km659 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Wizz Air, Bulgaria Air1,081 km672 miMLAMalta International AirportMalta · Ryanair1,081 km672 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa City Airlines, Lufthansa1,101 km684 miWMIWarsaw Modlin AirportPoland · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,104 km686 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,140 km708 miFMMMemmingen Allgau AirportGermany · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,184 km736 miPFOPaphos International AirportCyprus · Ryanair1,184 km736 miNUENuremberg AirportGermany · Ryanair1,213 km754 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Bulgaria Air1,214 km754 miLCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Wizz Air1,239 km770 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Bulgaria Air1,279 km795 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,285 km798 miTRNTurin AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,290 km802 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Ryanair, Wizz Air, Bulgaria Air1,305 km811 miNCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · Wizz Air1,316 km818 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · Wizz Air1,357 km843 miFKBKarlsruhe Baden-Baden AirportGermany · Ryanair1,365 km848 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Bulgaria Air, Lufthansa1,398 km869 miHHNFrankfurt-Hahn AirportGermany · Ryanair1,475 km917 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · Wizz Air1,495 km929 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Ryanair1,531 km951 miDTMDortmund AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,541 km958 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Wizz Air, Arkia +21,559 km969 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,566 km973 miRIXRiga International AirportLatvia · AirBaltic1,582 km983 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Ryanair1,632 km1,014 miAMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Ryanair1,648 km1,024 miEINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,670 km1,038 miCRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,680 km1,044 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Bulgaria Air1,698 km1,055 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Bulgaria Air1,754 km1,090 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Bulgaria Air1,754 km1,090 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Transavia France, easyJet1,760 km1,094 miPMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Ryanair1,762 km1,095 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,766 km1,097 miBVABeauvais-Tillé airportFrance · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,799 km1,118 miSSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Wizz Air1,912 km1,188 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,012 km1,250 miVLCValencia AirportSpain · Ryanair, Wizz Air2,027 km1,260 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Bulgaria Air, British Airways2,041 km1,268 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air2,050 km1,274 miALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Ryanair2,078 km1,291 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,161 km1,343 miBRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,187 km1,359 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Ryanair, Wizz Air, Bulgaria Air2,248 km1,397 miLPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,265 km1,407 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,412 km1,499 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Ryanair, Wizz Air2,468 km1,534 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair2,482 km1,542 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai3,495 km2,172 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Wizz Air3,502 km2,176 miSeasonal30
TIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Wizz Air337 km209 miJSISkiathos Island National AirportGreece · Ryanair391 km243 miCFUCorfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International AirportGreece · Ryanair, Wizz Air452 km281 miADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress583 km362 miZADZadar AirportCroatia · Ryanair670 km416 miSUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportItaly · Wizz Air736 km457 miCHQChania International AirportGreece · Ryanair799 km496 miRHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Ryanair, Wizz Air806 km501 miHERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Bulgaria Air832 km517 miRMIFederico Fellini International AirportItaly · Wizz Air885 km550 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress901 km560 miAHOAlghero-Fertilia AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,276 km793 miHFAUri Michaeli Haifa International AirportIsrael · Air Haifa1,498 km931 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Bluebird Airways1,559 km969 miPMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Wizz Air, Bulgaria Air1,762 km1,095 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Bulgaria Air1,766 km1,097 miEVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · GullivAir1,767 km1,098 miHELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,962 km1,219 miHRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Wizz Air1,964 km1,220 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways, easyJet2,012 km1,250 miOSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Norwegian Air Shuttle2,117 km1,315 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways2,161 km1,343 miSDRSeve Ballesteros-Santander AirportSpain · Wizz Air2,204 km1,370 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways, easyJet2,230 km1,386 miNCLNewcastle International AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways2,272 km1,412 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · Bulgaria Air2,760 km1,715 miRAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · Wizz Air3,025 km1,880 miMLEVelana International AirportMaldives · GullivAir6,526 km4,055 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · GullivAir7,952 km4,941 miHKTPhuket International AirportThailand · GullivAir8,165 km5,073 miSeasonal charter3
TLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Flyyo1,559 km969 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · TUI Airways2,482 km1,542 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · BH Air3,216 km1,998 miCargo5
LEJLeipzig/Halle AirportGermany · DHL Aviation1,285 km798 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Swiftair1,531 km951 miLGGLiège AirportBelgium · Compass Cargo Airlines1,625 km1,010 miDWCAl Maktoum International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · SolitAir3,506 km2,179 miCGOZhengzhou Xinzheng International AirportChina · Compass Cargo Airlines7,526 km4,676 miStraight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SOF. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Sofia Airport” (revision of 11 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Airlines
36 airlines · destinations from SOFHub airlines6
FBBulgaria Air19—GullivAirseasonal · 4VSRAviostartEAFElectra AirwaysH6European Air CharterHLRHeli Air ServicesPassenger26
FRRyanair45W6Wizz Air41BYTUI Airwaysseasonal · 5U2easyJet3LHLufthansa2DYNorwegian Air Shuttleseasonal · 2PCPegasus Airlines2XQSunExpressseasonal · 2A3Aegean Airlines1HFAAir Haifaseasonal · 1JUAir Serbia1BTAirBaltic1IZArkia1OSAustrian Airlines18HBH Airseasonal charter · 1BZBluebird Airwaysseasonal · 1BABritish Airways1LYEL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.1FZflydubai1—FLYYOseasonal charter · 16HIsrair Airlines1VLLufthansa City Airlines1GQSky Express1ROTAROM1TOTransavia France1TKTurkish Airlines1Former hub of Air Sofia, Air VIA, Balkan Bulgarian Airlines, Bulair, Hemus Air, Jes Air, TABSO, Viaggio Air and Wizz Air Bulgaria.
Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from SOF. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
3 channelsAPPAPP123.700
ATISATIS124.050
TWRTWR118.100