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 miMost destinationsRyanair 45Wizz Air 41Bulgaria Air 19TUI Airways 5GullivAir 4easyJet 3
Straight 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.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 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