Varna Airport

ICAO LBWN43.2321°N 27.8251°E70 m / 230 ftLarge airport

Varna Airport (IATA: VAR, ICAO: LBWN) is a large airport in Varna, Varna Province, Bulgaria. It opened in 1947. It has one runway, 2,517 m (8,258 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Fraport. In 2025 it handled 1.9 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1947–1947

1947

OpenedVarna Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

09/27097° / 277° · LIT

LENGTH2,517 m8,258 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2014–2025

1.4M

1.7M

1.9M

2.3M

2.1M

618K

1.1M

1.5M

1.8M

1.5M

1.9M

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Routes

53 destinations · 25 countries

Year-round17

ISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines230 km143 mi SOFSofia AirportBulgaria · Bulgaria Air364 km226 mi BTSM. R. Štefánik AirportSlovakia · Wizz Air989 km615 mi VIEVienna International AirportAustria · Austrian Airlines1,028 km639 mi TLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Israir Airlines1,393 km866 mi EVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · Wizz Air1,416 km880 mi BGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,460 km907 mi FMMMemmingen Allgau AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,463 km909 mi BERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,470 km913 mi FRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Discover Airlines1,647 km1,023 mi BSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · Wizz Air1,652 km1,027 mi HHNFrankfurt-Hahn AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,732 km1,076 mi HAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,743 km1,083 mi DTMDortmund AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,770 km1,100 mi EINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Wizz Air1,912 km1,188 mi CRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Wizz Air1,940 km1,205 mi LTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air2,305 km1,432 mi

Seasonal34

Seasonal charter6

WAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines1,117 km694 mi VNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · GetJet Airlines1,281 km796 mi KLVKarlovy Vary AirportCzechia · Smartwings1,372 km853 mi HAJHannover AirportGermany · Fly Lili1,691 km1,051 mi HELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Sunclass Airlines1,910 km1,187 mi BGOBergen Airport, FleslandNorway · Sunclass Airlines2,428 km1,509 mi

Most destinationsWizz Air 25Bulgaria Air 4Smartwings 4Eurowings 4Discover Airlines 2Ryanair 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from VAR. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Varna Airport” (revision of 19 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers1.9M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#597of 3,974 · #155 Europe · #2 BG Longest runway2,517 m8,258 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#2,253of 29,823 · #353 Europe · #5 BG Elevation70 m230 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=33,089of 43,341 · =4,169 Europe · #78 BG AgeOpened 19472026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,942of 15,079 · =741 Europe · #4 BG Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =3 BG

Scale: 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 channels

APPAPP121.000

ATISATIS118.075

TWRTWR119.500