# Varna Airport (VAR / LBWN)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbwn

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VAR / LBWN
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Fraport
- Serves: Varna, Varna Province, Bulgaria
- Opened: 1947
- Elevation: 70 m / 230 ft
- Coordinates: 43.2321, 27.8251
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,517 m / 8,258 ft
- Passengers: 1,851,453 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Sofia
- Website: http://www.varna-airport.bg
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varna_Airport (32 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1423410
- Weather station: LBWN · WMO 15552
- Ident: LBWN

## Timeline

- 1947: Varna Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,517 m / 8,258 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 097° / 277° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1,372,113 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 1,381,932 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 1,668,753 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 1,946,685 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 2,263,927 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 2,068,556 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 617,532 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 1,055,962 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 1,474,203 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 1,822,138 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 1,534,753 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 1,851,453 | Eurostat |

## Routes

53 destinations in 25 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (17)

- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 230 km / 143 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [SOF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbsf.md) Sofia Airport · Bulgaria · 364 km / 226 mi · Bulgaria Air
- [BTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lzib.md) M. R. Štefánik Airport · Slovakia · 989 km / 615 mi · Wizz Air
- [VIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/loww.md) Vienna International Airport · Austria · 1,028 km / 639 mi · Austrian Airlines
- [TLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llbg.md) Ben Gurion International Airport · Israel · 1,393 km / 866 mi · Israir Airlines
- [EVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/udyz.md) Zvartnots International Airport · Armenia · 1,416 km / 880 mi · Wizz Air
- [BGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lime.md) Il Caravaggio International Airport · Italy · 1,460 km / 907 mi · Wizz Air
- [FMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edja.md) Memmingen Allgau Airport · Germany · 1,463 km / 909 mi · Wizz Air
- [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 1,470 km / 913 mi · Wizz Air
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 1,647 km / 1,023 mi · Discover Airlines
- [BSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfsb.md) EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · France · 1,652 km / 1,027 mi · Wizz Air
- [HHN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edfh.md) Frankfurt-Hahn Airport · Germany · 1,732 km / 1,076 mi · Wizz Air
- [HAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddh.md) Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · Germany · 1,743 km / 1,083 mi · Wizz Air
- [DTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edlw.md) Dortmund Airport · Germany · 1,770 km / 1,100 mi · Wizz Air
- [EIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eheh.md) Eindhoven Airport · Netherlands · 1,912 km / 1,188 mi · Wizz Air
- [CRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebci.md) Brussels South Charleroi Airport · Belgium · 1,940 km / 1,205 mi · Wizz Air
- [LTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggw.md) London Luton Airport · United Kingdom · 2,305 km / 1,432 mi · Wizz Air

### Seasonal (34)

- [BEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lybe.md) Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · Serbia · 626 km / 389 mi · Air Serbia
- [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · Greece · 674 km / 419 mi · Wizz Air
- [DEB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhdc.md) Debrecen International Airport · Hungary · 677 km / 421 mi · Wizz Air
- [BUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhbp.md) Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Hungary · 815 km / 506 mi · Wizz Air
- [KRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkk.md) Kraków John Paul II International Airport · Poland · 977 km / 607 mi · Ryanair
- [OSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkmt.md) Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava · Czechia · 1,033 km / 642 mi · Smartwings
- [KTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkt.md) Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · Poland · 1,043 km / 648 mi · Ryanair, Wizz Air
- [LCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lclk.md) Larnaca International Airport · Cyprus · 1,055 km / 656 mi · Wizz Air
- [BRQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lktb.md) Brno-Tuřany Airport · Czechia · 1,079 km / 670 mi · Smartwings
- [WMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epmo.md) Warsaw Modlin Airport · Poland · 1,155 km / 718 mi · Wizz Air
- [WRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwr.md) Copernicus Wrocław Airport · Poland · 1,202 km / 747 mi · Wizz Air
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 1,283 km / 797 mi · Smartwings, Bulgaria Air
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 1,284 km / 798 mi · Wizz Air
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 1,364 km / 848 mi · Discover Airlines
- [TLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llbg.md) Ben Gurion International Airport · Israel · 1,393 km / 866 mi · Wizz Air, Sun d'Or International Airlines
- [GDN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epgd.md) Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport · Poland · 1,413 km / 878 mi · Wizz Air
- [NUE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddn.md) Nuremberg Airport · Germany · 1,457 km / 905 mi · Wizz Air
- [STR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edds.md) Stuttgart Airport · Germany · 1,556 km / 967 mi · Eurowings, Electra Airways
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 1,573 km / 977 mi · Edelweiss Air
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 1,647 km / 1,023 mi · Bulgaria Air
- [HAJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddv.md) Hannover Airport · Germany · 1,691 km / 1,051 mi · TUI fly Deutschland
- [HAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddh.md) Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · Germany · 1,743 km / 1,083 mi · Eurowings
- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 1,753 km / 1,089 mi · Scandinavian Airlines
- [CGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddk.md) Cologne Bonn Airport · Germany · 1,774 km / 1,102 mi · Eurowings, Electra Airways
- [BRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddw.md) Bremen Airport · Germany · 1,776 km / 1,104 mi · Sundair
- [LUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ellx.md) Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · Luxembourg · 1,794 km / 1,115 mi · Luxair
- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · Germany · 1,815 km / 1,128 mi · Eurowings
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 1,951 km / 1,212 mi · TUI fly Belgium
- [LIL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfqq.md) Lille Airport · France · 2,035 km / 1,264 mi · Volotea
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 2,040 km / 1,268 mi · Bulgaria Air
- [ORY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpo.md) Paris-Orly Airport · France · 2,049 km / 1,273 mi · Transavia
- [BVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfob.md) Beauvais-Tillé airport · France · 2,079 km / 1,292 mi · Wizz Air
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 2,121 km / 1,318 mi · Wizz Air
- [NTE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfrs.md) Nantes Atlantique Airport · France · 2,333 km / 1,450 mi · Volotea

### Seasonal charter (6)

- [WAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwa.md) Warsaw Chopin Airport · Poland · 1,117 km / 694 mi · LOT Polish Airlines
- [VNO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eyvi.md) Vilnius International Airport · Lithuania · 1,281 km / 796 mi · GetJet Airlines
- [KLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkkv.md) Karlovy Vary Airport · Czechia · 1,372 km / 853 mi · Smartwings
- [HAJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddv.md) Hannover Airport · Germany · 1,691 km / 1,051 mi · Fly Lili
- [HEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efhk.md) Helsinki Vantaa Airport · Finland · 1,910 km / 1,187 mi · Sunclass Airlines
- [BGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbr.md) Bergen Airport, Flesland · Norway · 2,428 km / 1,509 mi · Sunclass Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from VAR, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- 8H [BH Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bh-air)

### Passenger (24)

- W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 25
- FB [Bulgaria Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bulgaria-air) · 4
- EW [Eurowings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eurowings) · 4 · seasonal
- QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 4 · seasonal
- 4Y [Discover Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/discover-airlines) · 2
- EAF [Electra Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/electra-airways) · 2 · seasonal
- FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 2 · seasonal
- DK [Sunclass Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sunclass-airlines) · 2 · seasonal charter
- V7 [Volotea](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/volotea) · 2 · seasonal
- JU [Air Serbia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-serbia) · 1 · seasonal
- OS [Austrian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/austrian-airlines) · 1
- WK [Edelweiss Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/edelweiss-air) · 1 · seasonal
- FL [Fly Lili](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly-lili) · 1 · seasonal charter
- GW [GetJet Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/getjet-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- 6H [Israir Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/israir-airlines) · 1
- LO [LOT Polish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lot-polish-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- LG [Luxair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/luxair) · 1 · seasonal
- SK [Scandinavian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scandinavian-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- LY [Sun d'Or International Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sun-dor-international-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- SR [Sundair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sundair) · 1 · seasonal
- HV [Transavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transavia) · 1 · seasonal
- TB [TUI fly Belgium](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-fly-belgium) · 1 · seasonal
- X3 [TUI fly Deutschland](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-fly-deutschland) · 1 · seasonal
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.9M (2025) | #597 of 3,974 | #155 in Europe | #2 in BG |
| Longest runway | 2,517 m / 8,258 ft | #2,254 of 29,858 | #355 in Europe | #5 in BG |
| Elevation | 70 m / 230 ft | =33,140 of 43,403 | =4,175 in Europe | #78 in BG |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =741 in Europe | #4 in BG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =3 in BG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 121.000 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 118.075 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [LBWB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbwb.md) Balchik Airfield · 36 km / 22 mi
- [BOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbbg.md) Burgas Airport · 78 km / 48 mi
- [LRFT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lr80.md) Feteşti Borcea Air Base · 129 km / 80 mi
- [CND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrck.md) Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport · 136 km / 85 mi
- [JAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bg-jam.md) Bezmer Air Base · 148 km / 92 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Varna Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Varna_Airport&oldid=1375639229), revision of 19 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbwn/data