Bulgarian airports

There are four mainBulgarian airports that serve scheduled flights to and from the country.

Of the four principle Bulgarian airports, Sofia International Airport is the largest and is located 5 miles east of the capital city.

The original airport was built in the 1930’s, but by the 1960’s it had reached the limit of its capacity and was refurbished and extended.

Today, the airport handles more than three million passengers per year and most European airlines schedule flights to and from Sofia Airport.

Getting to Bulgaria is relatively easy from any large international airport.

The country's main airline is air Bulgaria although there are a few other competitors too, such as Hemus Air.

Varna and Burgas Airports in Bulgaria handle domestic and international flights as the tourist industry continues to boom in Bulgaria, but both airports are much in need of modernization and investment in order to expand to meet the growing demand,

Plovdiv Airport is used primarily to service the ski resorts in Bansko and Pamporovo and is mainly active during the winter. Plovdiv city is only about 40 minutes bus ride from the airport and you can also ski Bulgaria with access toski havens such as Bansko and the Southern Balkan mountains (which are extremely good skiing mountains).

For more information on getting there see our Bulgaria air pages.

air Bulgaria is Bulgaria's national airline carrier.

Plovdiv airport is also used as a substitute for when Sofia Airport becomes fog-bound.

Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport is a smaller airport located in Central Northern Bulgaria that is used mainly by business jets and a small number of charters from local football teams.

There are two other airports in the country however, these are no longer operational.

Ruse Airfield and Stara Zagora Airport were used for domestic flights, but they became unprofitable following the demise of Communist rule and the airports closed.



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