Sofia Airport

Sofia Airport

Летище София
Sofia Airport; Летище София
	IATA: SOF; ICAO: LBSF;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	State-owned
Operator	SOF Connect AD
Serves	Sofia
Location	Sofia, Bulgaria
Opened	16 September 1937; 86 years ago
Hub for	Bulgaria Air
Operating base for	BH Air; European Air Charter; Ryanair; Wizz Air;
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Elevation AMSL	531 m / 1,742 ft
Coordinates	42°41′42″N 023°24′30″E / 42.69500°N 23.40833°E
Website	www.sofia-airport.eu
Map
	SOF Location in Bulgaria
Runways
Statistics (2023)
Passengers
Passengers	7,208,987
Passenger change 22-23	20.8%
Aircraft movements	60,561
Movements change 22-23	12.6%
Cargo (t)	19,688
Cargo change 22-23	4.1%
	Source: Bulgarian AIP at EUROCONTROL

Sofia Airport (Bulgarian: Летище София, romanized: Letishte Sofiya) (IATA: SOF, ICAO: LBSF) is the main international airport of Bulgaria, located 10 km (6.2 mi) east of the centre of the capital Sofia.^[3] In 2019 the airport surpassed 7 million passengers for the first time.^[4] The airport serves as the home base for BH Air, Bulgaria Air, European Air Charter and GullivAir, and as a base for both Ryanair and Wizz Air. The airport also houses the Bulgarian Air Force's Vrazhdebna Air Base.^[5]

^ Kamenov, Kalin (19 April 2021). "Концесионерът влиза във владение на Летище "София", плати 660 млн. лева". Business.dir.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
^ "EUROCONTROL - The European AIS Database: Introduction to EAD Basic - Home". www.ead.eurocontrol.int. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
^ Thompson, Rossi (29 September 2017). "Maison Sofia Hotel Review, Bulgaria". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 February 2022. Sofia Airport is about six miles (10 kilometres) away [...].
^ Goranova, Kalina (30 January 2022). "Пътниците на летище София са с 3.8 млн. по-малко в сравнение с 2019 г." Capital (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
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