List of the busiest airports in Bulgaria

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This is a list of the busiest airports in Bulgaria by number of passengers begins 2013.

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Annual passenger traffic at SOF VAR BOJ PDV airports. See source Wikidata query.

Passenger statistics

RankAirportCityCode
(IATA/ICAO)
201320142015201620172018Change 17-18
1. Sofia Sofia SOF/LBSF3,504,3263,815,1584,088,9434,980,3876,490,096 [1] 6,962,040 [2] Increase2.svg 7.3%
2. Burgas Burgas BOJ/LBBG2,461,6482,522,3192,360,3202,878,8832,982,3393,277,229Increase2.svg 9.9%
3. Varna Varna VAR/LBWN1,303,6791,387,4941,398,6941,689,5951,970,7002,281,134Increase2.svg 15.8%
4. Plovdiv Plovdiv PDV/LBPD91,000103,535103,30077,64991,600133,397Increase2.svg 45.6%
5. Gorna Oryahovitsa Veliko Tarnovo/Gorna Oryahovitsa GOZ/LBGO281286495235361388Increase2.svg 7.5%
TOTAL7,360,9347,828,7927,951,7529,626,74911,535,09612,654,188Increase2.svg9.7%

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References

  1. https://www.sofia-airport.bg/sites/default/files/en-passengers_2017-2018_7.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  2. https://www.sofia-airport.bg/sites/default/files/en-passengers_2018-2019_0.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]