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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]
This is a list of airports in Bulgaria.It is a partial list of public active aerodromes (airports and airfields), grouped by type and sorted by location.. The Republic of Bulgaria is a country in the Balkans in southeastern Europe.
Rank Airport City Code (IATA/ICAO) 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Change 17-18 1. Sofia: Sofia: SOF/LBSF: 3,504,326: 3,815,158: 4,088,943: 4,980,387: 6,490,096 [1 ...
Sofia Airport and a station of Sofia Metro. After the second terminal of International Airport Sofia was built the total number of passengers for the country rose and reached 6,595,790 in 2008, [6] and in April 2011 Airport Sofia serviced 282 694 passengers, 13% more than the same period of 2009, when the record was 250,000 passengers. [7]
The airport is a high-tech site where everything happens in the air, and this is embedded in the design concept of the station - air, light, space, speed and dynamics. The steel cladding of the station is open and harmoniously combined with the side windows, from which light streams all day long.
The name is derived from the nearby village of Vrazhdebna (now a suburb of Sofia) and is literally translated as hostile. Although various military transportation units, have been based at the airport since the late 1940s, it was not until 1994 when a separate military unit (16th Transport Air Base) was established.
In the 1970s, the airport underwent considerable improvement and cargo airline Aeroflot Cargo began regular operation with IL-18, AN-12 and TU-154. In 1972 more than 5,000 tons of air cargo went through the airport. On 18 April 1978, an IL-76 landed at the airport, with a gross cargo payload capacity of 40 metric tons.
Bulgaria Air (Bulgarian: България Еър) is the flag carrier airline of Bulgaria, [3] with its headquarters at Sofia Airport in Sofia. [4] The company is owned by Chimimport AD and is a leader in terms of local market share. The airline operates short and medium haul aircraft to destinations in Europe and the Middle East.