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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]
Rank Airport City IATA / ICAO 2010 2015 2019 2020 2023 2024 Change 1. Sofia Airport: Sofia: SOF / LBSF 3,296,936 4,088,943 7,107,096 2,937,846 7,208,987 7,922,702
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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.
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.
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.
Airport branch end Sofiyska Sveta gora Metro Station ( Bulgarian : Метростанция „Софийска Света гора“ ) is a station on the Sofia Metro in Bulgaria . It started operation on 2 April 2015.
Vrazhdebna Air Base (military area of Sofia Airport) housed the 16th Transport Air Regiment, which transformed into 16th Transport Air Base (but popularly the base is still called "trap" - the acronym of the regiment). It houses the 1st Air Transport Squadron, flying Antonov An-26s, Let L-410s, and a sole Pilatus PC-12.