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Burgas Airport (IATA: BOJ, ICAO: LBBG) (Bulgarian: Летище Бургас, romanized: Letishte Burgas) is an international airport in southeast Bulgaria and the second largest in the country. It is near the northern neighbourhood of Sarafovo approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) from the city centre. The airport principally serves Burgas and other seaside resorts of Bulgarian south coast which attract many tourists during the summer leisure season. In 2018 it handled 3,277,229 passengers, a 9.9% increase compared to 2017.[1]

Burgas Airport Летище Бургас
IATA: BOJ ICAO: LBBG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	State-owned
Operator	Fraport Twin Star Airport Management AD
Serves	Burgas
Location	Burgas, Bulgaria
Opened	27 June 1927 (1927-06-27)
Hub for	BH Air Bulgaria Air European Air Charter
Time zone	EET (+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (+3)
Elevation AMSL	41 m / 135 ft
Coordinates	42°34′13″N 027°30′55″E
Website	www.burgas-airport.bg
Map
BOJ Location of airport in Bulgaria
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04/22 3,200 10,500 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers 947,650 129% Aircraft movements 8,295 103.4%

History

Early years

On 27 June 1937, the French company CIDNA (now part of Air France), chose the area of Burgas Airport to build a radio station and signed a contract with the Bulgarian government for its use. The contract expressly stated that the staff of Burgas Airport would be Bulgarian.

On 29 June 1947, Balkan Bulgarian Airlines began domestic flights between Burgas, Plovdiv and Sofia, using Junkers Ju 52/3m aircraft. In the 1950s and 1960s, the airport was expanded and modernized by building a concrete runway. In 1970, the airport became an international airport serving 45 destinations.[2]

Development since the 2000s

Burgas airport has been subject to heavy traffic following the growing tourism industry in Bulgaria and was in need of major investments to expand and handle projected passenger traffic. In June 2006, the Bulgarian Government awarded Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide a 35-year-long concession on both Varna and Burgas airports in return for investments exceeding €500 million.[3]

Fraport entered into partnership with Varna-based company BM Star. The concessionaire has vowed to inject 403 million Euro in the two airports during the lifespan of the arrangement. Fraport will pay 60% of an investment of EUR 403 million over the 35-year concession. The investments will be made in new terminal facilities, vehicles and equipment and expanding apron areas at the airports over the life of the concession.[4]

Facilities

Terminals

In December 2011 construction work began on the new Terminal 2. The new terminal was planned to have a capacity of 2,700,000 passengers and an area of 20,000 square metres (220,000 sq ft). The new terminal building was designed so that it can be easily upgraded to further increase capacity, if necessary. Construction of the new terminal was completed in 2013, and has been operational since December 2013.[5]

Terminal 2 replaced the older Terminal 1, which was built in the 1950s and expanded in the early 1990s, and now handles all of the airport's passenger traffic. The terminal is equipped with 31 check-in counters, three boarding-card checkpoints, nine security lanes and eight departure gates. The arrivals area (divided into Schengen and non-Schengen zones) has 12 immigration stations and four baggage carousels (one 120 metres (390 ft) long and three 70 metres (230 ft) long carousels). Passenger amenities include 800 square metres (8,600 sq ft) of space dedicated to shopping and 1,220 square metres (13,100 sq ft) for food and beverage (F&B) services. There is also a 550 square metres (5,900 sq ft) outdoor courtyard.[6]

Runway

At 3,200 metres (10,500 ft), Burgas Airport has the fourth longest runway in the Balkans, after Athens Airport, Sofia Airport and Belgrade Airport.

On 31 October 2016, reconstruction and rehabilitation of taxiways began at Burgas airport. The project includes a complete rehabilitation of 3,500 square meters of taxiway "H", complete rehabilitation of taxiway "A", as well as area adjacent to the runway holding point. The control and monitoring system for airfield lighting and approach light equipment will be replaced. The total investment of Fraport Twin Star Airport Management in these projects is over BGN 12 million.[7][8]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Burgas Airport:[9]

Airlines	Destinations
Aer Lingus	Seasonal: Dublin
airBaltic	Seasonal: Riga (begins 2 May 2023)[10]
BH Air	Seasonal: Aberdeen, Belfast–International, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Humberside, Leeds/Bradford, London–Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Teesside[11]
Bulgaria Air	Seasonal: Sofia, Tel Aviv, Seasonal charter: Ostrava[12]
Buzz	Seasonal charter: Kraków[13]
Corendon Dutch Airlines	Seasonal: Amsterdam, Maastricht/Aachen[14]
easyJet	Seasonal: Berlin, London–Gatwick, Manchester[15]
Enter Air[13]	Seasonal charter: Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk, Katowice, Łódź, Lublin,[13] Rzeszów, Szczecin,[13] Warsaw–Chopin, Warsaw–Modlin, Wrocław
European Air Charter	Seasonal charter: Bratislava, Bremen,[16] Graz,[17] Linz,[18] Warsaw–Radom (begins 16 June 2023)[19]
Eurowings	Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[20] Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart
Freebird Airlines Europe	Seasonal charter: Leipzig/Halle[21]
GetJet Airlines	Seasonal charter: Vilnius[22]
Jet Time	Seasonal charter: Helsinki
Jet2.com	Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol (begins 7 May 2024),[23] East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted (resumes 2 May 2024),[24] Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
LOT Polish Airlines	Seasonal: Gdańsk,[25] Katowice,[25] Poznań,[25] Rzeszów,[25] Warsaw–Chopin,[26] Wrocław,[25] Zielona Góra
Luxair	Seasonal: Luxembourg
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda Seasonal charter: Stavanger[27]
Ryanair	Seasonal: Bratislava,[28] Budapest, Dublin (begins 2 May 2023),[29] Gdańsk,[30] Kaunas (begins 28 March 2023),[31] Kraków, London–Luton,[32] Poznań (begins 26 March 2023),[33] Vienna, Warsaw–Modlin
SmartLynx Airlines	Seasonal charter: Riga,[34] Tallinn[22]
Smartwings[35]	Seasonal: Bratislava,[28] Brno, Ostrava, Prague Seasonal charter: Gdańsk,[36] Katowice,[36] Warsaw–Chopin[36]
Sunclass Airlines	Seasonal charter: Helsinki,[37] Oslo[38]
TUI Airways[39]	Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, London–Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne Seasonal charter: Dublin[40]
TUI fly Belgium[41]	Seasonal: Brussels, Ostend/Bruges
TUI fly Netherlands	Seasonal: Amsterdam
TUI fly Nordic	Seasonal charter: Gothenburg,[42] Stockholm–Arlanda[42]
Wizz Air	London–Luton Seasonal: Budapest, Debrecen,[43] Gdańsk,[44] Katowice, Kraków[43], Lublin, Rzeszów,[43] Tel Aviv, Vienna, Warsaw–Chopin, Wrocław

Statistics

Traffic

Traffic at Burgas Airport

Year	Passengers	Change	Cargo (tonnes)	Change	Aircraft movements	Change
1998	433,024				6,092
1999	339,297	21.6%			5,722	6.1%
2000	398,015	17.3%	73		5,224	8.7%
2001	594,396	49.3%	161	120.5%	5,633	7.8%
2002	767,476	29.1%	925	474.5%	6,515	15.6%
2003	1,026,037	33.7%	635	31.4%	8,136	24.8%
2004	1,342,173	30.8%	899	41.6%	10,692	31.4%
2005	1,555,603	16.0%	122	86.4%	11,842	10.7%
2006	1,708,199	9.8%	405	232.0%	13,364	12.8%
2007	1,937,625	13.4%	2,051	406.4%	13,606	1.8%
2008	1,920,623	0.8%	1,338	34.8%	13,794	1.4%
2009	1,683,786	12.3%	2,597	94.1%	11,956	13.3%
2010	1,872,618	11.2%	5,654	117.7%	13,774	15.2%
2011	2,229,045	19.0%	5,991	6.0%	19,215	19.0%
2012	2,356,865	5.7%	2,281	61.9%	16,961	11.7%
2013	2,461,648	4.4%	2,625	15.1%	18,008	6.2%
2014	2,522,319	2.6%	5,354	104.0%	18,869	0.8%
2015	2,360,320	6.7%	13,272	147.9%	18,271	4.3%
2016	2,878,883	22.0%	10,877	18.0%	20,873	14.2%
2017	2,982,339	3.6%	14,300	31.5%	21,466	2.8%
2018	3,277,229	9.9%	8,429	41.1%	23,284	8.5%
2019	2,885,776	12.0%	4,747	43.7%	19,954	14.3%
2020	424,252	85.3%	3,889	18.1%	4,079	79.6%
2021	955,402	125.2%	4,669	20.1%	8,295	103.3%
2022 (01.01-31.10)	1,633,566	74.4%	5,659	28.3%	12,119	53.3%[45]

Ground transportation

Bus

Line No 15 connects Burgas airport with Burgas South bus station.[46]

Intercity buses from Burgas to Pomorie, Aheloy, Ravda, Nessebar and Sunny beach also stop close to the airport. The stop is located at the roundabout on the main road across from the terminal building.

Taxi

The Taxi Piazza is located in front of the Arrivals Terminal at Burgas Airport. A taxi ride from Burgas Airport to the city takes approximately 15 minutes, depending on the traffic intensity.[47]

Parking

Passengers and guests arriving at Burgas Airport with their personal car can use the commercially available parking lot, located in the immediate vicinity of the main terminal building. The parking lot has 199 car spaces available and is accessible 24 hours a day.[48]

Incidents and accidents

• On 18 July 2012, an attack at Burgas Airport occurred. A suicide bomber boarded a bus which was transporting Israeli citizens to the Bulgarian resort of Sunny Beach located in Burgas, the perpetrator detonated the bomb killing six civilians (and one suicide bomber) as well as injuring 32 people. The attack resulted in the closure of Burgas Airport for over 30 hours, resulting in the majority of flights diverting to Varna Airport.[49][50]

See also

• List of airports in Bulgaria
• List of airlines of Bulgaria
• List of the busiest airports in Europe
• 2012 Burgas bus bombing

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Burgas

Der Flughafen Burgas (bulgarisch Летище Бургас/Letischte Burgas; IATA-Code: BOJ, ICAO-Code: LBBG) liegt nördlich des Zentrums von Burgas (Bulgarien) und grenzt im Süden an den Stadtbezirk Sarafowo. Er ist der zweitälteste und heute mit rund 3 Mio. Passagieren (2017), nach dem Flughafen Sofia, der meistfrequentierte Flughafen Bulgariens. Die Touristenzentren Sonnenstrand, Nessebar, Obsor, Pomorie, Sosopol und Djuni befinden sich in einem Umkreis von 10 km bis 40 km. Er wird überdies durch NATO und die bulgarischen Luftstreitkräfte auch militärisch genutzt. Der Flughafen wird als Luftfahrt-Drehkreuz von mehreren bulgarischen Airlines genutzt.

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- [en] Burgas Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto de Burgas

El Aeropuerto de Burgas (en búlgaro, Летище Бургас, Letishte Burgas) (IATA: BOJ, OACI: LBBG), también conocido como Aeropuerto de Sarafovo, es el segundo aeropuerto más importante de Bulgaria después del Aeropuerto de Sofía. Se encuentra a unos 10 km del centro de la ciudad de Burgas, cerca del Lago Atanasovsko.

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[fr] Aéroport de Bourgas

L'aéroport de Bourgas (en bulgare "Летище Бургас") (code IATA : BOJ • code OACI : LBBG) est un aéroport domestique et international situé à Bourgas, à 12 km au nord-nord-est du centre-ville, dans le quartier de Sarafovo. Il dessert la ville de Bourgas mais sa zone d'attraction est tout le sud-est de la Bulgarie, dont le centre et le sud du littoral de la Mer Noire.

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[it] Aeroporto di Burgas

L'Aeroporto di Burgas (IATA: BOJ, ICAO: LBBG) (in bulgaro: Летище Бургас, Letishte Burgas) sito nella località di Sarafovo è l'aeroporto di Burgas, centro turistico sul Mar Nero in Bulgaria. Nel 2007 con un movimento di 16.114 aerei e con quasi 2 milioni di passeggeri è il secondo scalo della Bulgaria dopo quello di Sofia.

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[ru] Бургас (аэропорт)

Аэропорт Бургас (болг. Летище Бургас), также известный как Аэропорт Сарафово (ИАТА: BOJ, ИКАО: LBBG) — международный аэропорт болгарского города Бургаса. Является вторым по величине аэропортом в стране, после аэропорта Софии.

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