Varna Airport

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Varna Airport (Bulgarian: Летище Варна, romanized: Letishte Varna) (IATA: VAR, ICAO: LBWN) is the airport of Varna, the historical maritime capital of Bulgaria. Varna Airport is the third largest airport in Bulgaria. It is located 10 kilometers from the center of Varna near the town of Aksakovo. The airport serves Varna, Golden Sands and northeastern Bulgaria. The busiest season for the airport is from the end of May to the beginning of October.

Airport typePublic
OwnerState-owned
OperatorFraport Twin Star Airport Management AD
ServesVarna
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Varna Airport
Летище Варна
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState-owned
OperatorFraport Twin Star Airport Management AD
ServesVarna
LocationVarna, Bulgaria
Opened9 May 1948 (1948-05-09)
Time zoneEET (+2)
 • Summer (DST)EEST (+3)
Elevation AMSL70 m / 230 ft
Coordinates43°13′55″N 27°49′31″E
Websitevarna-airport.bg
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VAR is located in Bulgaria
VAR
VAR
Location of airport in Bulgaria
VAR is located in Black Sea
VAR
VAR
Location of airport on the Black Sea
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,517 8,258 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers1,838,828
Passenger change 22-23Increase46.9%
Aircraft movements13,850
Movements change 22-23Increase23.6%
Cargo (t)62
Cargo change 22-23Decrease39.8%
Source: Bulgarian AIP at EUROCONTROL
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History

From 15 October 2011 until 28 February 2012, Varna airport was closed for a reconstruction of the runway. All flights were operated to/from Burgas Airport.[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Varna Airport:

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AirlinesDestinations
Air Serbia Seasonal: Belgrade[2]
Austrian Airlines Vienna[3]
Bulgaria Air Sofia[4]
Seasonal: Frankfurt,[5] Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[5] Prague[5]
Discover Airlines Seasonal: Frankfurt,[6] Munich[6]
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich[7]
Electra Airways Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[8] Stuttgart[9]
El Al Tel Aviv[10]
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[11] Düsseldorf,[12] Stuttgart[13]
Fly Lili Seasonal charter: Hannover[14]
Israir Tel Aviv[15]
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[16]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Oslo[17]
Ryanair Seasonal: Katowice,[18] Kraków[19]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen[20]
Smartwings Seasonal: Brno,[21] Ostrava,[22] Prague[23]
Seasonal charter: Karlovy Vary[24]
Sunclass Airlines Seasonal charter: Bergen,[25] Helsinki[26]
Sundair Seasonal: Bremen[27]
Sundor Seasonal: Tel Aviv[28]
Transavia Seasonal: Paris–Orly[29]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels[30]
TUI fly Deutschland Seasonal: Hannover[31]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[6]
Volotea Seasonal: Lille,[32] Nantes[33]
Wizz Air Athens (resumes 2026-06-15),[34] Barcelona (resumes 2026-06-15),[35] Berlin,[36] Bratislava,[37] Brussels-Charleroi,[38] Budapest (begins 8 June 2026),[39] Debrecen (resumes 2026-06-15),[40] Dortmund,[41] Eindhoven,[38] Frankfurt-Hahn,[42] Gdansk (resumes 2026-06-15),[43] Hamburg,[44] Katowice (begins 7 June 2026),[45] Larnaca (resumes 2026-06-17),[46] London–Luton,[42] Memmingen,[42] Milan-Bergamo,[44] Nuremberg,[44] Paris-Beauvais (resumes 2026-06-15),[47] Rome–Fiumicino,[48] Tel Aviv,[42] Wrocław (begins 16 June 2026)[49]
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Statistics

The runway
Terminal 2 gate area
Airport building by night

Traffic

PassengersYear300,000600,000900,0001,200,0001,500,0001,800,0002,100,0002,400,0001995200020052010201520202025PassengersAnnual passenger traffic
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Traffic at Varna Airport
Year Passengers Change Cargo (tonnes) Change Aircraft movements Change
1998273,678Steady114Steady8,920Steady
1999511,819Increase87.0%0Decrease100.0%9,030Increase1.2%
2000691,689Increase35.1%0Steady9,425Increase4.4%
2001932,549Increase34.8%160Increase16000.0%9,549Increase1.3%
20021,090,709Increase16.9%85Decrease46.9%9,006Decrease5.7%
20031,186,349Increase8.8%0Decrease100.0%10,107Increase12.2%
20041,337,145Increase12.7%136Increase13600.0%11,277Increase11.6%
20051,546,925Increase15.7%19Decrease86.0%13,616Increase20.7%
20061,522,658Decrease1.6%289Increase1421.0%14,721Increase8.1%
20071,478,093Decrease2.9%150Decrease48.1%14,971Increase1.7%
20081,432,703Decrease3.1%1,004Increase569.3%15,129Increase1.1%
20091,206,535Decrease15.8%89Decrease91.1%12,699Decrease16.1%
20101,198,956Decrease0.6%83Decrease6.7%12,601Decrease1.0%
20111,165,304Decrease2.8%41Decrease50.6%11,263Decrease10.4%
20121,212,215Increase4.0%33Decrease19.5%10,739Decrease4.7%
20131,303,865Increase7.6%35Increase6.1%11,516Increase7.2%
20141,387,494Increase5.2%74Increase111.4%12,063Increase4.7%[50]
20151,398,694Increase0.8%118Increase57.2%11,959Decrease0.9%
20161,689,595Increase20.8%3,293Increase2690.7%14,818Increase23.9%
20171,970,700Increase16.6%293Decrease91.0%15,950Increase7.6%[51]
20182,281,134Increase15.8%136Decrease40.6%17,776Increase11.4%
20192,084,319Decrease8.7%123Decrease9.3%15,468Decrease13.0%
2020622,215Decrease70.1%44Decrease64.1%6,881Decrease55.5%
20211,010,494Increase62.4%34Decrease23.9%9,239Increase34.3%
20221,484,186Increase46.9%104Increase205.8%11,420Increase23.6%[51]
2023 1,838,828Increase23.9%62Decrease39.8%13,850Increase21.3%[51]
2024 1,556,798Decrease-15.3%136Increase119.4%12,282Decrease-11.3%[51]
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More information Rank, Destination ...
Top 5 Markets (2023)[52]
Rank Destination
1 Germany
2 Poland
3 Bulgaria
4 United Kingdom
5 Turkey[53]
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Ground transport

Bus line 409 connects the airport with Varna city center and resorts nearby (route: Varna Airport – Mall Varna – Varna Bus Station / Grand Mall – City Center – Saints Constantine and Helena - Golden Sands).[54]

Incidents and accidents

  • On 5 June 1992, Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev 154B overran runway 27 in bad weather conditions. There were no casualties, but the plane was written off.[55]

See also

References

External links

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