Burgas airport

Burgas Airport Летище Бургас
Characteristics
ICAO code	LBBG
IATA code	BOJ
Coordinates	42 ° 34 '10 "  N , 27 ° 30' 55"  E Coordinates: 42 ° 34 '10 "  N , 27 ° 30' 55"  E
Height above MSL	41 m (135  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	1 km west of Sarafovo , Burgas
Street	E 87
Local transport	15th
Basic data
opening	1927
operator	Burgas Airport Ltd.
surface	253.1 ha
Terminals	3
Passengers	2,858,877 (2019)
Air freight	4,748 t (2019)
Flight movements	19,954 (2019)
Start-and runway
04/22	3200 m × 45 m concrete

Loading of a USAF transport aircraft

The Burgas airport ( Bulgarian Летище Бургас / Burgas Letischte; IATA Code : BOJ , ICAO code : LBBG ) is located north of the center of Bourgas ( Bulgaria ), bordered to the south by the district Sarafovo . It is the second oldest and today with around 3 million passengers (2017), after Sofia Airport , the most frequented airport in Bulgaria. The tourist centers Sunny Beach , Nessebar , Obzor , Pomorie , Sozopol and Djuni are within a radius of 10 km to 40 km. It is also used militarily by NATO and the Bulgarian Air Force . The airport is used as an aviation hub by several Bulgarian airlines.

With a length of 3200 m, the runway is also suitable for large jets such as the Boeing 747 . Until the opening of the new runway at Sofia Airport, Burgas had the longest runway in Bulgaria . In October 2010, the expansion and construction of the airport began. The new passenger terminal was opened at the end of 2013.

Transport links

Burgas Airport is 10 km north of the city center and can be reached via the trunk road towards Varna . The airport is only separated from the city center by Lake Atanasov, which is partially overflown on approach and departure. The bus line 15 of the municipal transport company Burgasbus connects the airport with the city center of Burgas. Line 15 runs daily between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m. every 25 minutes between the main train station via the municipal clinic, the Lasur Stadium , the Sarafowo district and the airport.

history

In 1927, experts from the French airline CIDNA (later Air France ) selected the location for the airport on a hill about 10 kilometers northeast of Burgas. In 1942, German engineers and geodesists expanded Burgas Airport to make it easier for larger aircraft to land. During this renovation, the airport was electrified and equipped with large fuel tanks.

On June 29, 1947, the first 14 passengers landed on a scheduled flight in a Junkers Ju 52 . This date is now considered the date of birth of the Bulgarian civil aviation. Between 1962 and 1963 a reinforced concrete runway was built with a length of 2600 m, which was extended to 3200 m between 1977 and 1979. The result described the national press as "the most modern airport in Bulgaria" and "the air palace Burgas". In 1970, Burgas Airport became an international airport. Aircraft from 45 destinations landed or took off. In 1980, Burgas Airport was the only one to be classified as a "second category" airport. In 1991, Burgas Airport became the first Bulgarian airport to become a member of the World Association of Airports ACI .

Since 2001 the United States Air Force has been using the airport for stopovers, as a base for air refueling operations and, via the nearby American military base " Camp Sarafovo ", for air handling. Therefore, in addition to Boeing KC-135 and McDonnell Douglas KC-10 tanker aircraft, large-capacity military aircraft and civilian contractors such as Kalitta Air and Volga-Dnepr Airlines can often be found. Refurbishment and modernization of the airport in 2001 was partially funded by the United States Agency for International Development . The Bulgarian air force is now also handling transport flights via Burgas Airport.

At the end of 2004, Burgas Airport was named "Best Bulgarian Airport" and received an award from the Ministry of Transport as the most dynamically developing airport in Bulgaria. As a result of the financial crisis from 2007 and the accompanying stagnation in tourism, around 1.7 million passengers (-11.99% compared to the previous year) and 15,634 flights (-7.77% compared to the previous year) were handled in 2009.

Due to the favorable meteorological conditions, weather-related closings are rare. For this reason, it often functions as an alternate airport for the other Bulgarian airports. Domestic flights are offered to Sofia and Varna, and there are international scheduled flights to Vienna , London , Budapest , Tel Aviv and Moscow .

On July 18, 2012, an attack on a coach outside the airport killed 7 people, including five Israelis and one Bulgarian. Up to 32 other people, including two Russians, were injured, some seriously.

Part of the new terminal

Due to the high investment requirements for the modernization and expansion of the airport, the operation of the airport was privatized in 2006 by means of a tender and a 35-year concession for the airports in Varna and Burgas was awarded to Fraport Twin Star Airport Management AD , where the German company Fraport AG (Operator of Frankfurt / Main Airport) is involved. The Fraport Group was able to assert itself against the Danish Copenhagen Airports A / S in the award .

Burgas Airport Ltd. intends to invest and complete the expansion by € 49.6 million by 2009. Of this, € 33.5 million is to be used for the construction of a new 43,200 m² passenger terminal.

Airlines

Some airlines fly to Burgas in regular service. In the summer, a large number of charter airlines from all over Europe also serve the airport.

Incidents

• On September 3, 1968 an Ilyushin Il-18E of the Bulgarian Bulair ( aircraft registration LZ-BEG) was flown into the ground on the return flight from Dresden on the approach to Burgas Airport. When flying around showers and a thunderstorm, the machine was flown off-road at a height of almost 200 meters near Karnobat, 45 kilometers from the destination airport. In this CFIT ( Controlled flight into terrain ), 47 of the 89 people on board were killed.

Traffic figures

Source: Fraport AG

Source: Fraport AG

Burgas Airport received the " millionth passenger " of the respective year on the following days :

• 2005 - mid-August,
• 2006 - August 3rd,
• 2007 - July 30th
• 2008 - July 28th
• 2009 - August 6th
• 2011 - July 26th

In 2006, 1,816,329 passengers and 14,429 aircraft movements were counted in Burgas. Another record year was posted on October 2, 2007, when the 1.9 million passenger mark was reached (for the whole of 2006, 1,802,035 passengers were handled). In 2010 the number of passengers increased by 11.12% compared to the previous year, but this value was still below that of 2008. For the whole of 2010, 1,894,109 passengers were welcomed. The majority of them were German vacationers.

Burgas Airport received the " two millionth passenger " of the respective year on the following days :

• 2011 - September 16
• 2012 - September 1st
• 2013 - August 28th
• 2014 - August 25th

Burgas Airport - traffic figures 2010–2019

year	Passenger volume	Air freight ( tons )	Flight movements
2019	2,858,877	4,748	19,954
2018	3,277,229	8,429	23,284
2017	2,982,339	14,300	21,466
2016	2,878,883	10,877	20,873
2015	2,360,320	13,272	18,271
2014	2,530,368	5,354	19,088
2013	2,480,099	2,625	18,447
2012	2,380,536	2,281	18,856
2011	2,253,320	5,991	19,215
2010	1,894,109	5,654	15,837

Web links

Commons : Burgas airport  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
• Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
• Official website of the airport
• FOLLOW ME film about Burgas Airport

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Statistic information about International Airports in Republic of Bulgaria. In: caa.bg. Aviation Authority of Bulgaria (CAA), accessed on May 24, 2020 (English). 
2. ↑ Bourgas airport expansion and overhaul to cost 20M leva. the sofiaecho, accessed October 19, 2010 . 
3. ↑ About the airport. urgas Airport, accessed on July 1, 2014 (German). 
4. ↑ Route plan for line 15 ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/camp-sarafovo.htm
6. ↑ http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/burgas-ap.htm
7. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ http://www.isis-europe.org/pdf/2008_artrel_116_2002_archives_28_nato_notes_v4n2.pdf  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ http://www.capital.bg/show.php?storyid=221881 Newspaper article on the website of the newspaper Capital
10. ↑ : //www.devco.government.bg/langen/public/portal/prj_view.php? Id = 2200  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ The crisis in tourism affects the Black Sea airports (bulg.) , Source: Dnevnik .bg
12. ↑ See: Reports from Bulgaria: 5 Casualties in Explosion on Israeli Tourist Bus ( Memento of the original from November 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed July 18, 2012); Seven dead, five after the explosion ( memento of the original from July 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , burgasnews.com, Interview with the Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov, (accessed on July 18, 2012)  
13. ↑ dariknews , dariknews January 22, 2009
14. ^ Accident report IL-18E LZ-BEG , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 24, 2020.
15. ↑ ^{a b c} Traffic Figures. Fraport.com , accessed on May 24, 2020 (English). 
16. ↑ ACI ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
17. ↑ Record year on Darik Radio
18. ↑ See: Fraport traffic figures 2010: Growth across the board ( memento of the original from November 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , derStandard.at: The two Fraport airports on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast improved their balance sheet by 11.1 percent to 1,894,109 passengers (Burgas) and by 0.6 percent to 1,227,442 passengers (Varna). , Летище Бургас най-натоварено през юли и август (Bulgarian) , Darik Radio, January 18, 2011; Повече пътници на летищата край морето през 2010-а (Bulgarian) , Darik Radio, January 18, 2011 
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21. ↑ Official website of the airport: Тържествено посрещане за двумилионния пътник на летище Бургас. The two millionth passenger was ceremoniously received at the airport. August 28, 2013, archived from the original on August 28, 2013 ; Retrieved September 21, 2013 (Bulgarian). 
22. ↑ news.burgas24.bg: Летище Бургас посрещна двумилионния си пътник. The two millionth passenger was received at the airport. August 25, 2014, archived from the original on August 27, 2014 ; Retrieved August 27, 2014 (Bulgarian).