SOF · LBSF
Sofia Airport
Sofia, Bulgaria — flight times and distances to airports around the world, computed from published coordinates.
IATASOFLBSF
Latitude42.6964degrees
Longitude23.4177degrees
Elevation1,742feet
SOURCE·OurAirports + great-circle computation·REVIEWED JUL 2026
How this is worked out
- Both airports' coordinates come from OurAirports, a public-domain dataset — nothing is scraped from another flight site.
- Distance is a great-circle (haversine) figure on a mean earth radius of 6,371.0088 km, so it is the shortest path over the surface, not a road distance.
- Airborne time is that distance divided by 805 km/h, a representative jet cruise speed.
- A flat 25 minutes is added for pushback, taxi, climb, descent and taxi-in, which is why no hop is ever half an hour gate to gate.
- Winds, aircraft type and airline schedule padding are not modelled, and every route page shows the same distance at four cruise speeds so you can see what that assumption is worth.
gate-to-gate hours = 0.42 + distance km / 805
SOURCE·OurAirports + great-circle computation·REVIEWED JUL 2026
Flight times from SOF
| Destination | Code | Distance | Flight time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otopeni, Romania | OTP | 300 km | 48m |
| Belgrade, Serbia | BEG | 343 km | 51m |
| Istanbul, Turkey | IST | 467 km | 1h 00m |
| Pendik, Istanbul, Turkey | SAW | 528 km | 1h 05m |
| Spata-Artemida, Greece | ATH | 531 km | 1h 05m |
| Budapest, Hungary | BUD | 619 km | 1h 11m |
| Velika Gorica, Croatia | ZAG | 676 km | 1h 16m |
| Napoli, Italy | NAP | 783 km | 1h 24m |
| Vienna, Austria | VIE | 804 km | 1h 25m |
| Balice, Poland | KRK | 866 km | 1h 30m |
| Antalya, Turkey | AYT | 901 km | 1h 32m |
| Rome, Italy | FCO | 924 km | 1h 34m |
| Venezia (VE), Italy | VCE | 936 km | 1h 35m |
| Bologna, Italy | BLQ | 997 km | 1h 39m |
| London, United Kingdom | LHR | 2,041 km | 2h 57m |
| New York, United States | JFK | 7,581 km | 9h 50m |
| Los Angeles, United States | LAX | 10,650 km | 13h 39m |
| Dubai, United Arab Emirates | DXB | 3,495 km | 4h 46m |
| Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise), France | CDG | 1,754 km | 2h 36m |
| Amsterdam, Netherlands | AMS | 1,754 km | 2h 36m |
| Frankfurt am Main, Germany | FRA | 1,398 km | 2h 09m |
| Singapore, Singapore | SIN | 9,137 km | 11h 46m |
| Hong Kong, Hong Kong | HKG | 8,388 km | 10h 50m |
| Narita, Japan | NRT | 9,203 km | 11h 51m |
| Seoul, South Korea | ICN | 8,193 km | 10h 36m |
| Doha, Qatar | DOH | 3,216 km | 4h 25m |
| Sydney (Mascot), Australia | SYD | 15,430 km | 19h 35m |
| Chicago, United States | ORD | 8,366 km | 10h 49m |
| Beijing, China | PEK | 7,348 km | 9h 33m |
| Amman, Jordan | AMM | 1,648 km | 2h 28m |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | TLV | 1,559 km | 2h 21m |
| Cairo, Egypt | CAI | 1,569 km | 2h 22m |
| Beirut, Lebanon | BEY | 1,441 km | 2h 13m |
| Tbilisi, Georgia | TBS | 1,773 km | 2h 37m |
SOURCE·OurAirports + great-circle computation·REVIEWED JUL 2026
Questions about SOF
What is the airport code for Sofia?
Sofia Airport uses the IATA code SOF and the ICAO code LBSF. IATA codes are the three-letter ones on your boarding pass; ICAO codes are four letters and used by air traffic control.
Where is Sofia Airport?
It sits at 42.6964° N, 23.4177° E, serving Sofia in Bulgaria, at an elevation of 1,742 feet.
Data from OurAirports (public domain) · Wikipedia. Flight times are great-circle estimates for planning only — always check the airline's published schedule.
