Live flights over Sofia Airport (SOF)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 539 departures and 550 arrivals at Sofia Airport, 156 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Vienna (VIE), Spata-Artemida (ATH) and Munich (MUC). The airline seen most often is Ryanair.
Airport data
- IATA code
- SOF
- ICAO code
- LBSF
- City
- Sofia
- Region
- Sofia City Province
- Country
- Bulgaria
- Elevation
- 531 m (1,742 ft)
- Coordinates
- 42.69636, 23.41767
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Sofia Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Sofia.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 85 | 90 | 175 |
| Mon 2 | 85 | 97 | 182 |
| Tue 3 | 59 | 61 | 120 |
| Wed 4 | 63 | 64 | 127 |
| Thu 5 | 76 | 74 | 150 |
| Fri 6 | 98 | 92 | 190 |
| Sat 7 | 73 | 72 | 145 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Vienna VIE Austria 54 flights
- Spata-Artemida ATH Greece 44 flights
- Munich MUC Germany 42 flights
- Frankfurt am Main FRA Germany 41 flights
- Istanbul IST Türkiye 36 flights
- Bergamo BGY Italy 34 flights
- Madrid MAD Spain 28 flights
- London, Essex STN United Kingdom 27 flights
- Tel Aviv TLV Israel 26 flights
- Warsaw WAW Poland 23 flights
- Otopeni OTP Romania 22 flights
- Eindhoven EIN Netherlands 21 flights
- Barcelona BCN Spain 21 flights
- Prague PRG Czechia 20 flights
- Köln CGN Germany 19 flights
- Luton, Luton LTN United Kingdom 19 flights
27 more connections
- Roma CIA 18
- Berlin BER 17
- Budapest BUD 17
- Roma FCO 15
- London LHR 14
- Schkeuditz LEJ 13
- Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki WMI 13
- Paris CDG 13
- Charleroi CRL 12
- Memmingen FMM 12
- Amsterdam AMS 12
- Bari BRI 12
- Valletta MLA 12
- Málaga AGP 10
- Zurich ZRH 10
- Liverpool LPL 9
- Stuttgart STR 8
- Dortmund DTM 8
- Birmingham, West Midlands BHX 8
- Dublin DUB 8
- Belgrade BEG 7
- Zaventem BRU 6
- Nice, Alpes-Maritimes NCE 4
- Bologna BLQ 4
- Dubai DXB 4
- Bristol BRS 3
- Balice KRK 3
Airlines
- RyanairRYR 272
- Wizz AirWZZ 214
- Bulgaria AirLZB 126
- LufthansaDLH 53
- Turkish AirlinesTHY 46
- Austrian AirlinesAUA 39
- Lufthansa City AirlinesLHX 26
- Air SerbiaASL 21
- LOT Polish AirlinesLOT 19
- Pegasus AirlinesPGT 18
Aircraft
- Airbus A321neo A21N 225
- Boeing 737-800 B738 203
- Airbus A320 A320 127
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 106
- Airbus A220-300 BCS3 99
- ATR 72-600 AT76 49
- Airbus A320neo A20N 48
- Airbus A321 A321 42
- Airbus A319 A319 22
- BCS1 21
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Sofia Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/42.69636/lon/23.41767/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Sofia right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Sofia Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Sofia: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of SOF, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Sofia Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Ryanair, Wizz Air, Bulgaria Air, Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines.
What are the main connections from Sofia Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Vienna (VIE, 54), Spata-Artemida (ATH, 44), Munich (MUC, 42), Frankfurt am Main (FRA, 41) and Istanbul (IST, 36). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Sofia? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Sofia Airport? +
Sofia Airport has IATA code SOF and ICAO code LBSF. It lies in Sofia City Province, Bulgaria, at coordinates 42.69636, 23.41767.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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Coverage quality depends on the density of receivers. With a Raspberry Pi and an RTL-SDR antenna you can help track flights over Sofia City Province, Bulgaria.