Live flights over Sofia Airport (SOF)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 195 departures and 188 arrivals at Sofia Airport, 192 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Vienna (VIE), Bergamo (BGY) and Istanbul (IST). 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 110 | 105 | 215 |
| Sat 24 | 85 | 83 | 168 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Vienna VIE Austria 18 flights
- Bergamo BGY Italy 13 flights
- Istanbul IST Türkiye 13 flights
- Munich MUC Germany 12 flights
- Spata-Artemida ATH Greece 12 flights
- Frankfurt am Main FRA Germany 11 flights
- London, Essex STN United Kingdom 8 flights
- Eindhoven EIN Netherlands 8 flights
- Barcelona BCN Spain 8 flights
- Madrid MAD Spain 8 flights
- Budapest BUD Hungary 8 flights
- Prague PRG Czechia 7 flights
- Tel Aviv TLV Israel 7 flights
- Memmingen FMM Germany 6 flights
- Balice KRK Poland 6 flights
- Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki WMI Poland 6 flights
29 more connections
- Warsaw WAW 6
- Milano MXP 6
- Roma CIA 6
- Roma FCO 6
- Zurich ZRH 6
- Dortmund DTM 5
- Luton, Luton LTN 5
- Berlin BER 4
- Köln CGN 4
- Schkeuditz LEJ 4
- Stuttgart STR 4
- London LHR 4
- Amsterdam AMS 4
- Paris CDG 4
- Bari BRI 4
- Lamezia Terme SUF 4
- Otopeni OTP 4
- Dubai DXB 4
- Geneva GVA 3
- Zaventem BRU 2
- Málaga AGP 2
- Beauvais BVA 2
- Milano LIN 2
- Bologna BLQ 2
- Napoli NAP 2
- Charleroi CRL 1
- Hamburg HAM 1
- Nuremberg NUE 1
- Rheinmünster FKB 1
Airlines
- RyanairRYR 102
- Wizz AirWZZ 91
- Bulgaria AirLZB 43
- LufthansaDLH 17
- Austrian AirlinesAUA 14
- Turkish AirlinesTHY 14
- Air SerbiaASL 8
- EGT JetEGT 7
- Aegean AirlinesAEE 5
- European Air TransportBCS 4
Aircraft
- Airbus A321neo A21N 100
- Boeing 737-800 B738 98
- Airbus A220-300 BCS3 31
- Airbus A320 A320 27
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 22
- Embraer E195 E195 16
- Airbus A319 A319 14
- ATR 72-600 AT76 10
- Airbus A321 A321 8
- BCS1 8
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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Ryanair, Wizz Air, Bulgaria Air, Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines.
What are the main connections from Sofia Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Vienna (VIE, 18), Bergamo (BGY, 13), Istanbul (IST, 13), Munich (MUC, 12) and Spata-Artemida (ATH, 12). 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.
Nearby airports
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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.