Nonstop flight route between Sofia, Bulgaria and Ankara, Turkey:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from SOF to ESB:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- SOF Airport Information
- ESB Airport Information
- Facts about SOF
- Facts about ESB
- Map of Nearest Airports to SOF
- List of Nearest Airports to SOF
- Map of Furthest Airports from SOF
- List of Furthest Airports from SOF
- Map of Nearest Airports to ESB
- List of Nearest Airports to ESB
- Map of Furthest Airports from ESB
- List of Furthest Airports from ESB
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF), Sofia, Bulgaria and Esenboğa International Airport (ESB), Ankara, Turkey would travel a Great Circle distance of 527 miles (or 848 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the relatively short distance between Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna and Esenboğa International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SOF / LBSF |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°41'42"N by 23°24'29"E |
Area Served: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Operator/Owner: | Sofia Airport EAD |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1742 feet (531 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SOF |
More Information: | SOF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ESB / LTAC |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Ankara, Turkey |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°7'41"N by 32°59'41"E |
Area Served: | Ankara, Turkey |
Operator/Owner: | TAV Airports |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3125 feet (953 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ESB |
More Information: | ESB Maps & Info |
Facts about Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF):
- In mid-2012 the airport will have one of the most modern and most beautiful airport towers in Europe.
- The closest airport to Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF) is Plovdiv Airport (PDV), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) ESE of SOF.
- Sofia Airport, sometimes also called Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport, is the main airport of Bulgaria.
- Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna handled 350,432 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna", other names for SOF include "Vrazhdebna Airport" and "Летище София".
- Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF) currently has only 1 runway.
- The manager will have full visibility over the airport, to guide aircraft landing and taking off.
- Two de-icing platforms are constructed to allow centralised de-icing procedures in winter.
- The furthest airport from Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,437 miles (18,405 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
Facts about Esenboğa International Airport (ESB):
- The closest airport to Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) is Kastamonu Airport (KFS), which is located 92 miles (148 kilometers) NNE of ESB.
- The furthest airport from Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,188 miles (18,005 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
- Esenboğa International Airport handled 10,900,000 passengers last year.
- In 2009, ESB served 6,085,126 passengers, 4,987,983 of which were domestic passengers.
- Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Esenboğa International Airport", another name for ESB is "Esenboğa Uluslararası Havalimanı".