Early years

On 27 June 1937, the French company CIDNA (now part of Air France), chose the area of Burgas Airport to build a radio station and signed a contract with the Bulgarian government for its use. The contract expressly stated that the staff of Burgas Airport would be Bulgarian.^{[citation needed]}

On 29 June 1947, Balkan Bulgarian Airlines began domestic flights between Burgas, Plovdiv and Sofia, using Junkers Ju 52/3m aircraft. In the 1950s and 1960s, the airport was expanded and modernized by building a concrete runway. In 1970, the airport became an international airport serving 45 destinations.^[2]

Development since the 2000s

Burgas airport has been subject to heavy traffic following the growing tourism industry in Bulgaria and was in need of major investments to expand and handle projected passenger traffic. In June 2006, the Bulgarian Government awarded Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide a 35-year-long concession on both Varna and Burgas airports in return for investments exceeding €500 million.^[3]

Fraport entered into partnership with Varna-based company BM Star. The concessionaire has vowed to inject 403 million Euro in the two airports during the lifespan of the arrangement. Fraport will pay 60% of an investment of EUR 403 million over the 35-year concession. The investments will be made in new terminal facilities, vehicles and equipment and expanding apron areas at the airports over the life of the concession.^[4]

Terminals

In December 2011 construction work began on the new Terminal 2. The new terminal was planned to have a capacity of 2,700,000 passengers and an area of 20,000 square metres (220,000 sq ft). The new terminal building was designed so that it can be easily upgraded to further increase capacity, if necessary. Construction of the new terminal was completed in 2013, and has been operational since December 2013.^[5]

Terminal 2 replaced the older Terminal 1, which was built in the 1950s and expanded in the early 1990s, and now handles all of the airport's passenger traffic. The terminal is equipped with 31 check-in counters, three boarding-card checkpoints, nine security lanes and eight departure gates. The arrivals area (divided into Schengen and non-Schengen zones) has 12 immigration stations and four baggage carousels (one 120 metres (390 ft) long and three 70 metres (230 ft) long carousels). Passenger amenities include 800 square metres (8,600 sq ft) of space dedicated to shopping and 1,220 square metres (13,100 sq ft) for food and beverage (F&B) services. There is also a 550 square metres (5,900 sq ft) outdoor courtyard.^[6]

Runway

The runway is 3,200 metres (10,500 ft) long.^[7]

On 31 October 2016, reconstruction and rehabilitation of taxiways began at Burgas airport. The project includes a complete rehabilitation of 3,500 square meters of taxiway "H", complete rehabilitation of taxiway "A", as well as area adjacent to the runway holding point. The control and monitoring system for airfield lighting and approach light equipment will be replaced. The total investment of Fraport Twin Star Airport Management in these projects is over BGN 12 million.^[8][9]

Traffic

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Annual passenger traffic at BOJ airport. See Wikidata query.

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Traffic at Burgas Airport

Year	Passengers	Change	Cargo (tonnes)	Change	Aircraft movements	Change
1998	433,024		39		6,092
1999	339,297	21.6%	31	20.5%	5,722	6.1%
2000	398,015	17.3%	36	16.1%	5,224	8.7%
2001	594,396	49.3%	53	47.2%	5,964	14.2%
2002	767,476	29.1%	925	1645.3%	6,708	12.5%
2003	1,026,134	33.7%	635	31.4%	8,963	33.6%
2004	1,352,173	31.8%	899	41.6%	11,199	25.0%
2005	1,556,091	15.1%	122	86.4%	12,496	11.6%
2006	1,802,135	15.8%	405	232.0%	14,429	15.5%
2007	1,941,311	7.7%	2,051	406.4%	16,114	11.7%
2008	1,925,266	0.8%	1,338	34.8%	16,868	4.7%
2009	1,689,866	12.3%	2,597	94.1%	15,636	7.3%
2010	1,874,562	10.9%	5,654	117.7%	15,775	0.9%
2011	2,229,045	19.0%	5,991	6.0%	19,215	19.0%
2012	2,358,159	5.8%	2,281	61.9%	18,856	1.9%
2013	2,480,099	5.1%	2,625	15.1%	18,447	2.2%
2014	2,522,319	2.6%	5,354	104.0%	18,869	0.8%[71]
2015	2,360,320	6.7%	13,272	147.9%	18,271	4.3%
2016	2,878,883	22.0%	10,877	18.0%	20,873	14.2%
2017	2,982,339	3.6%	14,300	31.5%	21,466	2.8%
2018	3,277,229	9.9%	8,429	41.1%	23,284	8.5%
2019	2,885,776	12.0%	4,747	43.7%	19,954	14.3%
2020	424,252	85.3%	3,889	18.1%	4,079	79.6%
2021	955,402	125.2%	4,669	20.1%	8,295	103.3%
2022	1,643,581	72.2%	6,244	33.7%	12,293	48.2%
2023	1,848,169	12.4%	2,556	59.1%	13,174	7.2%[72]
2024 (31.03)	26,155	29.5%	207	42.4%	356	7.0%[46]

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Top 5 Markets (2023)^[73]

Rank	Destination	Passengers
1	Poland	474,000
2	United Kingdom	377,000
3	Czech Republic	207,000
4	Germany	160,000
5	Israel	88,000

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Bus

Line No 15 connects Burgas airport with Burgas South bus station.^[74]

Intercity buses from Burgas to Pomorie, Aheloy, Ravda, Nessebar and Sunny beach also stop close to the airport. The stop is located at the roundabout on the main road across from the terminal building.

Taxi

The Taxi Piazza is located in front of the Arrivals Terminal at Burgas Airport. A taxi ride from Burgas Airport to the city takes approximately 15 minutes, depending on the traffic intensity.The prices start from €25 depending where in the city you need to go.^{[75][better source needed]}

Parking

Passengers and guests arriving at Burgas Airport with their personal car can use the commercially available parking lot, located in the immediate vicinity of the main terminal building. The parking lot has 199 car spaces available and is accessible 24 hours a day.^[76]