# Varna Airport (VAR)

> Varna, BG · IATA: VAR · ICAO: LBWN · Large Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `VAR` |
| ICAO | `LBWN` |
| City | Varna |
| Country | BG |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 70 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 43.23210, 27.82510 |

## Description

Just 195 tonnes of cargo passed through Varna Airport (IATA: VAR, ICAO: LBWN) in 2025 — a figure that tells forwarders almost everything they need to know about this northern Black Sea field near Golden Sands. Varna lives off summer tourism, and that side is booming: operated in tandem with Burgas under a Fraport Twin Star concession, the two coastal airports grew about ten percent to a combined 3.71 million passengers in 2025, with six new airlines added at Varna alone. For summer 2026 Wizz Air is basing a third aircraft here and launching five new routes from mid-June — Barcelona, Athens, Paris Beauvais, Debrecen and Gdansk. Airfreight infrastructure worth the name does not exist: shipments from the Varna region and Dobruja truck to Sofia Airport, roughly 450 kilometres via the A2 Hemus motorway, or feed the road corridors to Istanbul for intercontinental uplift. Sea freight, by contrast, is the natural choice — the port of Varna, one of Bulgaria's largest, handles grain, containers and breakbulk and offers Black Sea ferry links towards Georgia. The airport sits about 8 kilometres west of the city centre on the E70 European route. Knowing when not to fly from here is the professional's edge.

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