Burgas Airport (IATA: BOJ, ICAO: LBBG), (Bulgarian: Летище Бургас, Letishte Burgas) is an airport in southeast Bulgaria and the second largest airport in the country. The airport is located near to the north neighbourhood of Burgas, Sarafovo almost 10 kilometers from the city center. Between the airport and the city centre is located the Lake Atanasovsko.
Burgas Airport has the third runway length on the Balkans (3200m) after Athens Airport and Sofia Airport. The airport has also well established links to intermodal transport by land (road and railway) and sea. In 2011, it handled 2,253,320 passengers, a 19.0% increase compared to the 1,872,618 handled in 2010, which was itself an 11.2% increase compared to 2009.
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