LBPD
Plovdiv International Airport
VFR
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Name
Plovdiv International Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
LBPD / PDV / LBPD
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- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
10:17 am (EET)
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Municipality
Plovdiv
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Coordinates
42° 4′ 4″ N 24° 51′ 2″ E
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Elevation
603 ft (184 m MSL)
About Plovdiv International Airport
Plovdiv Airport (Bulgarian: Летище Пловдив, romanized: Letishte Plovdiv) (IATA: PDV, ICAO: LBPD) is the airport of the second largest city in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and is the country's 4th busiest behind Sofia, Burgas and Varna. It may be referred to as Plovdiv Krumovo Airport, after a small village located 6 km south-east away from the city on the main Plovdiv-Asenovgrad second class road.
Plovdiv Airport serves the nearby ski resorts of Bansko, Pamporovo and Borovets, and therefore serves mainly charter flights, during the winter season from the end of December until March. The main traffic at present is charter flights to and from the United Kingdom and Germany. The airport also plays a vital role in case of emergencies and is sometimes used as an alternate for Sofia Airport, which is almost 150 km away or 1.5-hour drive on the Trakiya motorway.