Bulgaria Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 8 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 44

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 1,022,645 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1.38 million mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

LZ

Airports

total: 68 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 57 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 2 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 17 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 12 (2017)

under 914 m: 26 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 11 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2013)

under 914 m: 9 (2013)

Heliports

1 (2013)

Pipelines

2765 km gas, 346 km oil, 378 km refined products (2017)

Railways

total: 5,114 km (2014)

standard gauge: 4,989 km 1.435-m gauge (2,880 km electrified) (2014)

narrow gauge: 125 km 0.760-m gauge (2014)

Roadways

total: 19,512 km (2011)

paved: 19,235 km (includes 458 km of expressways) (2011)

unpaved: 277 km (2011)

note: does not include Category IV local roads

Waterways

470 km (2009)

Merchant marine

total: 81

by type: bulk carrier 5, general cargo 15, oil tanker 8, other 53 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Burgas, Varna (Black Sea)

NOTE: The information regarding Bulgaria on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bulgaria 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bulgaria 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.