PDV — Plovdiv International Airport

Large airport in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
IATA code
PDV
ICAO code
LBPD
Size
large
OurAirports class
Passengers
199,871
2025
Nonstop routes
2
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC+2 / UTC+3
Europe/Sofia
Elevation
182 m
597 ft
Runways
1
Longest 2,500 m

Jan–Jun 2026: 136,690 passengers, +35.6% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).

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About PDV

Plovdiv International Airport is a large airport serving Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It opened in 1981 and is run by HNA Group. 199,871 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 2 nonstop routes from PDV.

Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from PDV

Route Distance Passengers / year
PDV → DTM1,677 km 29,914
PDV → FMM1,323 km 25,822

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Nearest airports

Code Airport Distance
KVAKavala Alexander the Great International Airport130 km
SOFSofia Airport137 km
AXDAlexandroupoli Democritus Airport163 km
BOJBurgas Airport226 km
SKGThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport233 km

Distance from PDV to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
PDV → LHR2,182 km —
PDV → DXB3,361 km —
PDV → CDG1,896 km —
PDV → FRA1,535 km —
PDV → IST335 km —
PDV → AMS1,890 km —
PDV → JFK7,737 km —
PDV → ATL8,958 km —
PDV → LAX10,794 km —
PDV → SIN9,014 km —
PDV → HND9,167 km —
PDV → DOH3,081 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
12/302,500 m 45 mConcrete

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Plovdiv, Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria · 42.0678, 24.8508

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

Plovdiv International Airport has the IATA code PDV and the ICAO code LBPD. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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