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Only paved facilities are listed. All the fighter orlyaks have grass-covered "scatter fields" as secondary bases in the event their primary bases are knocked out by enemy action or similarly made useless.
Dobroslavtsi Air Base: Command: Sofia Location: North of Sofia Runway Length: 1,000 meters Surface: Asphalt runway with grass apron Facilities: N/A Notes: None
Bozhurishte Air Base: Command: Sofia Location: Northwest of Sofia Runway Length: 800 meters Surface: Asphalt runway with grass apron Facilities: Bozhurishte Military Flying School, Maintenance Shops, Sofia ADC headquarters. Notes: First Bulgarian Air Force base constructed; almost all active VNVV units trace their lineage to creation at Bozhurishte.
Vrazhdebna Air Base / City of Sofia Civil Airport: Command: Sofia Location: East of Sofia Runway Length: 1 runway 2,000 meters, 1 runway 900 meters Surface: Concrete Facilities: DAR aircraft factory; maintenance shops, earthen revetments for aircraft protection, covered maintenance sheds Notes: Doubles as main airport for city of Sofia.
Graf Ignatievo Air Base: Command: Maritsa Location: North of Plovdiv Runway Length: 1,800 meters, site is capable of expansion Surface: Concrete runway, grass apron Facilities: Maintenance shops; ADC headquarters for Maritsa region, Graf Ignatievo Military Flying School, covered earthen revetments Notes: Doubles as main airport for city of Plovdiv. Originally built by the Germans for the Great War for basing zeppelins.
Shtraklevo Air Base: Command: Eastern Location: Rousse, Bulgaria Runway Length: 1,100 meters, site is capable of expansion to 2,500 meters Surface: Asphalt Facilities: Maintenance shops Notes: Doubles as main airport for city of Rousse.
Bezmer Air Base: Command: Eastern Location: Near Yambol Runway Length: 1,900 meters, site is capable of expansion to 2,400 meters Surface: Concrete Facilities: Maintenance shops, headquarters of Strike Aviation Brigade Notes: None
Rupite Air Base: Command: Maritsa Location: North of Petrich near the village of Rupte Runway Length: 890 meters, site is capable of expansion to 2,500 meters Surface: Tarmacadam with grass apron Facilities: Not much Notes: None
Yakimovo Air Base: Command: Western Danube Location: 22 kilometers south of Lom Runway Length: 750 meters Surface: Asphalt with grass apron Facilities: Earthen revetments and maintenance shop. Notes: None
Krumovo Air Base: Command: Maritsa Location: South of Plovdiv Runway Length: 1,300 meters, site is capable of expansion to 2,500 meters Surface: Concrete with grass apron Facilities: Earthen revetments, maintenance shops Notes: None
Petrevene Air Base: Command: Western Danube Location: 46 kilometers west of Lovech Runway Length: 750 meters Surface: Tarmacadam runway with tarmacadam apron Facilities: Sparse Notes: Smallest Bulgarian air base with paved airstrip
Loznitsa Air Base: Command: Eastern Location: Southeast of Razgrad Runway Length: 1,120 meters Surface: Concrete runway with concrete apron Facilities: Earthen revetments, covered maintenance shops Notes: One of the most modern air bases in Bulgaria
Balchik Air Base: Command: Black Sea Location: East of town of Balchik, 30 kilometers northeast of Varna Runway Length: 1,800 meters Surface: Concrete runway with concrete apron Facilities: Earthen revetments, covered concrete revetments, Black Sea ADC headquarters, maintenance facilities Notes: Comprehensively reconstructed in 1938. Airstrip and apron is highly recognizable due to the concrete being poured in interlocking hexagons
Lake Chaika Naval Aerodrome: Command: Bulgarian Naval Aviation Location: Lake Chaika, outside Varna Runway Length: Not applicable Surface: Water Facilities: Seaplane ramp, covered maintenance shed Notes: Main seaplane base for Bulgarian Naval Aviation Wing.
Bourgas Naval Aerodrome: Command: Bulgarian Naval Aviation Location: South of Bourgas on Vaya Lake Runway Length: Not applicable Surface: Water Facilities: Seaplane ramp, covered maintenance shed Notes: Secondary seaplane base for Bulgarian Naval Aviation Wing.