There are 6 ways to get from Sofia to Busan by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Sofia Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane SOF - PUS
20h 21m₩488,395–2,259,945Fly Sofia Airport to Ulsan Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Ulsan Airport (USN)plane SOF - USN
- Take the train from Ulsan Station to Busan Stationtrain
25h 44m₩434,232–2,376,614Fly Sofia Airport to Incheon International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)plane SOF - ICN
- Take the bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4bus
- Take the train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Stationtrain
18h 46m₩758,125–2,115,870Fly Sofia Airport to Daegu International Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Daegu International Airport (TAE)plane SOF - TAE
- Take the train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Stationtrain
20h 19m₩918,041–3,518,214Bus to Istanbul, fly to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Take the bus from Sofia to Istanbul Esenlerbus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane IST - PUS
23h 32m₩543,767–2,044,467Bus to Skopje International Airport, fly to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Fly from Skopje International Airport (SKP) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane SKP - PUS
27h 36m₩572,309–2,959,865
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Busan is to fly and bus and train which costs ₩750,000 - ₩2200,000 and takes 18h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Busan is to fly and bus and train which takes 18h 46m and costs ₩750,000 - ₩2200,000.
The distance between Sofia and Busan is 8550 km.
It takes approximately 20h 21m to get from Sofia to Busan, including transfers.
Busan is 6h ahead of Sofia. It is currently 3:51 PM in Sofia and 9:51 PM in Busan.
There are 1010+ hotels available in Busan.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Busan, South Korea?
Turkish Airlines, Korean Air, and four other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) 3 times a day.
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Istanbul, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,500,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Vienna, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,700,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Daegu International Airport via Istanbul, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩900,000–3,500,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Daegu International Airport via Vienna, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩950,000–3,800,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Daegu International Airport via Budapest, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩900,000–3,700,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ulsan Airport via Istanbul, Beijing Capital, Seoul Gimpo
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–2,300,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ulsan Airport via Vienna, Beijing Capital, Seoul Gimpo
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩450,000–2,200,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ulsan Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital, Seoul Gimpo
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩450,000–2,100,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ulsan Airport via Athens, Shanghai Pudong, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,400,000
Flights from Istanbul to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,400,000
Flights from Istanbul to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,500,000
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Istanbul, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–3,000,000
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Vienna, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–3,200,000
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Budapest, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–3,100,000
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Istanbul, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–3,000,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₩480,000–2,300,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Budapest, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₩480,000–2,300,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Istanbul, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,500,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Vienna, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩490,000–2,400,000
Flights from Istanbul to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩450,000–2,400,000
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Istanbul, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–3,000,000
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Vienna, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–2,800,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Daegu International Airport via Athens, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩900,000–3,700,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Daegu International Airport via Istanbul, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩900,000–3,700,000
Flights from Istanbul to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–2,000,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Incheon International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–2,100,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Incheon International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,200,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ulsan Airport via Athens, Shanghai Pudong, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,400,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ulsan Airport via Istanbul, Beijing Daxing, Seoul Gimpo
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩420,000–2,400,000
- Website
- en.airbusan.com
Flights from Istanbul to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–2,000,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- letskorail.com
Train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩43,000–90,000
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ₩43,000–60,000
- First Class
- ₩60,000–90,000
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩15,000–42,600
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ₩15,000–22,000
- First Class
- ₩21,000–30,000
- Economy Class
- ₩42,600
Train from Ulsan Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩7,500–12,000
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ₩7,500–11,000
- First Class
- ₩8,000–12,000
- Phone
- +82 1800 1472
- Website
- srail.or.kr
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩18,000–39,000
- Website
- https://www.srail.or.kr/main.do?language=EN
- Standard Class
- ₩18,000–39,000
- First Class
- ₩27,000–38,000
Train from Ulsan Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩8,000–36,000
- Website
- https://www.srail.or.kr/main.do?language=EN
- Standard Class
- ₩8,000–36,000
- First Class
- ₩12,000–26,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- korail.com
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩8,620–8,660
- Website
- https://www.korail.com/global/eng/main
- Economy Class
- ₩8,620–8,660
- Phone
- +82 1544 7788
- Website
- korail.com
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000
- Schedules at
- korail.com
- Phone
- +82 2 2664-9898
- Website
- airportlimousine.co.kr
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000–17,500
- Schedules at
- airportlimousine.co.kr
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- info@luksyonca.com.tr
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from Sofia to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₩40,967
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₩19,000–46,000
- Schedules at
- traveling.com
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₩39,000–60,000
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₩44,000–55,000
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₩27,000–44,000
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
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