Sofia to Baku flight

Flights from Sofia to Baku start at €188.35 and take 8h 35m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Sofia to Baku starts at €188.35 and takes 8h 35m door to door, run by 2 operators over 2,333 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 22 September 2026Priced for 7 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 35mDoor to door
  • 3h 54mMoving
  • €263.87 to €508.72From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 487.6 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 7 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€263.87 to €508.72 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €485.71Wed23
  2. about €508.72Thu24
  3. about €462.70Fri25
  4. about €359.45Sat26
  5. about €383.64Sun27
  6. about €324.64Mon28
  7. about €287.47Tue29
  8. about €318.74Wed30
  9. about €381.87Thu1
  10. about €328.77Fri2
  11. about €272.72Sat3
  12. about €263.87Sun4
  13. about €290.42Mon5
  14. about €267.41Tue6

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 7 October 2026

Fastest€188.35
  1. Pegasus Airlines PA203107:301h 8m08:38Sofia Airport SOFİstanbul Airport IST
  2. Azerbaijan Airlines AA547010:092h 46m13:55İstanbul Airport ISTHeydar Aliyev International Airport GYD

Changes at Istanbul, with 91 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 8h 35mCO2 487.6 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

  • Pegasus Airlines
  • Azerbaijan Airlines

The flight gets you into Baku. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Baku for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Baku railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Sofia to Baku

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €171.7890 days
  2. €185.5360 days
  3. €161.8845 days
  4. €200.9330 days
  5. €184.9821 days
  6. €209.7314 days
  7. €253.737 days
  8. €368.683 days
  9. €385.731 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €161.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 138 percent. The dearest point is €385.73, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €203.13Sun
  2. €222.38Mon
  3. €209.73Tue
  4. €251.53Wed
  5. €300.48Thu
  6. €261.98Fri
  7. €215.78Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Sofia

Air
  • SOF

Baku

Air
  • GYD
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,333 km against 2,217 km in a straight line, a detour of 11 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Ankara, Istanbul, İzmir. The gap between arriving and leaving is 71 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Sofia at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Flights against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight8h 35m3h 54m4h 41m€188.35487.6 kg1
Coach15h 28m11h 57m3h 31m€157.48393.4 kg2

Questions about Sofia to Baku

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Sofia to Baku take?

The Flight from Sofia to Baku takes 8h 35m door to door, of which 3h 54m is spent moving. The route runs 2,333 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Sofia to Baku cost?

The Flight from Sofia to Baku starts at €188.35 for one passenger, as of 22 September 2026. A typical fare is €188.35. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Sofia to Baku?

2 operators run the Flight from Sofia to Baku: Pegasus Airlines, Azerbaijan Airlines. Between them they file around 1 departure a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Sofia to Baku use?

The Flight from Sofia to Baku leaves from Sofia Airport SOF and arrives at Heydar Aliyev International Airport GYD. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Flight the best way from Sofia to Baku?

Travelling from Sofia to Baku by Coach costs €157.48 and takes 15h 28m door to door, against 8h 35m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Flight from Sofia to Baku?

Fares for the Flight from Sofia to Baku bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €161.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 138 percent, measured on 22 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Sofia to Baku produce?

The Flight from Sofia to Baku produces about 487.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2333 km, which works out at roughly 209 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Sofia to Baku on 22 September 2026: 2333 km of route against 2217 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €188.35, and 8h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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