There are 5 ways to get from Sofia to New York by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Sofia Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane SOF - EWR
15h 17m$313–906Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharestbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane OTP - JFK
19h 58m$278–707Fly Sofia Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane SOF - JFK
15h 40m$279–817Fly Sofia Airport to Laguardia Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Laguardia Airport (LGA)plane SOF - LGA
17h 47m$493–1,420Fly Sofia Airport to Philadelphia International Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane SOF - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
16h 57m$538–1,368
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to New York is to bus and fly which costs $270 - $750 and takes 19h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to New York is to fly which takes 15h 17m and costs $310 - $950.
The distance between Sofia and New York is 4775 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 17m to get from Sofia to New York, including transfers.
New York is 7h behind Sofia. It is currently 10:36 PM in Sofia and 3:36 PM in New York.
There are 3898+ hotels available in New York.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and New York, NY, USA?
Lufthansa, United Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) every 4 hours.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Sofia Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Sofia Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–800
Flights from Sofia Airport to Laguardia Airport via Frankfurt, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Sofia Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–800
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Sofia Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Sofia Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–800
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Sofia Airport to Laguardia Airport via Munich, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,800
Flights from Sofia Airport to Laguardia Airport via Frankfurt, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Sofia Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Sofia Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Sofia Airport to Laguardia Airport via Vienna, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 9m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Sofia Airport to Laguardia Airport via Vienna, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 31m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Sofia Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Sofia Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Sofia Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Sofia Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Sofia Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Sofia Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Sofia Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Sofia Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Sofia Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Sofia Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–800
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Sofia Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Sofia Airport to Laguardia Airport via Vienna, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 31m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–850
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- [email protected]
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $33
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
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