Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany)

Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany)

Міжнародний аеропорт «Київ» (Жуляни)
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OwnerCity of Kyiv/Govt. of Ukraine
ServesKyiv, Ukraine
LocationZhuliany
Opened1924 (1924)
Elevation AMSL179 m / 587 ft
Coordinates50°24′06″N 30°27′06″E / 50.40167°N 30.45167°E / 50.40167; 30.45167
Websiteiev.aero
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 2,310 7,579 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
PassengersDecrease 2,617,900[2]
FlightsIncrease 30,248
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Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (Ukrainian: Міжнародний аеропорт «Київ» імені Ігоря Сікорського (Жуляни)) (IATA: IEV, ICAO: UKKK) is one of the two passenger airports of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the other being Boryspil International Airport. It is owned by the municipality of Kyiv and located in the Zhuliany neighbourhood, about seven kilometres (four nautical miles) southwest of the city centre. Aside from facilitating regular passenger flights, Kyiv International Airport is also the main business aviation airport in Ukraine, and one of the busiest business aviation hubs in Europe.[3]

  1. ^ Code IATA «IeV» from old soviet transliteration Kiev. KIE was already used by Kieta Airport
  2. ^ Статистика пасажиропотоку IEV (in Ukrainian).
  3. ^ "Жуляны" настроены по-деловому ["Juliani" set up to do business]. Коммерсантъ (in Russian). Kommersant.ua. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2015.

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