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This is a list of airports in Ukraine grouped by type and sorted by location. All aviation infrastructure of Ukraine is being supervised and regulated by the State Aviation Service of Ukraine (until 2010 the State Aviation Administration of Ukraine). The service issues certificates for all airports in the country and keeps a registry of all aircraft.
There are over 20 airports in Ukraine. Due to the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea and the war in Donbas, Ukrainian aviation authorities were forced to revoke certificates for airports within the area of military operation as there are no positive control over airports in Crimea and eastern Ukraine's Donbas region.
Most airports and aerodromes of Ukraine were originally built for military purposes and some are still being used concurrently by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Ukraine's central airport in Boryspil shares its airstrip with the Boryspil Air Base. In addition to airports, there are 11 airfields (aerodromes) and some 35 air strips (take off and landing strips) that are being operated separately. More information is available at the State Aviation Administration of Ukraine official website.
The Boryspil International Airport is the country's central and top rated airport. Other top rated airports include Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport, Hostomel Airport (Antonov-1) and Ozerne Airport (near Zhytomyr), the last two being cargo-only airports. Among the busiest airports are Boryspil Airport, Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport, Kyiv International Airport. Before the Russian annexation of Crimea and the outbreak of the war in Donbas there were also Simferopol International Airport and Donetsk International Airport.
On 24 February 2022, Ukraine closed its airspace to civilian flights due to the Russian invasion. [1] [ needs update ]
Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines. However, as of 25 February 2022, scheduled services into Ukraine have been suspended.
Heliport | ICAO Code | Location | Coordinates | Size of pad | References |
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Pekari Ukrainian : Пекарі | UKBE | Kaniv, Cherkasy Oblast | 49°41′49″N31°33′44″E / 49.69694°N 31.56222°E | 30×30m, Concrete | [2] |
Dnipro-1 Ukrainian : Дніпро-1 | UKNT | Kyiv | 50°26′57″N30°32′27″E / 50.44917°N 30.54083°E | 120×50m, Concrete | [3] |
Motor Ukrainian : Мотор | UKVE | Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 47°51′43″N35°19′0″E / 47.86194°N 35.31667°E | Concrete | |
Sopka-1 | Novi Petrivtsi, Kyiv Oblast | 50°37′17″N30°27′38″E / 50.62139°N 30.46056°E | |||
Yarylhach | Chornomorske, Crimea |
The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published quarterly in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning. ICAO codes are also used to identify other aviation facilities such as weather stations, international flight service stations or area control centers, whether or not they are located at airports. Flight information regions are also identified by a unique ICAO-code.
Motor Sich is a Ukrainian airline based in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. It operates passenger and cargo services, including charter and scheduled flights. Its main base is Zaporizhzhia International Airport.
Ukraine Air Alliance is a cargo airline based in Kyiv, Ukraine. It operates services to Asia, Africa, North America, South America, and Europe. Its main bases were Boryspil International Airport (KBP) and Zhuliany International Airport (IEV).
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.
Boryspil International Airport is an international airport in Boryspil, 29 km (18 mi) east of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is Ukraine's largest airport, serving 65% of its passenger air traffic, including all its intercontinental flights and a majority of international flights. It is one of two passenger airports that serve Kyiv along with the smaller Zhuliany Airport. Boryspil International Airport was a member of Airports Council International. Since 24 February 2022, the airport does not operate any scheduled, charter or cargo flights due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport is an international airport in Lviv, Ukraine, located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the central city. It is the second largest and busiest airport in Ukraine. The airport is named after King Daniel of Galicia, the historical founder of the city in 1256 AD.
Dnipro International Airport was an airport serving Dnipro, a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located 15 kilometres southeast from the city center.
Simferopol International Airport is an airport located in Simferopol, the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in Southern Ukraine, a territory that was occupied and unilaterally annexed by the Russian Federation in 2014. Since then, Russian-installed authorities administer the peninsula as the Republic of Crimea. Built in 1936, the airport today has one international terminal and one domestic terminal.
Ivano-Frankivsk International Airport is an airport in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, some 4.4 km (2.7 mi) by road from the town center.
Kharkiv International Airport is an airport located in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It is the main airfield serving the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city. It is located to the south-east of the city center, in the city's Slobidskyi district.
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Kryvyi Rih/Lozuvatka International Airport is an airport near Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. It is located 4.2 km west of the Lozuvatka rural community, and 17.5 km northwest of the city of Kryvyi Rih.
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