Ukraine International Airport List
Key airport information is available at: World Aero Data Website
Ukraine inherited a significant aircraft manufacturing industry from the USSR, with the Antonov aircraft plant and related factories as its main component. Ukrainian and EU aerospace industries have a major interest in increasing their cooperation. The envisaged agreement could create a new framework for industrial aviation relations between the Ukraine and the EU which could accompany the restructuring and modernisation of the Ukrainian aerospace industry.
Ukrainian civil aviation was completely halted after the full-scale Russian invasion on February 24, 2022. No commercial flights have taken place since then. Although there are plans to resume at least some flights from the Lviv airport even during the war, it is unclear if these plans can be realized. Airports and airfields have been a major targets of the Russian missile and rocket attacks from day 1 of the full-scale invasion. Civil aviation infrastructure has been seriously damaged, but the scale of damage is not made public. The following chapters reflect the pre-war 2022 snapshot of the Ukrainian aviation industry. It is obvious that the war changed the landscape of Ukrainian aviation, and the post-war industry will look differently both in terms of airlines and airports.
Kyiv-Boryspil (KBP) was the largest Ukrainian airport servicing close to 60% of the country's commercial air traffic. Over 9.4 million passengers flew through Boryspil in 2021, which was a 62% growth over the COVID-impacted 2020. There were 45 operating civil airports (including heliports) in Ukraine. Out of them, 14 airports received domestic flights from Kyiv the capital of Ukraine on a regular basis. 14 airports have been assigned international status:
- Boryspil (Kyiv) (damaged)
- Dnipro (destroyed)
- Zaporizhzhia (destroyed)
- Ivano-Frankivsk (destroyed)
- Kyiv (Zhulyzny) (damaged)
- Kryvyi Rih (damaged)
- Lviv
- Mykolaiv (destroyed)
- Odesa (damaged)
- Rivne (damaged)
- Uzhhorod
- Kharkiv (destroyed)
- Vinnytsya (damaged)
- Chernivtsi
The following airports covered were capable of handling wide-body passenger aircraft and heavy freighters:
Kyiv (Boryspil Airport) was considered as the main international air hub of the country with all related services and facilities available for offloading, handling, storing and clearing of the humanitarian cargoes. The airport has a large storage capacity, and transportation means and can be easily accessed from the capital for any follow-up work with freight documentation, diplomatic clearances, etc. Close to the Boryspil airport there are other commercial facilities available, including those of DHL, Medical Enterprise “Ukr Vaktsina” with cold storage for medicines, storage facilities and freight transit centre of Raben Ukraine among others.
The following airports can be considered for delivery of humanitarian cargo:
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Airport |
Description |
ICAO Code |
No of Runways |
Airport Class |
Types of aircraft operated |
Hours of Operation |
Customs |
Address |
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Kyiv Boryspil International Airport (damaged) |
Located 18,5 km, East of Kyiv The biggest airport in Ukraine. It covered around 65% of passenger transportation and provided services to more than 9 million passengers / year. The runway (4000 m, x 60 m) is suitable for all types of aircraft day and night, including low visibility conditions. Boryspil Airport was also the only airport of Ukraine for transcontinental flights. There were heated hangar facilities available for aircraft maintenance and repair. |
UKBB |
2 |
4E |
All types, including AN225, AN124, B747-400 |
24 / 7 |
Available 24/7 |
Borispol Airport, Kyiv oblast, 08307 |
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Hostomel International Airport (destroyed) |
International airport. Located 25 km North-West of Kyiv, in 2 km from Hostomel vlg. The airport was used both by civil (Antonov Airlines) and experimental aviation. There were heated hangars in the aerodrome suitable for maintenance and repair of all aircraft types, including An-225, An-124, Boeing 747. |
UKKM |
1 |
4E |
All types, including AN225, AN124, B747-400 |
Winter 0730-1500 (UTC) |
Within aerodrome operating hours 24/7 |
1 Akademika Tupoleva Str., Kyiv, 03062 |
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Lviv International Airport “Daniil Galitskiy” (Sknilov) |
Located 6 km from Lviv centre South-West of the city. Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport had direct connection with the cities all over the world such as: Munich, Dortmund, Vienna, Warsaw, Krakow and Wroclaw, Moscow and Surgut, Naples, Venice and Milan, Prague, Hurghada, Istanbul, Kyiv and others. |
UKLL |
1 |
4D |
Аn-124, Аn-148 |
24 / 7 |
Available 24/7 |
168 Lyublinskaya Str Lviv, 79000 |
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Dnipro International Airport (destroyed) |
Located within the city, at 8th km of Zaporozhye highway. |
UKDD |
1 |
4C |
Аn-148 |
24 / 7 |
Available 24/7 |
Dnipro airport, Dnipro, 49042 |
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Zaporizhzhia International Airport (destroyed) |
Located within the city, East of the city, 15 km East to the city centre. Municipal enterprise Zaporozhye International Airport is an operator of the Airport. |
UKDE |
1 |
4C |
Аn-148 |
24 / 7 |
Available 24/7 |
Zaporozhye airport, Zaporozhye, 69013 |
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Odesa International Airport (damaged) |
The Airport is located in the southwest part of Odessa. The distance from the city center to the airport is 7,5 km. The passenger terminal was designed for international and domestic flights Handling with capacity of 400 passengers per hour. |
UKOO |
2 |
4C |
Аn-148 |
24 / 7 |
Available 24/7 |
Odesa-54, 65054 Ukraine Tel (0482) 393549 or (0482) 393579 |
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Air Carriers
Currently, due to the war, no air carriers can operate in Ukraine. The fleet of airliners used by the carriers are either locked in the Ukrainian airports or returned to the leasers abroad. It is not clear if the Ukrainian air carriers are able to resume their operations after the war. Some of the air carriers managed to operate in foreign aviation markets (e.g. SkyUp operates in the EU), but most of them are in a hibernate state with uncertain future.
All air carriers listed in the table below are duly registered by the Civil Aviation Authorities of Ukraine for provision of the air transportation services on domestic and international routes.
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Air Operator |
Information |
Aircraft fleet (aircraft type, registration number, YOM) |
Legal address |
Telephone, |
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Antonov Company А1, А2 (inter alia Е11) |
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Аntonov-124-100 Аntonov -124-100 Аntonov -124-100 Аntonov -124-100 Аntonov -124-100 Аntonov -124-100 Аntonov -124-100 |
1, Akademika Tupoleva str., Kyiv, 03062, Ukraine |
(044) |
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Limited Liability Company “Aircompany ZetAvia - А2 (inter alia Е11) |
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Ilyushin-76Т, Ilyushin -76ТД, Ilyushin -76ТД, Ilyushin -76ТД, |
5, Vyzvolyteliv blv. Kyiv, 02660, Ukraine |
(044) |
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Limited Liability Company “Maximus Airlines” (now registered in UAE) А2 (inter alia Е11) |
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Ilyushin -76ТД, Ilyushin -76ТД, Аntonov -124-100, |
4-th fl., 8B, Raisa Okipna str., Kyiv, 02002, Ukraine |
(044) |
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SE “Production Association Yuzhny Machine Building Works named after O.M. Makarov” Aviation Transport Company “YUZMASHAVIA” А2 (inter alia Е11) |
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Ilyushin -76ТД, Ilyushin -76ТД, |
1, Kryvorizka str., Dnipropetrovsk, Postal address: 1, Kryvorizka str., Dnipropetrovsk, |
(0562) |
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Commercial Carriers |
Airport code |
Flight Code |
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Home Town |
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URG |
3N |
URGA |
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MSI |
M9 |
MOTOR SICH |
Commercial flights of domestic and foreign airlines were served in 19 Ukrainian airports and airfields.
It should be noted that about 98 percent of total passenger and cargo traffic was concentrated in seven major airports - Boryspil, Kyiv (Juliani), Odesa, Lviv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia.
The Aircraft manufacturing sector is represented by 60 different companies that produce regional passenger and transport aircrafts, small and ultra-small aircrafts (including unmanned), helicopters, aviation engines (piston and jet), on-board radio electronic equipment, and other supporting accessories.
Aviation in Ukraine is regulated by:
- The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine – state policy in transport including aviation.
- State Aviation Administration of Ukraine - provides implementation of state policy in the field of civil aviation (the competent authority for civil aviation).
- National Bureau of Investigation of aviation accidents and incidents of civil aircraft - The investigation of aviation accidents and incidents of civil aircraft Ukraine and foreign civil aircraft, violations of procedure for the use of airspace Ukraine.
