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Boryspil International Airport In Kyiv, Ukraine - PhilaIndia.info

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Boryspil International Airport in Kyiv, Ukraine

Last Updated on: August 11, 2026

Boryspil International Airport is Ukraine’s largest airport, located 29 km (18 miles) east of Kyiv.

Key Facts

Location: Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.

IATA Code: KBP

ICAO Code: UKBB

Significance: It handled about 65% of Ukraine’s passenger air traffic before 2022, including all intercontinental flights.

Current Status: Temporarily closed to regular civilian passenger, charter, and cargo flights due to the ongoing Russian invasion that began in February 2022

Boryspil International Airport is the main air gateway of Ukraine, a state- commercial civil aviation enterpriseconcentrating 62% of national passenger and 85% of cargo traffic.. The operational management of the airport infrastructure is based on international standards of passenger service and aviation security.

Boryspil International Airport was included in the rating of the most efficient airports in Europe according to the Airports Council International (ACI Europe) providing 10 to 25 million passenger traffic and in TOP-10 of The World’s Best Airports in 2022, the best airports in Europe rating.

Boryspil Airport constantly strives for improvement, as it develops infrastructure, attracts new airlines and improves the quality of service.

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