Kiev-Zhulyany Airport
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| "Kiev" (Zhulyany) Airport Міжнародний аеропорт "Київ" (Жуляни) |
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| IATA: IEV - ICAO: UKKK | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Serves | Kiev | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 587 ft (179 m) | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 8/26 | 5,819 | 1,800 | Concrete |
| 8L/26R | 4,593 | 1,400 | Grass |
"Kiev" (Zhulyany) International Airport (Ukrainian: Міжнародний аеропорт "Київ" (Жуляни)) (IATA: IEV, ICAO: UKKK) is one of the two passenger airports of the Ukrainian capital Kiev. It is located in the Zhulyany neighbourhood in the south of the city.
The airport is officially named "Kiev", because it is owned by the city community. However it is not the main Kiev airport. In the 1960s the larger Boryspil State International Airport was built near the city of Boryspil. Since that time the old "Kiev" airport became commonly known just as "Zhulyany" (or Kiev-Zhulyany), while it still keeps the official "Kiev" name.
In Soviet times Kiev-Zhulyany was used for domestic flights only. After independence it began receiving some international flights from nearby countries.
Surrounded by residential districts, the airport has no possibility for expansion and is severely limited in types and MTOW of aircraft, certificated to operate there.
The airport also features an aviation museum where many unique aircraft are displayed, and a major aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul company, ARP-410, is located nearby.
Apart from Zhulyany and Boryspil, Kiev has a cargo airport situated in the neighbouring town of Gostomel. Gostomel Airport is operated by Antonov plane-manufacturing company and it is home for Antonov Airlines.
Recentely some of its territory was handed over to create presentely the largest aviation museum in Ukraine, exhibiting some unique Soviet examples, including original prototypes for famous airliners.
[edit] Airlines
- Aerosvit Airlines (Kharkov)
- Caspian Airlines (Tehran-Imam Khomeini)
[edit] External links
- (Ukrainian) Official website of the airport
- World Aero Data airport information for UKKK
- NOAA/NWS current weather observations
- ASN Accident history for UKKK
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| Public tranportation: Buses • Funicular • Metropoliten • Tramway • Trolleybuses Air transport: Boryspil (KBP) • Hostomel (GML) • Zhulyany (IEV) Misselaneous: Bridges in Kiev • Central Railway Station • Darnytsia Railway Station • Petrivka Railway Station • River Port |
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