| Kiev (Zhuliany) International Airport Міжнародний аеропорт "Київ" (Жуляни) |
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| IATA: IEV – ICAO: UKKK | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Serves | Kiev | ||
| Location | South-western suburbs of Kiev | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 587 ft / 179 m | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 08/26 | 7,579 | 2,310 | Concrete |
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| Passengers | 700,000 | ||
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Kiev 'Zhulyany'
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Kiev (Zhuliany) International Airport or Kyiv (Zhuliany) 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 Zhuliany neighbourhood in the south of the city.
Although the original airport, it is not the main airport serving Kiev. In the 1960s the larger Boryspil International Airport was built near the city of Boryspil. Since that time the old "Kiev" airport became commonly known just as "Zhuliany" (or Kiev-Zhuliany), while it still keeps the official "Kiev" name.
In Soviet times Kiev-Zhuliany was used for domestic flights only. After independence it began receiving some international flights from nearby countries. Surrounded by major railways, highways and residential districts, the airport has no possibility for expansion and is limited in types and MTOW of aircraft, certificated to operate there.
However, the new international terminal of the airport is being constructed; projects for expanding taxiways and aircraft parking lots considered as well.
On March 27, 2011, WizzAir moved all its operations to 'Zhulyany' from Kiev's larger Boryspil Airport[1], starting the new era of around-the-clock flights at the airport.
The airport features a major aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul company, ARP-410. On September 2003 some of its territory was handed over to create Ukraine State Aviation Museum which presently is the largest aviation museum in Ukraine, exhibiting some unique Soviet examples including original prototypes for famous airliners.
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| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Khors Air | Kharkiv, Lviv, Simferopol |
| Lugansk Airlines | Lugansk |
| Mars RK | Simferopol |
| Motor Sich Airlines | Simferopol |
| Sky Wings | Athens |
| South Airlines | Odessa, Simferopol |
| UM Airlines | Athens, Kharkiv, Lviv, Simferopol |
| Wizz Air Hungary | London-Luton |
| Wizz Air Ukraine | Antalya, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund, Girona, Lübeck, Katowice, Memmingen, Valencia, Venice-Treviso |
The Airport is connected to the city's main highway infrastructure via the Povitroflotskyi Avenue, and served by a number of city transport routes, including:
as well as private bus routes.
Car parking facilities at the airport are poor and consist of only a very small area for short stay parking located directly in front of the terminal building, however, long stay parking can be found in the airport's immediate vicinity. Taxis can often be found waiting directly outside of the terminal, in the passenger drop-off/pick-up area.
The airport's passenger terminal is located about 0.5 km away from the Kiev-Volynskyi rail station - a stop for elektrichka commuter trains as well as for the new intracity "Urban Electric Train" service.
Plans for the Podilsko-Vyhurivska Line, which is now under construction elsewhere in the city, include the Airport transfer station from the 'Zhulyany' Airport. The station is expected to be constructed until 2020.
The construction of the new international terminal of the airport which started in August, 2007[2] is now catching up. As of October, 2011, the construction was expected to finish by April, 2012. The new terminal will be able to handle up to 550 passengers per hour.[3]
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