# Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV / UKKK)

**Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany)** (IATA: IEV, ICAO: UKKK) is a medium airport in Kyiv, Kyiv (city), Ukraine. It opened in 1924. It has one runway, 2,310 m (7,579 ft) long, concrete. In 2021 it handled 1.4 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ukkk

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IEV / UKKK
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Kyiv, Kyiv (city), Ukraine
- Opened: 1924
- Elevation: 179 m / 587 ft
- Coordinates: 50.4019, 30.4519
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,310 m / 7,579 ft
- Passengers: 1,418,153 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Kyiv
- Website: https://iev.aero/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv_International_Airport_(Zhuliany) (35 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q939543
- Weather station: UKKK · WMO 33345
- Ident: UKKK

## Timeline

- 1924: Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) opens.
- 17 Aug 1960: Aeroflot Flight 36 (1960). 34 killed.
- 17 Dec 1976: Aeroflot Flight 36 (1976). 48 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,310 m / 7,579 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 086° / 266° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 29,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 469,800 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 861,900 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,838,393 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,090,120 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 944,305 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,127,500 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,852,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 2,812,300 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 2,617,900 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 656,700 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,418,153 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Seasonal (1)

- [DLM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbs.md) Dalaman International Airport · Türkiye · 1,528 km / 949 mi · Pegasus Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from IEV, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (3)

- UAR [Aerostar Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aerostar-airlines)
- 5G [Anda Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/anda-air)
- KI [Aviatrans Kiev](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aviatrans-kiev)

### Passenger (1)

- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-airlines) · 1 · seasonal

Former hub of [Air Ocean Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-ocean-airlines), [Air Ukraine](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-ukraine), [Bees Airline](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bees-airline-q105734641), [Dart](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/dart), [Mars RK](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mars-rk), [Wizz Air Ukraine](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air-ukraine).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.4M (2021) | #701 of 3,974 | #180 in Europe | #4 in UA |
| Longest runway | 2,310 m / 7,579 ft | =3,028 of 29,858 | =592 in Europe | #22 in UA |
| Elevation | 179 m / 587 ft | =25,618 of 43,403 | =2,434 in Europe | #37 in UA |
| Age | Opened 1924 | =231 of 15,079 | =170 in Europe | #1 in UA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =6 in UA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | KYIV RADAR | 125.300 |
| ATIS (rus) | Zhuliany ATIS | 126.800 |
| GND | GND | 119.000 |
| ATIS (eng) | METEO | 127.475 |
| TWR | Tower | 120.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [UKKM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ukkm.md) Hostomel Airport · 29 km / 18 mi
- [KBP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ukbb.md) Boryspil International Airport · 32 km / 20 mi
- [UA-0025](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ua-0025.md) Bila Tserkva Air Base · 74 km / 46 mi
- [ZTR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ukkv.md) Zhytomyr Airport · 122 km / 76 mi
- [UKKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ukko.md) Ozerne Air Base · 125 km / 78 mi
- [UA-0005](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ua-0005.md) Nizhyn Air Base · 126 km / 78 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany)”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kyiv_International_Airport_(Zhuliany)&oldid=1364263737), revision of 15 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ukkk/data