Airports and flights to Ukraine.
Currently 537 Ukrainian airports accept regular flights to Ukraine. But only eight of them handle both domestic and international flights to Ukraine: Kiev, Odessa, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Lvov, Simferopol, Dnepropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhya. Kiev has two airports: "Borispil" (located 40 kilometers from the city center) and "Kyiv"(Zhulyany) (located 7 kilometers from the center). 99% of international flights to Kyiv arrive at "Borispil".
Let's take a look at the diagram on the left (click to enlarge).It shows airports and lists of the international flights to Ukraine available at those airports. You can see that most of the international flights arrive to Kiev. In many cases, the best way to organize your flights to Ukraine in order to reach desirable destination by plane is to book your flight to Kiev first, and then to book flight connection through
Aerosvit
or
Ukraine International Airlines.
Complete list of flights from Kyiv you will find at
KiyAvia site.
You have two choices to travel to other destination from Kiev by plane: - From airport "Borispil"(KBP) you can reach many cities within Ukraine and the former Soviet Union. For complete information about services available at the airport visit the
Airport "Borispil" site.
- Airport "Kyiv"(Zhulyany) (IEV) handles mostly domestic flights. To continue your flight to Ukraine from "Kyiv" airport, please, allow at least 4 hours between the flights for changing the airports.
To continue your flights to Ukraine from "Kyiv"(Zhulyany) you can: - either take a shuttle bus from "Borispil" to "Kyiv". Bus schedule you can find at the
Airport "Borispil" site.
- or take a bus from "Borispil" to Central Railway Terminal of Kyiv. (50 - 60 min.2-3 times per hour, the fare about 10 UAH ($2 USD). Then take trolleybus №9 to stop "Airport "Kyiv" (35-40 min).
Both variants are cheap, but pretty much time consuming. A taxi is the most convenient way for traveling between airports. The standard price is about 100-150 UAH ($20-30 USD).You can either order a taxi by dialing 0-58 or to walk up to the taxi order desks which are opened 24 hours a day. They are located to the left from main entrance of "B" terminal. (Airport map you will find at the bottom of
this page).
Inter-city transportation.
Your flight to Ukraine is over. But you have not reached your final destination yet. What are your possible choices?
Some “street wisdom” tips.
Crime in Ukraine is relatively low as for western standards. But foreign tourists need some sort of "acclimatization" experience to feel comfortable in Ukraine. Use your common sense to make your visit to Ukraine enjoyable and safe. After your flight to Ukraine is over, and your are going to leave airport “Borispil”, please, be aware: |