Boryspil International Airport

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Coordinates: 50°20′42″N 30°53′41″E / 50.345, 30.89472

Boryspil International Airport
Міжнародний аеропорт "Бориспіль"

IATA: KBP – ICAO: UKBB
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Civil Government
Serves Kiev, Ukraine
Elevation AMSL 427 ft / 130 m
Website airport-boryspil.kiev.ua
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18L/36R 4,000 13,123 Concrete
18R/36L 3,500 11,483 Concrete
Statistics (2007)
Passengers 8,500,000
Source: Official website[1]

Boryspil International Airport (IATA: KBP, ICAO: UKBB) is an international airport located near the city of Boryspil, 29 km east of Kiev. It is Ukraine's largest airport, serving the major part of international flights of the country.

Boryspil Airport is one of three airports that serve Kiev. Zhulyany Airport is a passenger airport located in the south part of Kiev; the airport serves predominantly domestic flights. Gostomel Airport is a cargo airport located in the north-western suburb of Kiev, mostly used by Antonov company.

Boryspil State International Airport is part of Airports Council International.

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[edit] History

On June 22, 1959, the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR ordered establishment of regular civil air traffic to the then military airfield near Boryspil. On July 7, 1959 the new airport (named Kiev-Tsentralnyi) received its first scheduled flight. It was Aeroflot's Tupolev Tu-104 en route from Moscow, carrying 100 passengers and about 3,500 pounds (1,600 kg) of cargo aboard. The first routes served were Moscow–Kiev–Moscow and Leningrad–Kiev–Leningrad.

In November 1960, the first permanent air group consisting of Tu-104 and Antonov An-10 planes was assigned to the airport. Until then the airport has been served only by aircraft based in Moscow and other cities of the Soviet Union. A new passenger terminal of Boryspil airport was opened in 1965. Later that year an automatic landing assistance system was installed in the airport.

In 1963 the Ukrainian Territorial Administration of Civil Aviation formed its Boryspil subdivision comprising of the airport and its air group. The air group grew significantly in 1960-1970s. As of 1974 it was consisting of four fleets of turbofan aircraft (Tu-104, Tu-134, Tu-154 planes) and two fleets of turboprop aircraft (Ilyushin Il-18 planes).

Towards the final decades of the Cold War, the Soviet Air Force maintained a presence at the airport with 1 VTAP (1st Military Aviation Transportation Regiment) flying Ilyushin Il-76 cargo jets.

In 1980s Boryspil airport began receiving limited international flights. The additional passenger services and customs/border control groups were established for that purpose. However, ordinary Soviet citizens were not allowed to depart abroad from Kiev, instead restricted to fly only from Moscow airports. In late 1980s, Mikhail Saakashvili, the President of modern Georgia, served his conscript service in the Soviet border guard's Boryspil Separate Group that was maintaining border control in the airport.

In 1993 the Ministry of Transportation of the newly-independent Ukraine reorganized airport into the Boryspil State International Airport and created a local subdivision of Air Ukraine to serve it. The airport was opened for any passengers and flights. The number of air- and passenger traffic has been growing since then.

In early 2000s Boryspil became a hub airport serving not only destined but also transit flights of the foreign airlines. The strategy of the airport's development is stressing the hub role since domestic passenger demand is growing insufficiently compared to the possible transit traffic.

In 2002 the airport was certified under the ISO 9001 quality management system.

It is one of Eastern Europe's largest airports with over eight million passengers traveling in a year.[2] The airport handles around 60% of all commercial air traffic in Ukraine.[3]

[edit] Structure

The airport has three terminals:

  1. Terminal A (Domestic flights)
  2. Terminal B (International flights)
  3. Terminal C (VIP passengers)

Airport map

[edit] Development

Boryspil International Airport handles most of Ukraine's international traffic. Terminal B, having only five gates at the time, two of which were air bridges, was not enough to handle all international flights from the airport. This was the cause of the expansion of that terminal, which started in 2005. The first-stage expansion to Terminal B was opened on January 27, 2006.

Boryspil Airport Concept
Boryspil Airport Concept

There are also plans on expanding the airport further by building several new terminals. The government has been having meetings with the owners of land around the airport, trying to buy more land for airport expansion. Terminal D construction is planned to start in the second quarter of 2008, and expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2010. while Platform M, which is connected to Terminal B and requires redevelopment, is going to be reconstructed in 2009-2010. The reason the reconstruction of Platform M is delayed is because Terminal B needs to be fully operational.

When Terminal D opens, platform M can be reconstructed without major impact on traffic. A new runway will be constructed in 2012-2014. The construction of Terminals E, F, and G is going to take place in 2010-2020, corresponding to passenger density demands; and terminals F and G will be capable of handling Airbus's A380.

New hotels will also open near Boryspil Airport. A Radisson hotel at Boryspil airport will open in late 2009. And a Hilton hotel will open in late 2008.

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[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Terminal A

[edit] Terminal B

[edit] Terminal C

Business Jets and VIP Passengers

[edit] Cargo airlines

[edit] References

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  1. ^ Boryspil International Airport, official website
  2. ^ 5th million passenger
  3. ^ Overview of Ukrainian airport infrastructure

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Transport in Kiev, Ukraine
Public transportation: Buses • Funicular • Metro • Tramway • Trolleybuses
Air transport: Boryspil (KBP) • Hostomel (GML) • Zhulyany (IEV)
Misсellaneous: Bridges in Kiev • Central Railway Station • Darnytsia Railway Station • Petrivka Railway Station • River Port