Airport guide
Boryspil Airport (KBP, UKBB): closed to civil flights
Boryspil Airport, also written Kyiv Boryspil or Kiev Boryspil, is the main international airport of Ukraine, 29 km east of Kyiv. It has been closed to all civil flights since 24 February 2022, when Ukraine closed its airspace, and it was still closed on 12 November 2026. No private jet, air taxi or helicopter flight can be arranged to or from it today.
Aircraft
What can fly from Boryspil Airport
Today, nothing. Charter-A is a charter broker: we arrange private jet, air taxi and helicopter flights, but none can be arranged to or from Boryspil Airport while Ukrainian airspace is closed to civil flights. Here is how each one stands.
Private jets at Boryspil Airport
No private jet can use Boryspil Airport today. Before the closure its two concrete runways, 4,000 m and 3,500 m long, took every size of jet. When flights resume, passengers are normally handled through the general aviation facilities or a private terminal (FBO), confirmed for each flight, and arrive about 30 minutes before departure.
Air taxis at Boryspil Airport
No air taxi can use Boryspil Airport today: the closure covers turboprops and piston aircraft as well as jets. We could not confirm what the airport accepted for light aircraft before 2022, so that is confirmed for your flight once the airport reopens. Passengers would arrive about 30 minutes before departure.
Helicopters at Boryspil Airport
No helicopter charter can use Boryspil Airport today: the closed airspace applies to helicopters too. We could not confirm the helicopter facilities the airport had before 2022, so we do not describe them. Once flights resume, helicopter passengers would arrive about 10 minutes before departure.
This page is the airport reference and status page. Our page for the city is private jet charter to Kyiv.
Airport facts
Boryspil Airport facts, codes and location
The lasting reference details for Boryspil Airport, with the airfield on a satellite map. The rings are 1,250 and 2,500 metres from the airport reference point.
| Status | Closed to all civil flights since 24 February 2022. Still closed on 12 November 2026 |
| Full name | Boryspil International Airport, also written Kyiv Boryspil |
| Address | Boryspil International Airport, Boryspil, Kyiv region, Ukraine |
| ICAO code | UKBB |
| IATA code | KBP |
| Coordinates | 50.3447 N, 30.8933 E |
| Elevation | About 427 to 430 feet (130 m) |
| Runways | 18L/36R: 4,000 m (13,123 ft), concrete. 18R/36L: 3,500 m (11,483 ft), concrete |
| Owner | State-owned. Run by the State Enterprise Boryspil International Airport |
| Customs and immigration | Not in service for private flights while the airport is closed |
Boryspil Airport (KBP, UKBB) is at 50.3447 N, 30.8933 E. The facts table on this page gives the address, codes and runway.
Boryspil Airport (KBP, UKBB) is at 50.3447 N, 30.8933 E. The facts table on this page gives the address, codes and runway.
Private terminals
Private terminals and handlers at Boryspil Airport
No handler (FBO) is looking after private flights at Boryspil Airport today, and we could not verify any handler or business aviation terminal from its own published pages. We therefore list none. The only body we can name with confidence is the airport company itself.
State Enterprise Boryspil International Airport
AddressBoryspil International Airport, Boryspil, Kyiv region, Ukraine
HoursNo flights handled since 24 February 2022
The state-owned company that runs the airport. It keeps the site, staff and certificates in readiness and says it can restart quickly once the airspace opens.
What happens when flights resume
When Ukrainian airspace reopens, we will confirm which handler is working at Boryspil Airport and name it, with its address, on your booking confirmation. Passengers are normally handled through the general aviation facilities or a private terminal (FBO). Until then, no handler address or opening time is shown here, because none could be verified.
No handler is listed while the airport is closed. When flights resume, the handler is confirmed for each flight and named on your booking confirmation.
Opening hours
Boryspil Airport opening hours
The airport is not handling flights. This is what is known about the closure and about a reopening.
Closed to civil flights since 2022
Boryspil Airport has handled no scheduled, charter or cargo flights since 24 February 2022, when Ukraine closed its airspace to civil aviation. It was still closed on 12 November 2026. Older listings that show it as open 24 hours are out of date.
European advice runs to January 2027
The European aviation safety agency, EASA, advises against flying in Ukrainian airspace, landings and departures included. Its bulletin was last revised on 24 July 2026 and is valid until 31 January 2027 unless it is reviewed earlier. It covers the Kyiv flight information region.
No reopening date has been set
In March 2026 the Ukrainian government formed a working group to prepare a phased reopening of Boryspil, Lviv and Kyiv Zhuliany. In April 2025 the airport said it could restart within about a month of it being safe to fly; a minister put it at 45 to 50 days.
Ground transport
Getting to and from Boryspil Airport
For reference: the airport and the places in and around Kyiv that passengers travelled on to, with approximate road distances and drive times.
The table below lists road distances and drive times from Boryspil Airport.
The table below lists road distances and drive times from Boryspil Airport.
| From Boryspil Airport to | By road | Drive time |
|---|---|---|
| Boryspil town centre | 9 km (5.5 miles) | about 15 minutes |
| Kyiv Pechersk Lavra | 33 km (20 miles) | about 40 minutes |
| Kyiv city centre (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) | 36 km (22 miles) | about 40 minutes |
| Saint Sophia Cathedral | 38 km (23 miles) | about 45 minutes |
| Kyiv central railway station | 38 km (23 miles) | about 45 minutes |
| Pyrohiv open-air museum | 41 km (25 miles) | about 50 minutes |
The address to give your driver
There is none to give today, because no private flights are handled. The airport’s own address is Boryspil International Airport, Boryspil, Kyiv region, Ukraine. When flights resume, the handler’s address is confirmed for your flight and sent with your booking confirmation.
Chauffeur cars to and from Boryspil Airport
No chauffeur transfers are offered at Boryspil Airport while it is closed to flights. When flights resume, a chauffeur car can be requested through Executive Global Travel to meet you at the handler used for your flight and take you on to your hotel, office or home in Kyiv.
- Not available while the airport is closed
- On reopening: meet and greet at the handler used for your flight
- On reopening: onward journeys to Kyiv city centre and hotels
- Pick-up time set to your flight schedule
Road distances and drive times are route-planner figures without traffic, measured from the airport reference point by Terminal D and rounded. Wartime conditions such as checkpoints, curfews and road closures are not reflected.
History
A short history of Boryspil Airport
From a military airfield near Kyiv to the main airport of Ukraine, and then to the closure of 2022. The airport’s own site has no history page, so dates before 2022 are taken from its Wikipedia entry.
- 1959Regular civil flights begin at the military airfield near Boryspil. The first scheduled flight, a Tu-104 from Moscow, lands on 7 July and the airport opens as Kyiv-Tsentralnyi.
- 1965A new passenger terminal opens, the building later known as Terminal B.
- 1993The airport is reorganised as Boryspil State International Airport.
- 2001The new eastern runway, 18L/36R, is completed at 4,000 m.
- 2012Terminal D, the main terminal with its wave-shaped roof, opens to passengers on 28 May.
- 2019The busiest year: 15,260,300 passengers and about 110,000 flights.
- 2022On 24 February Ukraine closes its airspace to civil flights. The airport has handled no scheduled, charter or cargo flights since.
- 2026Still closed. In March a government working group is formed to prepare a phased reopening. In July EASA extends its advice against flying in Ukrainian airspace to 31 January 2027.
Boryspil Airport is still training aviation staff with no flights
No passenger has flown from Boryspil Airport since February 2022, yet its training centres taught 1,824 aviation specialists between January and September 2026, and its aviation security centre hosted an international workshop in July 2026. Before the closure the airport handled 62 per cent of Ukraine’s air passengers and 85 per cent of its air cargo, on its own figures.
Picture at the top of this page: Boryspil International Airport Kyiv, by Arne Müseler (www.arne-mueseler.com), licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 DE (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en), via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped. Taken in October 2021, before the airport closed.
Weather
Weather at Boryspil Airport
What is on record about flying weather at Boryspil Airport, and where to see the forecast and the rain map.
What is on record for Boryspil
We have no verified climate figures for Boryspil Airport, so none are given here. Two points are on record in its Wikipedia entry: the airport was certified for Category IIIA instrument landings in low visibility, and it came through the European cold wave of 2012 without major delays or cancellations.
Weather while the airport is closed
No flights are being planned to Boryspil Airport, so there is no flight weather to manage today. On 12 November 2026 we could not find a current airport weather report for Boryspil. When flights resume, the crew will check the forecast for both ends of your trip before every flight.
Questions
Boryspil Airport: your questions answered
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