There are numerous airports in Ukraine operating either in an international or domestic capacity. Most international flights to Kiev land at Boryspil International Airport, but there are several other international airports scattered throughout Ukraine. In fact, there are more than 180 paved airports in Ukraine. After arriving at one of Ukraine's airports you can take a taxi or bus into the city.

Keep all the documentation you receive from customs as these have to be presented when you leave the country again. Facilities in Ukraine's airports include: money exchange, banks, ATMs, shops, duty free stores, restaurants, bars, travel agencies, business centers and facilities for the disabled.

Boryspil International Airport, located just 29 km from Kiev, is the largest airport in Ukraine and receives most of the international flights. Other airports which serve Kiev are Zhulyany Airport (domestic) and Gostomel Airport (cargo). Zhulyany Airport in the south of Kiev is home to a fascinating aviation museum as well as an aircraft repair company. Ukraine's Odessa International Airport, built in 1961, handles domestic and international flights. It is also often used by the Ukrainian Air Force.

Below is a list of some of the airports in Ukraine along with their International Air Transport Association code.

Berdyansk – ERD
Cherkasy – CKC
Chernigov – CEJ
Chernivtsi – CWC
Dnepropetrovsk – DNK
Donetsk – DOK
Ivano-Frankovsk – IFO
Kamenets-Podolskiy – KCP
Kerch – KHC
Kharkiv – HRK
Kherson – KHE
Khmelnitskiy – HMJ
Kiev Boryspil – KBP
Kiev Zhulyany – IEV
Kirovograd – KGO
Kramatorsk – KRQ
Kremenchug – KHU
Krivoy Rog / Kryvyi Rih Lozovatka – KWG
Lugansk – VSG
Lutsk – UCK
Lviv – LWO
Mariupol – MPW
Mirgorod – MXR
Nikolaev – NLV
Odessa – ODS
Poltava – PLV
Rovno – RWN
Severodoneck – SEV
Simferopol – SIP
Sumy – UMY
Ternopil – TNL
Uzhgorod – UDJ
Vinnitsa – VIN
Zaporozhye Mokraya – OZH
Zhitomir - ZTR

Most international flights use Kyiv’s Boryspil international airport (KBP; 8-044 490 4777; www.airport-borispol.kiev.ua). Odesa and Lviv also receive some international flights, and some also land in Simferopol in summer.

Ukraine’s international airline carriers are Ukraine International Airlines (PS; 8-044 581 5050, 8-044 234 4528; www.flyuia.com) and Aerosvit (VV; 8-044 490 3490; www.aerosvit.com). The following airlines also fly to/from Ukraine:

Aeroflot (SU; 8-044 234 7638; ­ua.aeroflot.aero/eng)
Air Baltic (BT; 8-044 238 2649/68; ­www.airbaltic.com)
Air France (AF; 8-044 496 3575; www.airfrance.com)
Austrian Airlines (OS; 8-044 289 2032, 492 7232; www.aua.com)
British Airways (BA; 8-044 585 5050; www.ba.com)
Delta Airlines (DL; 8-044 246 5656; www.delta.com)
Dniproavia (Z6; 8-056 239 5311; ­www.dniproavia.com)
El Al (LY; 8-044 230 6993; www.elal.co.il)
Estonian Air (OV; 8-044 289 0520; ­www.estonian-air.ee)
Finnair (AY; 8-044 247 5777; www.finnair.com)
KLM (KL; 8-044 490 2490; www.klm.com)
LOT (LO; 8-044 288 1054/55; www.lot.com)
Lufthansa (LH; 8-044 490 3800; ­www.lufthansa.com)
Malév (MA; Kyiv 8-044 490 7342/43, Odesa 8-048 749 5475; www.malev.hu)
Transaero (UN; 8-044 490 6565, 8-044 286 7913; www.transaero.ru/english)
Turkish Airlines (TK; Kyiv 8-044 490 5933, Odesa 8-048 734 7906/07/0; www.thy.com)