Ihor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport

IEV originated in 1923 as a military airfield. It was also used by the Ukrainian Society of Air Communications, Ukraine's earliest civil aviation company, which in 1934 was integrated into Aeroflot. Following WWII, the airport's terminal was completed in 1949, and the airport was the only one to serve the city until the 1960s. The major transition occurred following the 1959 opening of the larger Boryspil International Airport, which gradually replaced IEV as the primary airport serving Kyiv. Since the opening of the new airport, IEV has mostly been known for serving Soviet domestic flights only. After the fall of the Soviet Union and Ukrainian Independence in 1991, IEV began servicing international flights from nearby countries. Initially, these destinations were the former Soviet destinations that it had previously served. In 2011 European low-cost airline Wizz Air moved all its operations to IEV from Boryspil, which significantly increased airport operations (with passenger traffic increasing by 15% to 20%). The airport is surrounded by residential districts, highways, and significant railways, limiting its expansion possibilities. This includes its runway, which has a weight limit (currently up to Boeing 737/Airbus A320 weights). Nonetheless, since 2012 a new terminal was opened, and the runway was expanded by 150 meters, with other projects for developing the taxiways and aircraft parking lots under consideration. These developments led to IEV's passenger traffic almost tripling in the first half of 2013, and the airport has come to be seen as a more efficient competitor to the country's leading Boryspil Airport. That year, a new domestic terminal was opened, along with a new business terminal. In 2015 Wizz Air Ukraine announced the cessation of operations. Although initially, this reduced routes serviced by the airport (as its parent company, Wizz Air, took over only a few routes), by August 2017, the airline was serving 20 destinations. The airport was officially renamed International Airport "Kyiv" (Zhulyany) Igor Sikorsky on March 22nd, 2018. This was in honor of Igor Sikorsky, the highly-decorated Russian-American aviation pioneer who had developed, among other things, the first Pan American Airways' ocean-crossing flying boats in the 1930s.

The airport is located in the Zhuliany neighborhood, about four nautical miles from the Kyiv city center. 

• As of February 24th, 2022, IEV is currently closed to civilian flights, as is the entire Ukrainian airspace. This is in reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and five explosions that took place that day. 
• Adjoining the airport is Kyiv Aircraft Repair Plant 410, a major aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul company. 
• The Ukraine State Aviation Museum opened at IEV in 2003, showcasing unique Soviet examples of original prototypes for famous airliners. It is the largest aviation museum in Ukraine. 
• The business terminal features a hotel in the building, a restaurant and duty-free options, premium check-in, and more.