Boryspil International Airport
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Summary
Boryspil International Airport is an international airport[1]. It draws 2,322 Wikipedia views per month (international airport category, ranking #257 of 1,156).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Boryspil[3]
- Country: Ukraine[4]
- Instance of: airport[5], commercial traffic aerodrome[6]
- Operator: Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine[7]
- Named after: Boryspil[8]
- IATA airport code: KBP[9]
- ICAO airport code: UKBB[10]
- Commons category: Boryspil International Airport[11]
- Runway: 18L/36R[12], 18R/36L[13]
- Inception: 1959[14]
- Coordinate location: 50.344722222222, 30.893333333333[15]
- Interchange station: Boryspil Airport railway station[16]
- Official website: https://kbp.aero[17]
- Place served by transport hub: Kyiv[18]
- Date of official opening: 1959[19]
- Short name: Kiev Boryspil[20], Kyiv Boryspil[21], Бориспіль[22]
- Elevation above sea level: 427[23]
- Aerodrome reference point: 50.345, 30.8947[24]
- Adjacent structure or building: Boriszpili légibázis[25]
- Patronage: 985,000[26], 1,952,000[27], 2,668,000[28], 2,746,000[29], 1,280,400[30], 1,375,300[31], 1,373,400[32], 1,330,100[33], 1,782,900[34], 2,343,300[35], 3,166,600[36], 3,900,000[37], 3,930,000[38], 4,625,000[39]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine[40]
- State of use: in use[41]
Why It Matters
Boryspil International Airport has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 109 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]