Editing Transport in Ukraine (section)

==Aviation==
[[File:UR-PSA.jpg|right|thumb|A [[Boeing 737]] of [[Ukraine International Airlines|UIA]], one of Ukraine's flag carriers, taxiing at [[Barcelona Airport|Barcelona (El Prat) Airport]]]]

===Outlook===
{{update|section|date=September 2013}}
The aviation section in Ukraine is developing very quickly, having recently established a visa-free program for EU nationals and citizens of a number of other 'Western' nations,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukrconsul.org/visa/visa_drops.htm|title=Consular Information|access-date=2010-11-12|archive-date=2010-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201111208/http://ukrconsul.org///visa/visa_drops.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> the nation's aviation sector is handling a significantly increased number of travellers. Additionally, the granting of the [[Euro 2012]] football tournament to Poland and Ukraine as joint hosts has prompted the government to invest huge amounts of money into transport infrastructure, and in particular airports.<ref name="Kharkiv airport gets">{{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0254-0d7c95168e53-446d67122b3e-1000--kharkiv-airport-gets-new-terminal/ | title=Kharkiv airport gets new terminal | access-date=11 September 2013 |author1=Patkevich, Kostyantyn |author2=Sobko, Dmytro | date=28 August 2010 }}</ref>

Currently there are three major new airport terminals under construction in [[Donetsk]], [[Lviv]] and [[Kyiv]], a new terminal has already opened in [[Kharkiv]] and Kyiv's [[Boryspil International Airport]] has recently begun operations at Terminal F,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kbp.com.ua/english/for-passengers/z-terminalu-f-pochali-zdiysnyuvatisya-mizhnarodni-reysi-2.html |title=Terminal F serviced 30 000 passengers during the first week of its operation |website=kbp.com.ua |access-date=2010-11-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120012938/http://kbp.com.ua/english/for-passengers/z-terminalu-f-pochali-zdiysnyuvatisya-mizhnarodni-reysi-2.html |archive-date=2010-11-20 }}</ref> the first of its two new international terminals. Ukraine has a number of airlines, the largest of which is the nation's [[flag carrier]], [[Ukraine International Airlines|UIA]]. [[Antonov Airlines]], a subsidiary of the [[Antonov|Antonov Aerospace Design Bureau]] is the only operator of the world's largest fixed wing aircraft, the [[An-225]].

Donetsk Airport destroyed due to War in Donbass.

New terminal at [[Odesa International Airport]] has been opened for arrival flights on April 14, 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rusaviainsider.com/new-terminal-launched-odesa-airport/|title=New terminal launched at Odesa airport – Russian aviation news|date=2017-04-19|work=Russian Aviation Insider|access-date=2018-06-09|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Airports===
{{see also|List of airports in Ukraine}}
*Total: '''412''' (2012)

====Airports with paved runways====
*Total: '''179'''
*Over 3,047 m: '''13'''
*2,438 to 3,047 m: '''49'''
*1,524 to 2,437 m: '''22'''
*914 to 1,523 m: '''6'''
*Under 914 m: '''89''' (2012)

Major airports are: [[Boryspil Airport|Kyiv Boryspil Airport]], [[Dnipro International Airport]], [[Kharkiv Airport]], [[Lviv Airport]], [[Donetsk Airport]], [[Odesa Airport]], and [[Simferopol Airport]].

==== Airports with unpaved runways ====
*Total: '''233'''
*2,438 to 3,047 m: '''2'''
*1,524 to 2,437 m: '''6'''
*914 to 1,523 m: '''9'''
*Under 914 m: '''216''' (2012)

===Heliports===
*Total: '''7''' (2012)