It is owned by the municipality of Kyiv and located in the Zhuliany neighbourhood, about seven kilometres (four nautical miles) southwest of the city centre.

[3] The airport began in 1923 as a military airfield co-used by the Ukrpovitroshlyakh (Ukrainian Society of Air Communications), Ukraine's earliest civil aviation company, which in 1934 was integrated into Aeroflot as the latter's regional administration.

On 27 March 2011, Wizz Air, a European low-cost airline, moved all its operations to Zhuliany from Boryspil,[4] bringing around-the-clock flights to the airport and increasing passenger traffic by 15 to 20%.

In 2013, the airport declared plans to expand the runway for additional 150 m, although stressing complete safety and operability of its current length.

Only some of their former routes were taken over by its parent, Wizz Air,[12] though the airline has since expanded its flight network from the airport, with twenty destinations to be served by August 2017.

[15] The following airlines had operated regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) in the weeks prior to the suspension of Ukrainian airspace (on 24 February 2022):[16][17] The airport is connected to the city's main highway infrastructure via Povitroflotskyi Avenue and served by a number of city transport routes, including:[25] As well as private bus routes.