Nonstop flight route between New York City, New York, United States and Kiev, Ukraine:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York City, New York, United States and Boryspil International Airport (KBP), Kiev, Ukraine would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,681 miles (or 7,533 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between John F. Kennedy International Airport and Boryspil International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between John F. Kennedy International Airport and Boryspil International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK):

• The project was renamed Major General Alexander E.
• Aircraft service facilities include seven aircraft hangars, an engine overhaul building, a 32-million-US-gallon aircraft fuel storage facility, and a truck garage.
• The Port Authority leased the airport property from the City of New York in 1947 and maintains this lease today.
• The closest airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NNW of JFK.
• John F. Kennedy International Airport handled 50,423,765 passengers last year.
• In 1951, JFK averaged 73 daily airline operations.
• John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) has 4 runways.
• Because of John F. Kennedy International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at John F. Kennedy International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• The furthest airport from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,764 miles (18,933 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Terminal 5 opened in 2008 for JetBlue Airways, the manager and primary tenant of the building, and serves as the base of their large JFK hub.

Facts about Boryspil International Airport (KBP):

• The furthest airport from Boryspil International Airport (KBP) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,082 miles (17,835 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Boryspil International Airport", another name for KBP is "Міжнародний аеропорт "Бориспіль"".
• Boryspil International Airport (KBP) has 2 runways.
• Terminal D is main international departures and arrivals facility.
• Because of Boryspil International Airport's relatively low elevation of 427 feet, planes can take off or land at Boryspil International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• In 1993, the Ministry of Transportation of the newly independent Ukraine reorganized the airport into the Boryspil State International Airport and created a local subdivision of Air Ukraine to serve it.
• A new VIP facility is under construction at the northern end of the east runway.
• On 22 June 1959, the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR ordered the establishment of regular civil air traffic to the then military airfield near Boryspil.
• Boryspil International Airport handles most of Ukraine's international traffic.
• The closest airport to Boryspil International Airport (KBP) is Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) WNW of KBP.