Kiev - Post Report Question and Answers

What is your home city/country? How long is the trip to post from there, with what connections? How easy/difficult is it to travel to this city/country?

Home country- U.S. usually took over 13 hours of travel time including layover. Connections through Paris and Frankfurt are common, then to the east coast another 7 or 8 hours. - May 2021


New York, NY. There is a direct flight on Ukrainian International (UIA), although I have never taken it (but it's cheap!) Otherwise it's about two hours to the usual hubs of Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt, etc. - May 2017


US (New York area). There is a direct flight on a Ukrainian airline to NY that is not expensive and takes about 10 hours. For official travel to the U.S., you need to change in Amsterdam, Munich, Frankfurt, or Paris. Total travel time ends up being about 18 hrs with layovers. - Nov 2016


Washington, DC. Connections are usually through Amsterdam or Munich these days. All told, time in the air is about 13 hours, with usually a longish (3-5 hours) layover. - Jul 2016


Washington, D.C. It takes about 13-16 hours, with a stop in Amsterdam or Paris. - Nov 2015


We are from California, it's a long trip home. Kyiv to St. Paul or Chicago to San Francisco. Twenty hours travel time plus or minus. East coast is of course a quicker trip. - Jun 2015


3 to 4 hours to a connecting capital in Europe and then 8 hours to Washington DC. - Apr 2014


Our home base is Texas. It takes aproximately 17 hours round trip. The Flight is Kyiv to Houston with one stop in Amsterdam. - Apr 2013


Washington, DC, 24+ hours, with a connection in Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt or Munich. - Apr 2013


Honolulu; it's about 30 hours away. - Feb 2013


There are direct flights from Kyiv to the States (generally NYC), but I always flew through Munich or Frankfurt. About 2.5 hours to Munich/Frankfurt, and then 9 hours to the East Coast. - Jul 2012


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