Validation date: 01 11 2014
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50°40'35"N 029°56'17"E
runway: 13/31 - 400x20m - asphalt
Borodyanka airfield (Ukrainian: аеродром сільгосп Бородянка) was an agricultural airfield 110 kilometers northwest of Kiev.
The airfield was built by order of the Ukranian SSR (a state within the Soviet Union) Council of Ministers in the 1975-1985 timeframe. It was used for agricultural activities by state-run Aeroflot. It consisted of a small runway, a taxitrack and a small parking area to the north of the runway. After the breakup of the Soviet Union the airfield was abandoned.
No photos of the airfield while in use have been located
From what can be seen in Google Earth the runway is in a reasonable state, albeit in need of a cleanup. Aerial photography does not show sheds or other buildings on the airfield.
The airfield is uncertified and therefore officially closed to all traffic.
The agricultural airfield should not be confused with the civilian airfield of Borodyanka (ICAO: UKKB) which is located 1200m to the south. The latter might also be part of the 'ploughed under Borodianka air base' that is referred to at Wikipedia, as a major 3km long disturbance of the soil is visible immediately west of that airfield.
Aerial photo of the airfield in the summer of 2010 (Google Earth)