Aviation Day of Ukraine
Professional holiday of military and civilian pilots and aviation industry workers and transport – Aviation Day is celebrated at the last Saturday of August.
The holiday is set by Presidential Decree #305/93 dd. August, 16 1993.
Today the traffic of Ukraine covers 5 of flight information regions with the total area of 729.8 thousand square km. Ukraine has combined civil-military system of air transportation organization. Our country is one with full aviation cycle, that has effective system of state regulations of aviation, own vocational education, aircraft manufacturer enterprises, developed airports network and modern aero navigational system.