Nicosia Ercan Airport (Nicosia Ercan International Airport) - international Airport partially recognized (recognized only by Turkey) state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Due to the fact that the airport is located in a state unrecognized by most of the world community, it also does not have the official status of an international airport and its IATA and ICAO codes are not included in the officially registered lists. Ercan Airport is located 20 km east of the capital of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicosia, near the village of Timvu.
Nicosia Ercan Airport regularly uses several international airlines to carry out their cargo and passenger flights. From the airport there are regular, charter and seasonal flights to Turkey, as well as to European destinations (with a mandatory stopover at one of the airports in Turkey).
Nicosia Ercan Airport Passenger Terminal
Currently, the terminal complex of Ercan airport has one passenger terminal.
There are various retail outlets, shops, restaurants, bars and cafes in the airport terminal building.
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: LCNC
military (formerly civilian)
Coordinates: 35 ° 09'00 ″ s. NS. 033 ° 16'38 "in. etc. / 35.15000 ° N NS. 33.27722 ° E etc./ 35.15000; 33.27722(G) (I)
Nicosia International Airport(Greek. Διεθνές Αεροδρόμιο Λευκωσίας , tour. Lefkoşa Uluslararası Havaalanı; IATA: NIC, ICAO: LCNC) is the international airport of the Republic of Cyprus, located west of Nicosia in the suburb of Lakatamia. In the past, it was the main airport of the island of Cyprus until the Turkish invasion in 1974, after which it was closed to receive civil aviation... At the present time, the contingent of the UN Armed Forces for maintaining peace in Cyprus is based there.
History
The Nicosia airfield was opened in the 1930s and was initially used as an air base for the Royal Air Force, and it still formally belongs to the British Ministry of Defense to this day. But in 1939, the Shell Company built an airstrip, which it began to use to land its aircraft. In the same year, the Arab airline Misrair began flights to Cyprus. During World War II, American bombers were based here, which carried out the bombing of Romania.
Since 1948, civilian flights to Nikossi Airport have been resumed, including those used by Misrair, BOAC, Cyprus Airways and Middle East Airlines. In 1949, the first terminal building was built, as the Nissen huts were used before. In 1959, the building was extended, but in 1968 a new building was built, and the old one was given to the local flying club. Expansion of the airport was planned for 1974, but the events that occurred in July, culminating in the Turkish invasion, canceled this plan. After that, flights to Nicosia airport were discontinued. The last passenger aircraft departed from the airport in 1977 with UN clearance, when British Airways took over the remaining three Cyprus Airways aircraft at the airport.
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Is an island nation and takes a large number of tourists from different countries the world. There are many times more visitors here. local residents and those who have business relations with Cyprus. In addition, the island has the lowest taxes in the European territory, which is why it is also the center of business. The best way to get to this paradise for tourists and businessmen is by plane.
How many airports are there in Cyprus?
There are seven airports in Cyprus. Two of them are located in the northern part of the island. The first one is called Lefkosa or more commonly Nicosia. It is always visited by tourists who are going to spend their holidays in North Cyprus. The second is located in the northern part of the country and is no longer used. This is Gechitkale.
The largest airport is located in the southern part, which is called. It accepts the maximum number of visitors. You can also fly to Paphos. But here, mainly charter flights are accepted.
The international airports in Cyprus, which are intended for civil flights, include the airports of Larnaca and Paphos. The rest function as military bases.
Largest airport in Cyprus - Larnaca
The huge airport occupies an area of about one hundred thousand square meters. It was built quite recently and opened its doors in 2009. It was built on the site of an air terminal that has existed on this territory since 1975. Most of the regular flights in Cyprus go through this airport, with over seven million passengers annually. It can receive not only regular but also charter flights.
There is one terminal at the airport where local airlines are located. These are Eurocypria Airlines and also Cyprus Airways. Larnaca is considered business card Cyprus, since it is this airport that meets tourists from all over the world.
There are cafes and bars where you can have a coffee and a snack while waiting for departure. If you wish, you can make purchases, walk through the souvenir shops, and also use the duty-free shop. If necessary, you can shop at the pharmacy and newsstand.
There is a first-aid post in the terminal, you can also get services in bank branches and in the tourist office. The airport has a business center and a VIP lounge. Duty-free tourists here are attracted by a large selection of alcoholic beverages, their opening hours are scheduled from six in the morning to ten in the evening, but in fact they open an hour later and close an hour earlier. And those who are going to make purchases there need to take this into account.
How to get there?
Arriving at the airports of Cyprus is not the ultimate goal of travel, so it is important to know how and what to move on. There are direct bus transfers to and from Larnaca Airport. One-way ticket costs 8-9 euros. A ticket for a child from three to twelve years old costs € 4.00. Buses operate from three in the morning to three in the afternoon.
Both directions can be reached by taxi or by. Rental points (and there are two of them) are located on the territory of the airport. You can rent a car from Eurocar or Avis, the rental will cost you approximately € 21.00 to € 210.00, and the price will depend on the time for which you are going to rent the car, its make and season.
There are parking lots at the airport, where the first twenty minutes will cost € 1.00. There are no free parking spaces at the airport.
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Useful information:
- Address: 6650 Larnaka International Airport, Larnaka, Cyprus
- Airport Directorate Phone: +357 24 816 130
- +357 24 816 400
- Fax: +357 24 643 633
- Email: [email protected]
- Airport official website: www.cyprusairports.com.cy
- Basic airlines: Aegean Airlines, Eurocypria Airlines
Cyprus International Airport - Paphos
- the second largest in size and passenger traffic in Cyprus. It is located close to and was built in 1983. The airport accepts and regular flights, but still most of aircraft - charter.
Despite the fact that it is smaller than Larnaca, it has excellent service and developed infrastructure. There are shops on the territory of the airport where you can buy not only souvenirs, there are also duty-free points. There are also bars and small cafes offering snacks and coffee while awaiting departure. Here you can use ATMs or rent a car. Medical center services, car parking and vip-hall are available.
How to get there?
There is a special shuttle bus from the airport to the cities. Flights to Paphos operate from 7 am to 1 am, bus number 612. Just remember that this is the peak timetable. tourist season, April-November. The rest of the time there are fewer flights. Bus # 613 has two flights a day and leaves the airport at eight in the morning and seven in the evening. From here you can get to Limassol by bus, the cost is € 8.00, for children 3-12 years old - € 4.00.
You can also take a taxi from the airport to the city, the cost is approximately € 27.00- € 30.00. Larnaca can be reached by taxi for € 110.00, and to Limassol - approximately € 65.00. The drivers speak German, Russian, Greek.
There are Russian taxi companies in Cyprus. A trip from Paphos airport to the city will cost you € 27.00-30.00, to Larnaca - € 110.00, to Limassol - € 60.00- € 70.00.
Two hours before departure, check-in is performed at international flights including identity verification and handling of your baggage. Also, if you have purchased goods in Cyprus, here you can get a deduction of sales tax, tax-free.
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Useful information:
- Address: 8061 Pafos International Airport, Cyprus
- Telephone airport information desk: +357 24 816 400
- Fax: +357 26 007 100
- Email: [email protected]
- Basic airlines: Eurocypria Airlines
So in English is another airport in Cyprus. Sometimes it is called Ercan or Nicosia, but it is correct all the same - Ercan. It is located twenty-five kilometers from Lefkosha, but this distance by car can be covered in just half an hour. From the airport, you can also get to main point tourism of Northern Cyprus - Kyrenia. It takes about an hour to get to Famagusta.
Every day the airport accepts transit flights Pegasus, turkish airlines and Aeroflot. The same flights with a very short waiting time through Turkey are made from many cities of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and some other countries, including European ones. And every year the list of departure points grows.
This airport has one feature - passengers walk from the arriving plane to the terminal. But the rest of the airport is pretty comfortable.
When planning to fly to the airport of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, count on the fact that you will be flying through Turkey. But if you do not plan to spend a lot of time in Antalya or Istanbul, then you do not need a visa, and things will arrive directly in Ercan.
When going through customs control, in order to avoid further problems with obtaining Schengen, ask the customs officer to put a stamp on the form, and not in the passport.
Features of customs
On the territory of Northern Cyprus you can bring your own jewelry and sports equipment, as well as cameras and video cameras. The maximum amount that is allowed to import is ten thousand dollars or the equivalent in another currency. If there is no desire to pay the duty, then you can import four hundred cigarettes and half a kilogram of tobacco, as well as a liter of alcohol. Leaving the territory, remember that it is strictly forbidden to take out any archaeological items, not only whole ones, but also their parts.
How to get there?
It is easy to fly to Ercan with a transfer in Turkey or without a transfer from several cities of this country, using the services of Turkish airlines.
To neighboring settlements it is better to get from the airport by taxi, in 30-40 minutes you can get to Nicosia, Famagusta or Kyrenia.
Ercan Airport is the international airport of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, located northeast of the capital Nicosia. It was built by Great Britain during World War II, and was used as military base and was later abandoned. However, after the recognition of Turkish authority over this part of the island, the airport began to expand and rebuild, and today it is one of the largest civil airports in Cyprus: the new terminal of Ercan airport was opened in May 2004.
There is one important feature of the airport: all aircraft making international flights to and from Ercan airport must make a stopover in one of the Turkish airports... This is due to the fact that the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has not yet been recognized as independent.
The airport is easily accessible by bus (Airport-Nicosia) or taxi from anywhere in Northern Cyprus. Registration desk and passport control located close to each other, the airport has currency exchange offices, luggage storage, mother and child room, several cafes and shops “ Duty Free”. Prices are usually quoted in euros, but you can pay with Turkish lira, US dollars or British pounds.
Nicosia is one of the few world capitals without its own airport. Rather, there is an airport, but it has been closed since July 20, 1974, when Turkish troops landed on the territory of Cyprus. The UN peacekeepers decided that neither side should get the airport. As a result, time stopped here.
Nicosia Airport has been the main airport in Cyprus since the early thirties. On March 27, 1968, 6 years before the war in Cyprus, the most modern terminal for that time was built. More than a million pounds sterling was spent on construction. New terminal could simultaneously serve 11 aircraft and up to 800 passengers.
Aeroflot planes even flew here.
Acquaintance with the airport for me began with the control tower.
This is how she looked forty years ago.
And this is how it looks now. Time is merciless.
Despite the devastation, it seems that people left here quite recently. The iron boxes with maps, corroded for forty years, were obviously opened in a hurry.
Best view the neighborhood opens from the roof of the control tower, there was a radio operator's room.
From here I was able to film UN helicopters performing training flights over the airport.
The building of the new airport terminal is also visible from there. This is how it looked in the early seventies.
And so today. The windows are broken, the letters crumbled, there are traces of shots.
On the sign in the middle of the hall is the inscription Tipping porters not allowed. The last porter left here forty years ago.
For forty years only airplanes painted on the walls have been flying here.
The kitchen of the buffet has had no smell of fresh food for forty years.
The main attraction of the airport is one of two planes destroyed by Turkish troops - Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident in the livery of Cyprus Airways.
Here he is against the background of the terminal in the early seventies.
And this is how he looked the day after the bombing. Damaged, but not yet plundered.
His colleague was far less fortunate. War is war.
As a result of the bombing, the entire fleet of Cyprus Airways, which at that time consisted of five aircraft, "landed". The other two Tridents and BAC1-11 suffered less damage.
Three years after the war, British specialists repaired them (using, among other things, spare parts from destroyed aircraft) and they left the Nicosia airport on their own. By the way, this was the last flight from the airport. Today, one of the Tridents (painted by British European Airways) is housed in the Imperial War Museum in Duxford. BAC1-11 flew the Cyprus Airways flag until 1995.
The state of Trident at the Nicosia airport is clearly not a museum - the interior is completely looted, the windows are broken, and there are traces of bullets on the fuselage.
Another aircraft on the territory of Nicosia airport is the military Avro Shackleton MR.3 XF700. In 1962, he committed emergency landing, the repair was recognized as unprofitable - the plane was used as a simulator.
As you can see, the war did not spare him either.
On August 29, 1973, a year before the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the Czechoslovak Tu-104, which had flown in from Damascus, rolled out of the Nicosia airport strip. No one was killed, but the plane could not be restored. This is how the plane looked the day after the accident.
The plane was bought by an enterprising Cypriot - they say that almost everything was ready in order to turn it into a restaurant, but the plans were thwarted by the war. Today the tail of Tushka, on which the Czechoslovak flag is visible, is in the zone controlled by Turkish troops.
