Ercan International Airport

Ercan International Airport (Türkçe. Ercan Uluslararası Havalimanı Шаблон:IPA-tr) Шаблон:Airport codes is the primary civilian airport of North Cyprus. It is located about 13 km east of North Nicosia, near the village of Tymvou. Turkish and other airline booking sites commonly refer to this airport as Lefkoşa (Nicosia) Airport.

History

The precursor of Ercan Airport, Tymvou Airport, was constructed by the British in World War II as a military airport, during their colonial rule of the island. It was abandoned after the independence of Cyprus. Following the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus and the partition of the island into Turkish and Greek areas, it was expanded, and today it is used as the main civilian airport of Northern Cyprus.

Since 2006, the rule which stipulates that flights are required to touch down at a Turkish airport before continuing to and from Ercan has been under discussion. In 2006, the Turkish government began discussions for Northern Cyprus's main port Famagusta, and main civilian airport Ercan, to be able to operate direct connections, with the UK government describing it as a "significant and creative offer".

Recent plans have arisen to privatise Ercan Airport, as well as plans to enlarge the airport in order to increase capacity. Ercan Airport currently has a 2.5 kilometre-long runway and an apron with a capacity of seven aircraft. Although the runway is long enough for large planes to land, it is not long enough for take-offs. The plan is for the construction of a new runway, apron and terminal building, with the planned new apron doubling the current plane capacity.

Airlines and destinations

Note: All regular international flights outside of Turkey are not nonstop; they require an intermediate landing at a Turkish airport. Шаблон:Airport-dest-list

References

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Nima Daneshvar
8 February 2017
It is the smallest international airport, and most flights are from Turkish cites, cafe outside the building, free shop is smallest, bus service leave every one hour to Girne, Famagusta, and Nicosia
Rich
2 January 2013
You can fly to any country you want, as long as it is Turkey.
Iván Farías
22 March 2019
Very small, but very convenient, airport. Going through security and passport control is an easy and comfortable experience. There is free, open wi-fi.
Minoo Zariffian
19 August 2022
It's tiny, almost clean, flights only from/to Turkey. Helpful staff, and you can always find taxies right at the exit or just go ahead to take the bus.
Zhenya Befana
10 October 2014
Very good airport, very small and very fast one;)
Abdul Shahani☕️
15 September 2015
welcome to cyprus ???? enjoy as much as you can like it will be the last vacation you will have ????????
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