Learn about the history of Nicosia International Airport the main airport on Cyprus until 1974 when it was closed by a Turkish invasion See photos of the abandoned terminal and runway in the UN Buffer Zone

Nicosia International Airport Greek Διεθνές Αεροδρόμιο Λευκωσίας Turkish Lefkoşa Uluslararası Havaalanı is a largely disused airport located 82 km 51 mi west of the Cypriot capital city of Nicosia in the Lakatamia suburb It was originally the main airport for the island but commercial activity ceased following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974

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Nicosia International Airport NIC Live Arrivals Departures Flight

Once a bustling hub Nicosia International Airport has stood deserted for the past 50 years a still enduring symbol of Turkeys invasion of Cyprus half a century ago following a brief Greek

Track arrivals departures and flight status of Nicosia International Airport one of the Cyprus Airports Find out the ontime performance weather conditions compensation claims and airport map of NIC

Photos Inside Abandoned Cyprus Airport Untouched for 50 Years

Once a bustling hub Nicosia International Airport has stood deserted for the past 50 years a still enduring symbol of Türkiyes military incursion into Cyprus half a century ago following a brief Greekinspired coup Time has been standing still ever since at this air terminal perched on a hill on the western outskirts of Cyprus

Nicosia International Airport

The abandoned Nicosia International Airport near Nicosia Cyprus on March 10 2014 For 40 years now a buffer zone a nomans land controlled by the United Nations has split Cyprus from east

Frozen in time an airport rots as Cyprus logjam persists 50 years on

Nofly zone Nicosias airport symbolizes 50 years of a divided CGTN

Frozen In Time The Cyprus Buffer Zone The Atlantic

Nicosia International Airport An Abandoned Airport In A Divided City

For more than 40 years the once stateoftheart Nicosia International Airport on Cyprus has remained abandoned a fading and painful relic of the islands turbulent ties with Greece and Turkey

Nicosia International Airport

Nicosia Airport on Cyprus abandoned for over 40 years CNN

Inside abandoned airport untouched for 50 years with rotting plane

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Nicosia International Airport became a battleground and in 1974 the United Nations established a buffer zone dividing the island Slate reported The departure hall at the abandoned Nicosia

Nicosia International Airport was abandoned in 1974 due to conflict in Cyprus It was once the Mediterranean islands main airport but its been untouched for almost 50 years

An abandoned airport in Cyprus has been frozen in time for half a