 The abandoned central terminal
 An abandoned Trident airliner on the tarmac Nicosia International Airport (IATA: NIC) is an abandoned airport. It lies to the west of the Cypriot capital city of Nicosia. Image File history File links Nic-1. ...
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The Trident, model DH121 or HS121, was a short/medium-range airliner designed by de Havilland in the 1950s, and built by the Hawker-Siddeley Group in the 1960s when de Havilland was merged with several other British aviation firms. ...
An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ...
Platia Eleftherias (Freedom square) Nicosia, Cyprus Satellite photo of Nicosia, Cyprus Nicosia, known locally as Lefkosia (Greek: Λευκωσία , also colloquially Khora, ΧώÏα or Turkish: LefkoÅŸa) is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. ...
NIC used to be the principal airport for Cyprus from its initial construction in the 1930s as the Royal Air Force station RAF Nicosia until 1974. Principally a military establishment at first, the RAF quit the airfield in 1966 due to limited space brought on by vastly increasing civilian aircraft movements. As a result of the Turkish invasion in 1974, Turkey came to occupy 37% of the island, splitting Cyprus into a de facto Turkish-administered northern sector (see also: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) and the remaining southern areas controlled by the internationally recognized Republic of Cyprus. NIC lies directly in the U.N. controlled Buffer Zone separating the two areas. It has been inoperable since 1974 due to the continued state of belligerency between the two sides. The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
De facto is a Latin expression that means in fact or in practice. It is commonly used as opposed to de jure (meaning by law) when referring to matters of law or governance or technique (such as standards), that are found in the common experience as created or developed without...
Anthem: İstiklâl Marşı (Turkish) Independence March Capital Lefkoşa (Nicosia) Official languages Turkish Government Representative democratic republic[1] - President Mehmet Ali Talat - Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer Sovereignty from Republic of Cyprus (de facto) - Proclaimed November 15, 1983 - Recognition Only by Turkey and OIC Area - Total 3,355 km...
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus The UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus is a 300 km (187 mile) separation barrier along the 1974 Green Line (or ceasefire line) between the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the internationally recognised Republic of Cyprus. ...
Nicosia's two sectors (the Turkish North and the Greek South) are served by different and more recently opened airports: Ercan International Airport (ECN) for the north, and Larnaca International Airport (LCA) for the south. Due to the non-recognition of the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus", Ercan is not permitted by most countries to be a valid destination for a flight plan. The only international flights from Ercan are to Turkey. Ercan International Airport (IATA: ECN, ICAO: LCEN), or Tymbou in Greek, is the principal airport of entry into the Turkish occupied areas, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. ...
Larnaca International Airport (IATA airport code: LCA) is an international airport located at Larnaca, Cyprus. ...
Anthem: İstiklâl Marşı (Turkish) Independence March Capital Lefkoşa (Nicosia) Official languages Turkish Government Representative democratic republic[1] - President Mehmet Ali Talat - Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer Sovereignty from Republic of Cyprus (de facto) - Proclaimed November 15, 1983 - Recognition Only by Turkey and OIC Area - Total 3,355 km...
Flight plans are plans filed by pilots with the local Aviation Authority (e. ...
There have been some plans for NIC to be reopened under U.N. control as a goodwill measure, but so far neither the Greek nor the Turkish Cypriots have seriously pursued this option. Turkish Cypriots are those inhabitants of Cyprus who are ethnically Turkish[1], as opposed to those who are of Greek (the Greek Cypriots) or other ethnicities. ...
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