Ercan airport

Ercan Uluslararası Havalimanı Ercan International Airport Αεροδρόμιο Τύμπου
Characteristics
ICAO code	LCEN
IATA code	ECN
Coordinates	35 ° 9 '18 "  N , 33 ° 30' 0"  E Coordinates: 35 ° 9 '18 "  N , 33 ° 30' 0"  E
Height above MSL	123 m (404  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	10 km east of North Nicosia
Basic data
Passengers	204,208 (2012)
Start-and runway
11/29	2755 m × 45 m asphalt

The Ercan Airport ( IATA code ECN , ICAO code LCEN ) is an airport in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus .

Geographical location

The airport is about ten kilometers east of North Nicosia .

history

The airport was the first airfield in Nicosia and was built during the time of British rule. It is named after the pilot Fehmi Ercan, who fell during the Turkish invasion in 1974 .

In February 2015, the construction of another terminal was announced. It is expected to have a capacity of around five million passengers a year, cost 220 million euros and be completed by 2019.

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The Turkish construction company Taşyapı İnşaat will build the terminal.

Destinations

Ercan Airport is currently served by the airlines AnadoluJet , AtlasGlobal , Freebird Airlines , Onur Air , Pegasus Airlines , Sunexpress and Turkish Airlines .

Flights to and from Ercan Airport are currently only possible with a stopover in Turkey , as Turkey is the only country that recognizes the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus . Therefore there are no non-stop connections between other countries and Ercan Airport. Turkish airlines are also forced to make a stopover in Turkey. As a rule, the crew of the aircraft must also change during the stopover. Flights that are booked from Germany to Northern Cyprus have as their final destination the Turkish airport, where the stopover takes place, as the official destination airport.

There are currently non-stop connections to the following cities: Adana , Ankara , Antakya , Antalya , Diyarbakir , Gaziantep , Istanbul and Izmir .

See also

• Geçitkale Airfield Military airfield, which also serves as an alternate airport for Ercan

Web links

Commons : Pictures of the airport  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website: https://www.ercanhavalimani.com/

Individual evidence

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ Information on the new terminal , accessed on March 15, 2015.
3. ↑ Information on air traffic with Northern Cyprus , accessed on March 11, 2015.