Larnaca Airport “Glafcos Clerides”
The country’s main air gateway and a legal point of entry
The story
The main international airport of Cyprus lies a few kilometers southwest of central Larnaca, by the Salt Lake. It bears the name of Glafcos Clerides. In 1960 he became the first President of the House of Representatives. From July to December 1974 he was acting president, and from 1993 to 2003 he was President of the Republic of Cyprus. It became the main airport after 1974, when the old Nicosia airport ended up in the United Nations buffer zone and closed. The present terminal opened in 2009, and since 2006 the airports of Larnaca and Paphos have been run by the company Hermes Airports. Only through these two airports can you legally fly into the Republic of Cyprus.
The main international airport is Larnaca. It is named after Glafcos Clerides, president from 1993 to 2003, and it is the working airport closest to Nicosia. You can legally arrive by air only through Larnaca and Paphos: Nicosia airport has not operated since 1974, and the Republic of Cyprus considers entry through ports and airports in the north illegal.
Visiting
The place counts already at the terminal entrance, no ticket needed. Nearby are paid car parks and a bus stop, including buses to Nicosia and Limassol.
On the way
Photos
Sources
- Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων — Οι Πρόεδροι της Βουλής από το 1960 έως σήμερα (Clerides: first President of the House in 1960, acting president from July to 7 December 1974)
- UNFICYP (UN) — The United Nations Protected Area and Old Nicosia Airport (Nicosia airport has been a UN protected area in the buffer zone since 1974)
- Hermes Airports — Who we are (operator since May 2006 under a 25-year agreement with the Republic of Cyprus, new Larnaca terminal in 2009)
- Deputy Ministry of Tourism, visitcyprus.com — Entry requirements (legal points of entry: Larnaca and Paphos airports and the ports; entry through ports and airports in the north is illegal)
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