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New Virtual Tour Reveals Cyprus’s Long-Abandoned Nicosia Airport

The Cyprus Institute's NIC Platform lets the public explore restricted interiors of the UN-controlled site frozen since the 1974 invasion.

Overview

  • The NIC Platform offers a digital walk-through of the terminal, offices, duty-free areas, boarding gates, and jetways.
  • Nicosia International Airport has had no commercial arrivals or departures since 1974 after the site became a frontline during the conflict.
  • The perimeter sits inside a United Nations Protected Area within the island’s buffer zone, and on-site access remains tightly restricted for safety.
  • UNFICYP maintains its headquarters at the airport, and helicopters still operate from part of the airfield.
  • While three Cyprus Airways jets were flown out in 1977 by British Airways engineers, a skeletal Hawker Siddeley Trident still lies on the runway.