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Aircraft Spotting at Cyprus' Airports and Airfields

Spotting locations and the best spotting hotel rooms for planespotters travelling to Cypriot airports and airfields. Use the hotlinks above or scroll down for spotting information on spotting locations, airfield hangar access, aviation museums, preserved aircraft. Plus all the information has been plotted as Points of Interest and can be downloaded to your SatNavs, Google Earth and Google Maps to make planning your spotting trips abroad so much easier and helping you log many more


Planespotting at Cyprus' Airports & Airfields has been plotted on Google Maps, Google Earth, and can be added to your SatNav - click to download
All 5 Cypriot airports - their locations, viewing spots, hotels and preserved aircraft can be seen on detailed satellite images, making planning your spotting trip exceptionally easy. All these spotting points of interest can be added to your SatNav to give you another excellent resource to make your trip that much easier and more enjoyable. Please read the Download Instructions for example screenshots and further details

AYIA NAPA PRESERVED AIRCRAFT

A C150 is displayed on top of a building in Ayia Napa. Its identity is as yet unknown and it's location is plotted in the Spotting in Cyprus Download for Google Maps, Google Earth and SatNavs. Please advise registration.
Last reported February 2010. Want to update or confirm the information is still correct? Send in a report



LAKATAMIA AIRPORT

Spotting Info
5B-CAJ PA22 is the pole mounted gate guard, marked as "5B-CIR". Sections of the fuselage of N19CA DC6 are just west of the runway, with the wings alongside. Southwest of the airport at the Lapatsa Paintball Ranch, 5B-CGC PA23 is used as part of the games. Both these aircraft are plotted in the Spotting in Cyprus Download for Google Maps, Google Earth and SatNavs.
Last reported February 2010. Want to update or confirm the information is still correct? Send in a report




LARNACA AIRPORT (LCLK/LCA) - TWR 119.4, APP 121.2

All 5 Cypriot airports - their locations, hotels, viewing areas and preserved aircraft have been plotted on Google Maps and Google Earth's detailed satellite imagery and can be added to your SatNav - click to download. Planning your spotting trip has never been easier. Please read the Download Instructions for example screenshots and further details

Spotting Info
The new terminal opened in November 2009 and is opposite the 04 threshold. Airside all stands and the runway can be seen and aircraft easily logged. Landside, if you go to departures and turn right outside the terminal, all aircraft taxiing to and from the terminal can be logged and the runway can be seen. However, if they're using 22 as is the norm, any aircraft landing and going to the GA ramp or the freight ramp are likely to turn off the runway short and be missed. You can view the cargo apron, biz and Police helipad from a lay-by on the main road towards Larnaca and next to the salt lake. The Airport Police may speak to you but they are happy for you to log and take photos. A word of caution, do not use your radio at the airport, the police will confiscate it until it can be proved that it isn't a transmitter. Check the wind direction for your departure runway - 22 is usually in use, sit on the left side as your flight will taxi right past the GA parking area north of the new terminal. Near the control tower is a light aircraft storage area. Starting nearest the driving centre, they are: row 1 - 5B-CDM Pa31; row 2 - 5B-CHP C172, 5B-CGA Pa28, 5B-CHW Grob 115, 5B-CIH Helio Amphibian; row 3 - 5B-CHJ C150, 5B-CHU Pa44, 5B-CIK Pa31; row 4 - 5B-CIC C152, 5B-CHQ C150, 5B-CIB C152. At the base of the control tower is 5B-CGL C310. Airside you only have views of the runway as the aircraft are parked remotely off to the left and behind the terminal. You can log the arrivals as they taxi past but you have to be quick. Mackenzie Beach just to the north of 22 threshold is excellent to log and photograph arrivals on 22 over the sea but you won't be able to see the new terminal or stands due to the distance and rise and fall of the land.

Planespotting Hotels - their locations are marked in the Spotting in Cyprus download
  • The Flamingo Beach Hotel - request a view of the approach and you'll hopefully get room 401, 301, 201, 101 in the southeast corner, height isn't an issue. Brilliant position overlooking the beach and sea. From the rear (deserted and desolate), 5th floor mezzanine views can be had over the freight ramps with just the large hangar on the north boundary creating a slight blindspot. The rooftop has views of the eastern part of the airport, though it's officially out of bounds as the pool is closed and drained. However, if you take the lift up to the 5th floor and walk up the stairs you can get there. A good view over most of the nearby ramps can be had from up there and also of the 22 approach. If you walk 10 minutes along Mackenzie Beach you'll arrive at the perimeter fence just short of the runway threshold.
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  • The Sea N Lake View Apartments has a bar and swimming pool, the rooms are adequate, but more importantly if you go out the back of the apartments you are almost on the approach. A 5-10 minute walk to Mackenzie Beach and the end of the runway. From the airport by taxi takes about 5 minutes.
    The Sea N Lake View Apartments features on for reviews, prices and room availability

    The Costantiana Hotel, has great views from the room balconies, just ask for a room at the front.

    Larnaca Airport Website and Larnaca International Airport Website
    Last reported February 2010. Want to update or confirm the information is still correct? Send in a report




    NICOSIA AIRPORT (abandoned)

    Spotting Info
    Abandoned since the civil war of 1974, a few aircraft still remain. XF700 Shackleton is stored near the runway 09 threshold. You get a brief glimpse from the southern motorway heading east/west, though you get a better view from inside the UN buffer zone. North of the 09 threshold is the wreckage of OK-MDE Tu104. In the northern part of the airport, stored on the apron is 5B-DAB Trident. The locations of these 3 aircraft are plotted in the Spotting in Cyprus Download for Google Maps, Google Earth and SatNavs.
    Last reported February 2010. Want to update or confirm the information is still correct? Send in a report



    PAPHOS AIRPORT (LCPH/PFO) - TWR 119.9, APP 120.8

    Spotting Info
    Airside there is an outdoor beer garden, where the apron can be seen but no photographs possible. Stored at the north western-most tip of the airport are Shackletons WL747 and WL757, and F-AZEN Flamant. XP666/G-JETP Jet Provost and WR967 Shackleton fuselage are on the fire dump behind the fire station. The locations of these 5 aircraft are plotted in the Spotting in Cyprus Download for Google Maps, Google Earth and SatNavs.
    Last reported February 2010. Want to update or confirm the information is still correct? Send in a report

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