Located off the south coast of Turkey in the eastern extremity of the Mediterranean Sea, the island of Cyprus is a popular destination among holidaymakers from Europe and further afield. It has three main international airports, with the operations at one of these facilities bound by a complex political situation. There is also a fourth facility that is now disused, with the three operational ones being:

Larnaca Glafcos Clerides International Airport (LCA)
Paphos International Airport (PFO)
Ercan International Airport (ECN)
Larnaca replaced Nicosia International Airport
Located in the southeast of the Mediterranean island nation, Cyprus Inform notes that Larnaca International is the country's largest and busiest airport. Before the industry-wide downturn caused by the onset of coronavirus, it was serving more than eight million passengers a year, with most of the traffic serving the facility being of a seasonal nature. This reflects Cyprus' status as a holiday hotspot.

Larnaca International opened in February 1975 and replaced Nicosia International (NIC) as Cyprus's primary international air hub. Nicosia had ceased functioning as a commercial airport due to the Turkish invasion of the island the previous year. It was left derelict after that, resulting in scenes such as the ones pictured below. Today, it reportedly serves as a UN base but no longer handles flights.