FS2004 – 1962 Cyprus Scenery

FS2004 – 1962 Cyprus Scenery. Airports included in this scenery: 1. LCNC Nicosia. Custom detailed airport. A joint RAF/civillian airport until 1966. A new terminal was built in 1968. Airport was abandoned in 1974 due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Today it remains in a “no man’s land” and is used by UN peacekeeping forces. 2. LCRA RAF Akrotiri. An RAF air base opened in 1955. The main RAF base on Cyprus. 3. CX00 RAF Kingsfield. A minor RAF air base in East Cyprus opened in the late 1950s. 4. LC0A RAF Lakatamia. A world war 2 RAF base closed in the late 1940s. 5. LCLK RAF Larnaca. A world war 2 RAF base closed in the late 1940s and during the 1950s and 1960s used a gunnery range. After the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Larnaca became the main airport in the Republic of Cyprus. 6. LCPH RAF Pafos. A world war 2 RAF base closed in the late 1940s. A new civillian airport was built in 2008 and is now the second most important airport in the Republic of Cyprus. 7. LCEN RAF Tymbou. A world war 2 RAF base closed in the late 1940s. 8. LCGK Gecitkale. A Turkish airbase in Northern Cyprus constructed in 1990 (removed in this scenery).

By Mike Stevens

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