The Larnaca International Airport is located 8 km from central Larnaca. The IATA and the ICAO codes are LCA and LCLK. This airport is the main gateway for Cyprus and is operated by Cyprus Department of Civil aviation. The present terminal is being renovated to accommodate more people; it sees more than 5 million passengers annually. The new terminal would be opened in 2009 and the improvisation work can handle 9 million passengers every year.

The airport was established in 1975 and initially consisted of only pre-fabricated boards. The airport that is open 24 hours a day can be easily accessed by the public transport buses or the shuttles from Nicosia, Limassol and other towns. Ural Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines, Gulf Air, Emirates, and British Airways are some of the major airlines at this airport. In 1978, there was a gun battle between the Egyptian anti-terrorist force and Cypriot National Guard that went on for an hour. While 15 members died of the former force, the latter suffered no casualties. A Kuwait Airways Boeing 747 was hijacked in April 1988; it was bound to Kuwait but was hijacked to Algeria.

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