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Larnaca International Airport (Greek: Διεθνής Aερολιμένας Λάρνακας, Turkish: Larnaka Uluslararası Havalimanı) (IATA: LCA, ICAO: LCLK) is an international airport located 4 km (2.5 mi) southwest[1] of Larnaca, Cyprus. Larnaca International Airport is Cyprus' main international gateway and the larger of the country's two commercial airports, the other being Paphos International Airport on the island's southwestern coast. The airport has one passenger terminal. Departures are accommodated on the upper level, while arrivals at the Ground level.

The airport utilizes a single large apron for all aircraft. There are 16 jetways (boarding bridges), connecting the terminal with aircraft, while there is a provision for utilization of shuttle buses to convey passengers during hours of extreme traffic. Infrastructure also features a large engineering hangar, a cargo terminal, and separate facilities for fueling and provisioning light aircraft.

Larnaca Airport was hastily developed towards the end of 1974 after the invasion of Cyprus by Turkey on 20 July of the same year, which forced the closure of Nicosia International Airport. The site on which it was built (near the Larnaca Salt Lake), had been previously used as an airfield in the 1930s and, subsequently, as a military installation by the British forces. Larnaca International opened on 8 February 1975, with only limited infrastructure facilities and a prefabricated set of buildings comprising separate halls for departures and arrivals. The first airlines to use the new airport were