Arrivals
Live arrival times, status, terminal and baggage belt are on the arrivals page.
ECN
Airport information
Ercan International Airport
Nicosia, CyprusIATA: ECNICAO: LCEN
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Departures
Live departure times, status, terminal and gate are on the departures page.
Live radar
Live radar around the airport
View current aircraft positions around this airport and find a flight directly on the map.
The runways at this airport
What do the colors mean?
- No traffic seen The runway is there, but we see nothing on it right now.
- Arriving traffic Aircraft are descending toward this runway right now.
- Departing traffic Aircraft are climbing out from this runway right now.
- Direction unknown It says “in use now” without an arrow: we see traffic, but the aircraft does not report whether it is climbing or descending.
The white arrow on the runway points the way the traffic is going. Derived from the positions of aircraft flying low near the airport right now. Not an official runway plan; what we see.
Designation, direction and length of every runway. These rarely change; which one is in use right now shows up here whenever we observe traffic.
1 runway · Longest runway: 9,039 ft
- 11L/29R9,039 ft · heading 107/287 degrees
We currently see no traffic on approach or just after takeoff. That happens at a quiet airport or in the middle of the night.
Runway data: OurAirports, public domain.
Fly direct
Direct destinations
The destinations we know the most flight numbers for. That approximates how heavily a route is served; it is not a passenger count.
ISTTürkiye
Istanbul
- Distance
- 496 mi
- Estimated duration
- 1h 16m
- Airlines
AJet · Pegasus Airlines · +1
AJet · Pegasus Airlines · Turkish Airlines
AYTTürkiye
Antalya
- Distance
- 193 mi
- Estimated duration
- 39m
- Airlines
AJet · Freebird Airlines · +3
AJet · Freebird Airlines · Pegasus Airlines · SunExpress · Turkish Airlines
SAWTürkiye
Istanbul
- Distance
- 458 mi
- Estimated duration
- 1h 8m
- Airlines
AJet · Pegasus Airlines · +1
AJet · Pegasus Airlines · Turkish Airlines
COVTürkiye
Tarsus
- Distance
- 149 mi
- Estimated duration
- 33m
- Airlines
- AJet · Pegasus Airlines
Airports nearby
Other airports within reach, with the straight-line distance and the number of direct destinations we know of. Airports without scheduled service are left out.
- LarnarcaLarnaca International AirportLCA20 mi92 destinations
- PaphosPaphos International AirportPFO65 mi56 destinations
- BeirutBeirut Rafic Hariri International AirportBEY146 mi33 destinations
- AntalyaAntalya International AirportAYT193 mi137 destinations
- Tel AvivBen Gurion International AirportTLV231 mi98 destinations
Airport facts
Practical information
- Full name
- Ercan International Airport
- City and country
- Nicosia, Cyprus
- IATA / ICAO
- ECN / LCEN
- Time zone
- Asia/Famagusta
- Category
- Regional airport
Ercan: the airport of Northern Cyprus, reached via Turkey
Ercan International Airport (IATA ECN, ICAO LCEN) lies near Tymbou, about fifteen kilometers east of Nicosia in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the north of the island that is recognized only by Turkey. That status shapes everything about the airport: it is not recognized by international aviation bodies, so every flight to Ercan must touch down in Turkey first, which makes it a busy airport for a small place, with jets arriving all day from Istanbul, Antalya and Ankara. A large new terminal opened in 2023. The live radar on this page shows the traffic around Ercan; the arrivals and departures pages are linked above it.
Airlines and destinations
Pegasus is the largest airline, flying from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen, Antalya, Ankara, Izmir, Adana and other Turkish cities, often as the second leg of a flight from Europe; Turkish Airlines and AJet connect Istanbul Airport and Ankara, and SunExpress and Freebird fly from Antalya and Izmir, with Corendon adding seasonal flights. In our route data, Istanbul, Antalya, Sabiha Gökçen, Tarsus and Amman are the most frequently flown connections, the last of these via a Turkish stop. There are no direct flights from anywhere but Turkey.
Getting to Kyrenia, Nicosia and Famagusta
Taxis wait outside the terminal with fixed fares to the main towns: about twenty-five minutes to North Nicosia, forty to Kyrenia (Girne) on the north coast, and 45 minutes to Famagusta (Gazimağusa) and the Karpaz road. Kıbhas airport buses run to Nicosia, Kyrenia and Famagusta, timed to the flights, and hotels arrange transfers. Rental cars are available in the terminal and are the usual way to see the north; driving is on the left, as in the rest of Cyprus, and rental cars from the north may not be taken across the Green Line into the south.
Good to know
The 2023 terminal is large and modern, with short walks and generous space; two hours ahead is enough. Entry is through Turkish Cypriot passport control, which stamps a separate slip rather than the passport on request; crossing to the Republic of Cyprus is possible on foot or by car at the Green Line checkpoints in Nicosia and elsewhere, but check your government's advice on flying into Ercan. Turkish lira is the currency, euros are widely accepted. The alternatives are the airports of the Republic of Cyprus, Larnaca and Paphos, an hour away across the line, with direct flights from all over Europe. Every airport we track is listed in the airport overview.