Nicosia - Post Report Question and Answers
What is your home city/country? How long is the trip to post from there, with what connections? How easy/difficult is it to travel to this city/country?
Washington, DC / USA. It works out to being a long day in either direction. There are no direct flights. Athens is a 1 hour hop and is well connected. Other frequently used transfer points include Austrian airlines (Vienna), Lufthansa (Munich, Frankfurt), British Airlines (London). Nicosia is served by Larnaca airport (LCA), a 45 minutes from from Nicosia. There is an airport just to the North of Nicosia in the Turkish-occupied area with flights to Turkey, but this airport cannot be used by Americans on official travel. In principle, there is also an international airport in Paphos, which is a 2-plus hour drive from Nicosia, but Nicosia airport is better for the US-Cyprus route. The Paphos airport has useful connections for some destinations such as the Greek Islands. - Aug 2022
It's fairly easy to travel back to the States. You will need to do one layover in a major European city (Frankfurt, Paris, London, Munich, Vienna, etc). With about a 4-hour flight to western Europe, you're looking at a 12+ hour travel day. - Aug 2022
Home is DC. The trip is via major European cities, and it takes longer than you expect--from London, about six hours. Don't transit through Paris--CDG's old wing, late, etc. - Jul 2013
3 years - Jun 2011
Washington, D.C.- The trip is usually just under 14 hours with a stop-over in London, Amsterdam or Germany. - Dec 2009
