RAF Akrotiri
Royal Air Force Akrotiri, commonly abbreviated RAF Akrotiri is a large Royal Air Force military airbase on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. It is located in the Western Sovereign Base Area, one of two areas which comprise Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British Overseas Territory, administered as a Sovereign Base Area.
- Airport
- …lies at an elevation of 69 feet (21 metres)
- …has the IATA airport code AKT
- …has the ICAO airport code LCRA
- Description: Royal Air Force station near Akrotiri in the Sovereign Base Area on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus
- Also known as“Ağrotur Havaalanı”“AKT”“Díavlos Akrotiríou”“LCRA”“RAF Ακρωτηρίου”“Royal Air Force Akrotiri”“Royal Air Force Station Akrotiri”“ΑΚΤ”“Βασιλική Πολεμική Αεροπορία Ακρωτηρίου”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holy Monastery of Saint Nicholas of the Cats and Limassol Salt Lake.
Limassol Salt Lake
Lake
Limassol Salt Lake is the largest inland body of water on the island of Cyprus. Limassol Salt Lake is situated 2½ miles northwest of RAF Akrotiri.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akrotiri and Dhekelia and Akrotiri Village.
Akrotiri Village
Village
Cape Gata
Locality
RAF Akrotiri
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Latitude
34.59012° or 34° 35′ 24″ north
Longitude
32.98942° or 32° 59′ 22″ east
Open location code
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“RAF Akrotiri” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “AKT”
- Arabic: “LCRA”
- Arabic: “RAF Akrotiri”
- Arabic: “Royal Air Force Akrotiri”
- Arabic: “Royal Air Force Station Akrotiri”
- Belarusian: “Акратыры”
- Catalan: “AKT”
- Catalan: “LCRA”
- Catalan: “RAF Akrotiri”
- Catalan: “Royal Air Force Akrotiri”
- Catalan: “Royal Air Force Station Akrotiri”
- Cebuano: “Akrotiri Airfield”
- Cebuano: “AKT”
- Cebuano: “LCRA”
- Cebuano: “RAF Akrotiri”
- Cebuano: “Royal Air Force Akrotiri”
- Cebuano: “Royal Air Force Station Akrotiri”
- Chinese: “AKT”
- Chinese: “LCRA”
- Chinese: “RAF Akrotiri”
- Chinese: “Royal Air Force Akrotiri”
- Chinese: “亞克羅提利皇家空軍基地”
- Chinese: “阿克罗蒂里空军基地”
- Chinese: “阿科罗提利皇家空军基地”
- Chinese: “阿科羅提利皇家空軍基地”
- Czech: “LCRA”
- Czech: “RAF Akrotiri”
- Czech: “RAF Ακρωτηρίου”
- Czech: “Royal Air Force Station Akrotiri”
- Czech: “Ακρωτήρι (λετίστι)”
- Czech: “ΑΚΤ”
- Czech: “Βασιλική Πολεμική Αεροπορία Ακρωτηρίου”
- Czech: “ζάκλαντνα Ακρωτηρίου”
- Czech: “λετεκά κλειστά Ακρωτήρι”
- Dutch: “AKT”
- Dutch: “LCRA”
- Dutch: “RAF Akrotiri”
- Dutch: “Royal Air Force Akrotiri”
- Dutch: “Royal Air Force Station Akrotiri”
- Finnish: “RAF Akrotiri”
- French: “LCRA”
- French: “RAF Akrotiri”
- French: “RAF Ακρωτηρίου”
- French: “Royal Air Force Station Akrotiri”
- French: “ΑΚΤ”
- French: “Βασιλική Πολεμική Αεροπορία Ακρωτηρίου”
- German: “AKT”
- German: “Flugplatz Akrotiri”
- German: “LCRA”
- German: “RAF Akrotiri”
- German: “Royal Air Force Akrotiri”
- German: “Royal Air Force Station Akrotiri”
- Greek: “LCRA”
- Greek: “RAF Ακρωτηρίου”
- Greek: “Αεροπορική Βάση Ακρωτηρίου”
- Greek: “ΑΚΤ”
- Greek: “Βασιλική Πολεμική Αεροπορία Ακρωτηρίου”
- Greek: “Σταθμός Βασιλικής Αεροπορίας Ακρωτηρίου”
- Hebrew: “AKT”
- Hebrew: “LCRA”
- Hebrew: “RAF Akrotiri”
- Hebrew: “Royal Air Force Akrotiri”
- Hebrew: “בסיס חיל האוויר המלכותי אקרוטירי”
- Indonesian: “AKT”
- Indonesian: “LCRA”
- Indonesian: “Royal Air Force Akrotiri”
- Indonesian: “Royal Air Force Station Akrotiri”
- Italian: “AKT”
- Italian: “LCRA”
- Italian: “RAF Akrotiri”
- Italian: “Royal Air Force Akrotiri”
- Italian: “Royal Air Force Station Akrotiri”
- Japanese: “AKT”
- Japanese: “LCRA”
- Japanese: “RAF Akrotiri”
- Japanese: “Royal Air Force Akrotiri”
- Japanese: “アクロティリ空軍基地”
- Malay: “AKT”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Akrotiri AB”
- Malay: “LCRA”
- Malay: “RAF Akrotiri”
- Malay: “Royal Air Force Akrotiri”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “RAF Akrotiri”
- Norwegian: “RAF Akrotiri”
- Persian: “AKT”
- Persian: “LCRA”
- Persian: “RAF Akrotiri”
- Persian: “Royal Air Force Akrotiri”
- Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی آکراتاری”
- Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی اکروتیری”
- Polish: “AKT”
- Polish: “Baza lotnicza Akrotiri”
- Polish: “LCRA”
- Polish: “RAF Akrotiri”
- Polish: “Royal Air Force Akrotiri”
- Romanian: “AKT”
- Romanian: “LCRA”
- Romanian: “RAF Akrotiri”
- Romanian: “Royal Air Force Akrotiri”
- Romanian: “Royal Air Force Station Akrotiri”
- Russian: “AKT”
- Russian: “LCRA”
- Russian: “RAF Akrotiri”
- Russian: “Royal Air Force Akrotiri”
- Russian: “Акротири”
- Slovenian: “Royal Air Force Station Akrotiri”
- Swedish: “Akrotiri Airfield”
- Swedish: “AKT”
- Swedish: “LCRA”
- Swedish: “RAF Akrotiri”
- Swedish: “Royal Air Force Akrotiri”
- Swedish: “Royal Air Force Station Akrotiri”
- Tajik: “AKT”
- Tajik: “LCRA”
- Tajik: “RAF Akrotiri”
- Tajik: “Royal Air Force Akrotiri”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво салтанате окрутири”
- Ukrainian: “AKT”
- Ukrainian: “LCRA”
- Ukrainian: “RAF Akrotiri”
- Ukrainian: “Royal Air Force Akrotiri”
- Ukrainian: “Акротирі (авіабаза)”
- Ukrainian: “Акротирі”
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