DmitriKozlowsky Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Just a friendly inquiry. Cypress is amazing. What's the deal with that Lakatamia (Cypress) airfield or airport. How come its not available as T/O or land waypoints? The small , and useable heliport, at edge of Lakatamia makes for nice Harrier fwd operating or divert field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shu77 Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Lakatamia is a Heliport, it was a larger airfield in the past but at 1775ft you would struggle to get anything other than a Harrier in there. 1 Hornet, Super Carrier, Warthog & (II), Mustang, Spitfire, Albatross, Sabre, Combined Arms, FC3, Nevada, Gulf, Normandy, Syria AH-6J i9 10900K @ 5.0GHz, Gigabyte Z490 Vision G, Cooler Master ML120L, Gigabyte RTX3080 OC Gaming 10Gb, 64GB RAM, Reverb G2 @ 2480x2428, TM Warthog, Saitek pedals & throttle, DIY collective, TrackIR4, Cougar MFDs, vx3276-2k Combat Wombat's Airfield & Enroute Maps and Planning Tools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recoil16 Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Besides, nothing stops you from placing a waypoint there to land, just not a mission editor "landing" waypoint. Nothing stops you from using a takeoff from ground to start there either. Everybody said: "That's impossible!" Then someone came along who didn't know that and just did it. Flying the A-10C for the 107th Joint Aviation Squadron Developing and creating missions for Through The Inferno Join the TTI Discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napa Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 It's a fully functional heliport and FOB. Intel i7 12700k / Corsair H150i Elite Capellix / Asus TUF Z690 Wifi D4 / Corsair Dominator 32GB 3200Mhz / Corsair HW1000W / 1x Samsung SSD 970 Evo Plus 500Gb + 1 Corsair MP600 1TB / ASUS ROG Strix RTX 3080 OC V2 / Fractal Design Meshify 2 / HOTAS Warthog / TFRP Rudder / TrackIR 5 / Dell U2515h 25" Monitor 1440p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team Raptor9 Posted October 5, 2021 ED Team Share Posted October 5, 2021 (edited) I think what the OP is asking is why is this airfield on Cyprus not available as a usable airfield like the other, much smaller airfields/heliports in the area. Yes, you could physically land there and such, but why is it not a mission editor usable airfield for AI aircraft or other such functionality? There's a link in this thread that explains it is part of the UN buffer zone and isn't in use in real life. However, it seems like a rather inconvenient mechanic that you can't have any AI aircraft land there unless you place an invisible FARP pad for helos. A lot of "what if" scenario possibilities aren't possible. Edited October 5, 2021 by Raptor9 3 1 Afterburners are for wussies...hang around the battlefield and dodge tracers like a man. DCS Rotor-Head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaylw314 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 On 10/5/2021 at 11:28 AM, Raptor9 said: I think what the OP is asking is why is this airfield on Cyprus not available as a usable airfield like the other, much smaller airfields/heliports in the area. Yes, you could physically land there and such, but why is it not a mission editor usable airfield for AI aircraft or other such functionality? There's a link in this thread that explains it is part of the UN buffer zone and isn't in use in real life. However, it seems like a rather inconvenient mechanic that you can't have any AI aircraft land there unless you place an invisible FARP pad for helos. A lot of "what if" scenario possibilities aren't possible. Late to the thread but here's the wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicosia_International_Airport TLDR It was going to be the main, modern international airport for the island before Turkey invaded in 1974. It ended up in the UN Buffer Zone between Cyprus and North Cyprus, so it was abandoned, and Cyprus' main airport is now Lanarca on the south coast. North Cyprus built Ercan as their main airport, but nobody recognizes North Cyprus except Turkey, so only flights from Turkey can land there. Historically, Cyprus is a VERY messy place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team Raptor9 Posted November 30, 2021 ED Team Share Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) The overall point I was trying to make is this: DCS allows for all sorts of scenarios. I can have China or France roll across Syria and take over every airfield and heliport in the process, regardless of their current ownership in real life. The fact that an airport isn't in active use in real life seems like a silly reason for not allowing it to be used for scenario development, where you could very easily have the airfield captured and/or used as a hasty staging base for aircraft to fly in for reinforcements or evacuations. Edited November 30, 2021 by Raptor9 2 Afterburners are for wussies...hang around the battlefield and dodge tracers like a man. DCS Rotor-Head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraken3-2 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Well to be fair Nicosia international only operates as a helo base for the UN, if you knew about the invasion, you'd know that the heaviest fighting in the whole conflict happened around Nicosia and Nicosia international, it was bombed and assaulted numerous times by the turks, and ontop of that, has not been maintained ever since, there is no facility there technically for fuel, I'm not sure how the UN fuel they're helicopters but I'm sure it's not with the original stores of the airport. Not only all this, but Nicosia international is still a bit of a sensitive subject for some, especially those from Cyprus. Cyprus may have been before a lot of our times, however its still a serious conflict that is ongoing to this day, lots of peoples lives were torn up and many people parished including 28 Canadian Peacekeepers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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