The International Airport That Can Only Serve One Other Country

We've posted about some really strange airports before, but that's mainly because they are scary. The geography of the world doesn't adapt to the needs of air travelers, yet people want to flly to remote places. Ercan International Airport in Cyprus, on the other hand, is weird merely because it's caught in a political no man's land. The history of Cyprus is like a lot of other country's histories: ruled by the Greeks, the Romans, the Ottoman Empire, the British Empire, then left to their own devices, which can open up ancient rivalries and prejudices. In Cyprus, independence led to a split between the ethnic Greeks and the ethnic Turks, and the formation of Northern Cyprus, which is not recognized as a country by the UN. That designation puts the Ercan International Airport in a weird spot, as Half as Interesting explains. The video is only six minutes; the rest is promotional.