RAF Akrotiri — Akrotiri, Cyprus

RAF Akrotiri sits at a low elevation, 76 feet above sea level, inside the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British-administered territory on the island of Cyprus, its single runway functioning as a Royal Air Force station rather than a commercial airport. The Sovereign Base Areas remain under United Kingdom jurisdiction even though the rest of Cyprus is an independent republic, a distinctive arrangement dating back to Cyprus's independence. British military operations across the Eastern Mediterranean rely on this field, with civilian access handled entirely differently than at Cyprus's international airports in Larnaca or Paphos.