Useful information for the Covid-19 testing labs at the airports
Covid-19 laboratory test can be undertaken at Larnaka or Pafos Airports.
Arrivals
| Larnaka Airport | Pafos Airport | |
|---|---|---|
| Method | PCR | PCR |
| Results | Approximately 3 hours | Approximately 6 hours |
| Cost | €15 | €19 |
| Location | Within the arrival's gates | Arrivals external area |
| Opening hours | During scheduled arriving flights | |
Notes:
- Passengers are not required to wait at the airport. Test results are received via mobile text message or can be downloaded in a PDF format at the following website.
- Children under the age of 10 can have a Covid-19 laboratory test, either from mouth or tongue.
- Passengers who perform the laboratory test after 22:00 p.m. (at Larnaka airport) and 19:00 p.m. (at Pafos airport) receive the results the next day until 11:00 a.m.
Departures Larnaka Airport
Passengers departing from Larnaka Airport who wish to undertake a Covid-19 test prior to their flight may pre-register online.
*Passengers who wish to undergo a rapid test at the airport, must conduct their test 24 hours before the scheduled time of departure of their flight.
| Larnaka Airport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Method | PCR | PCR | PCR | Rapid |
| Results | Within 2 - 3 hours | Within 6 - 8 hours | Within 10 - 20 hours | Within 30 - 45 minutes |
| Cost | €120 | €70 | €50 | €15 |
| Location | Public parking area (next to Costa Coffee) | |||
| Opening hours | 08:30 - 19:00 Monday to Sunday | |||
Notes:
- Test results are received via mobile text message or email, therefore not required to wait at the airport.
- The cost for the tests includes €5 additional charge for the QR code generation on the certificate which is mandatory for travelling.
- The rapid tests are approved by the ECDC (European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control).
- The rapid test performed at the airport is not part of the governmental rapid test stations.
- Children under the age of 10 can have a Covid-19 laboratory test, either from mouth or tongue.
Departures from Pafos Airport
Covid-19 laboratory tests are not undertaken at the airport. Passengers departing from Pafos Airport may undertake their Covid-19 test at a lab located at Pafos District.
