Geçitkale Air Base or Lefkoniko Airport[3] (IATA: GEC, ICAO: LCGK) is a military airfield of the Turkish Air Force near Lefkoniko (Turkish: Geçitkale) in Northern Cyprus.

[5] Geçitkale Air Base was assigned by a decision of the government of Northern Cyprus to the Cyprus Turkish Peace Force Command for use by unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations.

[8] Firstly, three-truck load of ground control unit was installed at the air base.

[9] In the morning hours of 16 December 2019, a military UAV of type Bayraktar TB2 landed at the air base coming from Turkey.

The UAVs are intended to provide protection to the Turkish vessels operating in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea for oil and gas exploration and deepwater drilling for petroleum and natural gas.