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Riga International Airport (Latvian: Starptautiskā lidosta "Rīga"; IATA: RIX, ICAO: EVRA) is the international airport of Riga, the capital of Latvia, and the largest airport in the Baltic states with direct flights to 76 destinations as of November 2019. It serves as a hub for airBaltic, SmartLynx Airlines and RAF-Avia, and as one of the base airports for Wizz Air. The Latvian national carrier airBaltic is the largest carrier that serves the airport, followed by Ryanair. The airport is located in the Mārupe Municipality west of Riga, approximately 10 km from its city centre.

Riga International Airport Starptautiskā lidosta "Rīga"
IATA: RIX ICAO: EVRA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Latvia
Serves	Riga, Latvia
Location	Mārupe Municipality
Hub for	airBaltic SmartLynx Airlines RAF-Avia Ryanair
Elevation AMSL	36 ft / 11 m
Coordinates	56°55′25″N 023°58′16″E
Website	riga-airport.com
Map
RIX Location of the airport in Latvia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18/36 3,200 10,500 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Number of Passengers 7,798,382 Passenger change 18–19 10.5% Aircraft movements 87,007 Movements change 18–19 4.2% Cargo (tonnes) 27,265 Cargo change 18–19 3.5%
Source (excluding statistics): AIP at EUROCONTROL

History

The airport was built in 1973 as an alternative to Spilve Airport, which had become outdated. It is a state-owned joint-stock company, with the owner of all shares being the government of Latvia. The holder of the state capital share is Latvia's Ministry of Transport.[1]

Renovation and modernization of the airport was completed in 2001, coinciding with the 800th anniversary of the founding of the city. In 2006 and 2016, the new north terminal extensions were opened. A maintenance, repair and overhaul facility was opened in the autumn of 2006, to be run as a joint venture between two local companies: Concors and SR-Technik. In 2010, the first dedicated business aviation terminal of the Baltics opened at the airport.[2]

Riga had nonstop flights to the United States between 2005 and 2017. Uzbekistan Airways employed Boeing 767s on a Tashkent-New York City service via the Latvian capital.[3][4] However, once the carrier acquired Boeing 787s and began to fly directly from Uzbekistan to America, it decided to eliminate the Riga-New York City sector.[5]

Facilities

Terminal

The airport features a single, two-storey passenger terminal building which has been expanded and upgraded to modern standards several times in recent years. The landside consists of a main hall containing a single row of 36 check-in counters as well as some shops and the security area on the upper floor while the arrivals area, baggage reclaim and some service counters are located on the ground floor below.[6] The airside features departure areas B and C split up into two piers with the former original, smaller boarding area A now only used for some arrivals. Both piers feature overall eight stands with jetbridges plus four walk-boarding stands from the upper level as well as several more gates for bus boarding on their ground levels.[6] The B pier is used for Schengen Area departures and arrivals, wholte the C pier is for non-Schengen Area departures and arrivals. The terminal features outlets by Narvesen, Costa Coffee, and TGI Fridays amongst others, as well as a single airport lounge.[6]

Runway

The airport has a single runway in directions 18/36, which is 3,200 m in length and equipped with ILS CAT II.[7]

Other facilities

Both airBaltic and the Latvian Civil Aviation Agency maintain their head offices at Riga International Airport.[8]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Riga:[9]

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Athens (begins 18 May 2023)[10]
airBaltic[11]	Amsterdam, Athens, Baku (begins 17 May 2023),[12] Barcelona, Berlin, Billund, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dubai–International,[13] Dublin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Helsinki, Kyiv–Boryspil, Larnaca, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, Madrid, Málaga, Milan–Malpensa, Munich, Odesa,[14] Oslo, Palanga, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Reykjavík–Keflavík, Rome–Fiumicino, Stockholm–Arlanda, Stuttgart, Tallinn, Tampere, Tbilisi, Tel Aviv, Turku, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw–Chopin, Yerevan (begins 16 May 2023),[15] Zürich Seasonal: Aberdeen, Batumi, Belgrade (begins 16 May 2023),[16] Bergen, Bilbao (begins 4 May 2023),[17] Budapest, Bucharest (begins 1 May 2023),[18] Burgas (begins 2 May 2023),[19] Catania, Corfu,[20] Dubrovnik, Geneva, Gran Canaria,[21] Hanover (begins 15 April 2023),[22] Heraklion,[23] Istanbul (begins 1 April 2023),[24] Kittilä,[25] Kos,[26] Lviv, Malta,[27] Marrakesh,[28] Naples,[29] Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Pisa,[30] Porto (begins 1 May 2023),[31] Rhodes, Rijeka, Salzburg, Santorini,[32] Split, Tenerife–South,[33] Thessaloniki, Tivat (begins 4 May 2023),[34] Trondheim, Valencia,[35] Venice, Verona Seasonal charter: Antalya,[36] Araxos,[36] Sharm El Sheikh[37]
Finnair	Helsinki
Israir	Seasonal: Tel Aviv[38]
LOT Polish Airlines	Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa	Frankfurt
Norwegian Air Shuttle[39]	Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda, Trondheim
Ryanair	Aarhus, Barcelona, Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin, Bristol, Budapest, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Kraków, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Málaga, Manchester, Memmingen, Newcastle upon Tyne, Paphos, Prague, Rome–Ciampino, Stockholm–Arlanda, Treviso, Växjö,[40] Vienna, Warsaw–Modlin Seasonal: Girona, Trapani[41]
SkyUp	Seasonal charter: Tirana[42]
SmartLynx Airlines[43]	Seasonal charter: Antalya, Burgas, Corfu, Djerba, Enfidha, Funchal, Tenerife–South, Tivat, Varna
SunExpress	Seasonal: Antalya[44]
Transavia	Amsterdam[45]
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul
Uzbekistan Airways	Tashkent
Wizz Air	Dortmund, Eindhoven, Kutaisi, London–Luton Seasonal: Sandefjord[46]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
ATRAN[47]	Moscow-Vnukovo, Guangzhou, Krasnoyarsk
Aviastar-TU[48]	Novosibirsk, Hangzhou
DHL Aviation[49]	Leipzig/Halle, Vilnius
Eleron Airlines[50]	Kyiv–Zhuliany
SprintAir[51]	Kaunas

Statistics

Route statistics

Busiest routes from Riga (2021)[52]

Rank	City	Share of total traffic	Airlines
1	London	6.6%	airBaltic, Ryanair, Wizz Air
2	Tallinn	4.5%	airBaltic
3	Frankfurt	3.9%	airBaltic, Lufthansa, Ryanair
4	Kyiv	3.8%	airBaltic, Ryanair, Wizz Air
5	Amsterdam	3.6%	airBaltic
6	Helsinki	3.6%	airBaltic, Finnair, Ryanair
7	Oslo	3.3%	airBaltic, Norwegian Air Shuttle
8	Stockholm	3.1%	airBaltic, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Ryanair, Scandinavian Airlines
9	Berlin	3.0%	airBaltic, Ryanair
10	Antalya	3.0%	airBaltic, Onur Air, SmartLynx Airlines

Top 10 most frequent routes from Riga as of September 2022[53]

Rank	City	Flights per week
1	Helsinki	~44
2	Tallinn	~28
3	Vilnius	~25
4	Stockholm Arlanda	~24
5	Oslo Gardermoen	~20
6	Copenhagen	~19
7	Berlin Brandenburg	~17
8	Frankfurt	~16
9	London Stansted	~14
10	Amsterdam Schiphol	~14

Largest airlines

Largest airlines by passengers (2021)[52]

Rank	Airline	2021, %
1	airBaltic	57.2%
2	Ryanair	21.2%
3	Wizz Air	5.5%
4	Turkish Airlines	2.9%
5	SmartLynx Airlines	2.7%
6	Norwegian Air Shuttle	2.1%
7	Lufthansa	1.8%
8	Finnair	1.4%
9	Aeroflot	1.2%
10	Others	4.0%

Annual passenger numbers

Ground transportation

Bus

Riga Airport is accessible by bus line 22 and mini bus line 322, operated by Rīgas Satiksme, which runs between Riga city centre and the airport. Moreover, there are international bus connections from the airport to cities in Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Russia and Belarus.

Car

Riga Airport can be reached by car via the highway P133 which connects the airport with European route E22. The airport has 3 car parking areas, with ~1500 parking spaces, offering both short- and long-term parking.

Rail

An airport train station is included as part of the Rail Baltica project. A contract for construction design was signed on 20 March 2018.[54]

Incidents and accidents

• On 17 September 2016, an airBaltic Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 NextGen aircraft made an emergency landing on the runway of Riga International Airport without its nose landing gear deployed. The plane was carrying 63 passengers and 4 crew members and was forced to return to Riga International Airport following issues with its front chassis. The runway was closed between 10:26 and 15:55 as a safety precaution following an emergency landing. Seven inbound flights and four outbound flights were cancelled, 17 flights were diverted to Tallinn Airport and Kaunas Airport and others were delayed. The aircraft involved was YL-BAI and the flight BT 641 was scheduled to fly from Riga to Zürich Airport. No injuries were reported.[55][56][57]
• On 17 February 2017, a VIM Airlines charter flight to Ufa, Russia slid off the runway during take-off. The aircraft was carrying the Togliatti Lada ice hockey club team, including 40 passengers and 7 crew members. No injuries were reported. The aircraft's engine was damaged as it hit airport equipment.[58] The runway was inspected and closed for three hours after the incident. Flights were diverted to Tallinn Airport and Kaunas Airport and others were delayed.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Europe
• List of largest airports in the Baltic states
• List of the busiest airports in the former USSR
• List of airports in Latvia
• Transportation in Latvia
• Rīgas Satiksme (Riga Public Transport)

References

External links

Media related to Riga International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• RIX Marks the Spot for Expansion
• Current weather for EVRA at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for RIX at Aviation Safety Network

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Riga

Der Flughafen Riga (lett. Starptautiskā lidosta "Rīga", IATA-Code: RIX, ICAO-Code: EVRA) ist der Flughafen der lettischen Hauptstadt Riga. Er liegt auf dem Gebiet des Bezirks Mārupe.

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- [en] Riga International Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto Internacional de Riga

El Aeropuerto Internacional de Riga (en letón: Starptautiskā lidosta "Rīga") (IATA: RIX, OACI: EVRA) es un aeropuerto situado en la Municipalidad de Mārupe, unos 10 km al suroeste de Riga la capital de Letonia.[1] Es una SPA propiedad del gobierno y operada por el ministerio de transportes. Fue construido en 1973 como alternativa al viejo aeropuerto de Spilve y actualmente es el aeropuerto más importante de los Estados Bálticos conectando de forma directa con 80 destinos en 30 países, incluido un vuelo transatlántico sin escalas a Nueva York-JFK, a bordo de un Boeing 767 operado por Uzbekistan Airways. En 2013 atendió a 4 793 213 pasajeros.

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[fr] Aéroport international de Riga

L'aéroport de Riga (code IATA : RIX • code OACI : EVRA) est un aéroport domestique et international desservant Riga, la plus grande ville des États baltes et capitale de la Lettonie, construite à l'entrée du golfe de Riga, où se jette la Daugava. Administrativement il se trouve sur le territoire de Mārupes novads, à 13 km du centre de la capitale. On y accède par la route régionale P133 qui relie l'aéroport avec la route A10 (Kārļa Ulmaņa gatve).

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[it] Aeroporto Internazionale di Riga

L'Aeroporto Internazionale di Riga (IATA: RIX, ICAO: EVRA) è un aeroporto situato nel comune di Mārupe a 10 km dal centro di Riga, in Lettonia. In occasione dell'800º anniversario della fondazione della città, avvenuto alla fine del 2001, è stato soggetto di numerosi interventi di ampliamento. L'aeroporto dispone di un solo terminal passeggeri.

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[ru] Рига (аэропорт)

Аэропорт Ри́га (латыш. Starptautiskā lidosta «Rīga»; ИАТА: RIX, ИКАО: EVRA) — международный аэропорт Риги, столицы Латвии. Расположен в 13 километрах от центра города, на территории Марупского края. Находится во владении Министерства сообщения Латвийской Республики. Оператор аэропорта — сам аэропорт (RIX GH) и турецкий холдинг TAV Airports (Havas Latvia).

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