Riga International Airport

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
Elevation AMSL 36 ft / 11 m
Coordinates 56°55′25″N 023°58′16″E / 56.92361°N 23.97111°ECoordinates: 56°55′25″N 023°58′16″E / 56.92361°N 23.97111°E
Website riga-airport.com
Map
RIX

Location of the airport by Riga

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 3,200 10,500 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Number of Passengers 4,814,073
Source (excluding statistics): AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]

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 over 80 destinations in 30 countries. It serves as a hub for airBaltic, SmartLynx Airlines, RAF-Avia, Vip Avia and Inversija and as one of the base airports for Wizz Air. Latvian national carrier airBaltic is the biggest in the airport, followed by Ryanair.

The airport is located in the Mārupe municipality[2] 5.4 NM (10.0 km; 6.2 mi) west[1] of Riga and 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. In 2014, the airport served 4,814,073 passengers, a 0.4% increase on 2013. The airport handled 32,984 tonnes of cargo in 2014.

History

The airport was built in 1973 as an alternative to Spilve Airport, which had become outdated.

Renovation and modernization of the airport was completed in 2001, coinciding with the 800th anniversary of the founding of the city.

In 2006, the new north terminal extension was opened. The airport has three terminals: A & C for non-Schengen, and B for Schengen departures. Arrivals 1, in terminal A, handles the Schengen arrivals, while Arrivals 2, in terminal C, handles the non-Schengen arrivals.[3] 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. The airport has ILS CAT II.[4]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines Destinations
Aeroflot Moscow-Sheremetyevo
airBaltic Ålesund, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin-Tegel, Billund, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Helsinki, Kiev-Boryspil, Larnaca, London-Gatwick, Milan-Malpensa, Minsk-National, Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Moscow-Vnukovo, Munich, Oslo-Gardermoen, Palanga, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Rome-Fiumicino, Saint Petersburg, Stavanger, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tallinn, Tbilisi, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Turku, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw-Chopin, Zürich
Seasonal: Aalborg, Athens, Baku, Bari, Burgas, Chişinău, Dubrovnik (begins 26 May 2015),[5] Gothenburg-Landvetter, Malta, Nice, Odessa, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Pisa (begins 13 June 2015), Poprad, Rhodes (begins 12 June 2015),[5] Rijeka, Tashkent, Thessaloniki (begins 5 June 2015),[6] Varna, Venice-Marco Polo
Charter: Antalya, Burgas, Dalaman, Heraklion, Hurghada, Salzburg, Sharm el-Sheikh
Brussels Airlines Brussels
Belavia Minsk-National
Ellinair Seasonal: Thessaloniki
Seasonal charter: Corfu
Finnair
operated by Flybe Nordic		 Helsinki
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw-Chopin
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Norwegian Air Shuttle Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda, Trondheim
Ryanair Bergamo, Berlin-Schönefeld (begins 27 October 2015),[7] Bremen, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Dublin, East Midlands, Glasgow, Hahn, Leeds/Bradford, London-Stansted, Manchester, Moss, Weeze
Scandinavian Airlines Stockholm-Arlanda
SmartLynx Airlines Charter: Antalya, Bergamo, Bourgas, Heraklion, Hurghada, Monastir, Rijeka, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife-South, Varna
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich
Transaero Airlines Moscow-Vnukovo
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk
Turkmenistan Airlines Ashgabat (suspended until 1 July 2015)[8]
Ukraine International Airlines Kiev-Boryspil
Uzbekistan Airways New York-JFK, Tashkent
Wizz Air Barcelona, Beauvais, Bergen, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dortmund, Eindhoven, Liverpool, London-Luton, Lübeck, Sandefjord, Stavanger

Cargo

Airlines Destinations
DHL Aviation
operated by EAT Leipzig 		Leipzig/Halle
RAF-AviaAalborg, Amsterdam, Ankara, Copenhagen, Birmingham, Coventry, East Midlands, Helsinki, Innsbruck, Istanbul-Atatürk, Kiev-Boryspil, Larnaca, Leipzig/Halle, Lisbon, Malmö, Moscow-Vnukovo, Ostrava, Prague, Simferopol
Kalitta AirBagram
SprintAirWarsaw-Chopin

Statistics

Passenger statistics

Passengers at Riga International Airport (in thousands)
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
310 398 504 506 535 555 562 574 623 633 712 1,060 1,878 2,495 3,161 3,691 4,066 4,664 5,107 4,768 4,793 4,814

Route statistics

Two airBaltic Boeing 737s at Riga International Airport
An airBaltic Boeing 757-200 at Riga International Airport
Busiest routes from Riga (2014)[9]
Rank City Passengers Airlines
1 London, United Kingdom 443,394 airBaltic, Ryanair, Wizz Air
2 Moscow, Russia 436,335 Aeroflot, airBaltic, Transaero Airlines, UTair Aviation
3 Frankfurt, Germany 297,512 airBaltic, Lufthansa, Ryanair
4 Helsinki, Finland 253,755 airBaltic, Finnair
5 Oslo, Norway 249,770 airBaltic, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Ryanair, Wizz Air
6 Tallinn, Estonia 185,088 airBaltic
7 Vilnius, Lithuania 176,117 airBaltic
8 Stockholm, Sweden 168,966 airBaltic, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Ryanair
9 Copenhagen, Denmark 148,023 airBaltic, Norwegian Air Shuttle
10 Paris, France 139,305 airBaltic, Wizz Air

Ground transportation

Other facilities

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 EAD Basic
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "airBaltic in Riga." AirBaltic. Retrieved on 16 January 2010. "Air Baltic Corporation AS Registration number: 40003245752 ADMINISTRATION RIGA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Marupes county, LV-1053, Latvia"
  3. ↑ Riga Airport Plan
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://airlineroute.net/2014/12/03/bt-dbvrho-s15/
  6. ↑ http://www.airbaltic.com/en/new-destinations
  7. ↑ http://www.riga-airport.com/en/main/newsroom/news/ryanair-launches-new-riga-berlin-route
  8. ↑ L, J (14 April 2015). "Turkmenistan Airlines Temporary Suspends Riga Service from April 2015". Airline Route. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ "Contacts." Latvian Civil Aviation Agency. Retrieved on 19 January 2012. "Civil aviation agency Address: Airport "Riga", LV-1053, Latvia"

External links

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