Riga International Airport

Riga International Airport
Starptautiskā lidosta "Rīga"
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of Latvia
Operator TAV Airports
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°E / 56.92361; 23.97111Coordinates: 56°55′25″N 023°58′16″E / 56.92361°N 23.97111°E / 56.92361; 23.97111
Website riga-airport.com
Map
RIX

Location of the airport by Riga

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 3,400 10,500 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Number of Passengers 5,400,243
Aircraft movements 68,061
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 90 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.

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The airport was built in 1973 as an alternative to Spilve Airport, which had become outdated.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 and 2016, the new north terminal extensions were opened. The airport has three terminals: A & B for Schengen and C for both Schengen and non-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]

The airport is owned by the Republic of Latvia via the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia.[5]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Riga:[6]

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
airBaltic Abu Dhabi (resumes 29 October 2017), Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin–Tegel, Billund, Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Helsinki, Kaunas (ends 18 August 2017), Kazan, Kiev–Boryspil, Larnaca, Liepāja, London–Gatwick, Milan–Malpensa, Minsk, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Munich, Oslo–Gardermoen, Palanga, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Rome–Fiumicino, Saint Petersburg, Stavanger, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tallinn, Tampere, Tbilisi, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion, Turku, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw–Chopin, Zürich
Seasonal: Aberdeen, Athens, Baku, Catania, Dubrovnik, Madrid, Malta, Nice, Odessa, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Poprad–Tatry, Reykjavík–Keflavík, Rhodes, Rijeka, Salzburg, Thessaloniki, Venice
Charter: Burgas, Dalaman
Belavia Minsk
Ellinair Seasonal: Thessaloniki
Seasonal charter: Corfu, Heraklion
Finnair
operated by Nordic Regional Airlines		 Helsinki
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Norwegian Air Shuttle Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda, Trondheim
RusLine Moscow-Domodedovo
Ryanair Bergamo, Berlin–Schönefeld, Bremen, Brussels–Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Dublin, East Midlands, Glasgow, Hahn, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Malta (begins 29 October 2017),[7] Manchester
Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen, Stockholm–Arlanda
SmartLynx Airlines Charter: Antalya, Bergamo, Burgas, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Hurghada, Monastir, Rijeka, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife–South, Varna
Turkish Airlines Istanbul–Atatürk
Ukraine International Airlines Kiev–Boryspil
UTair Aviation Moscow–Vnukovo
Uzbekistan Airways New York–JFK, Tashkent
Wizz Air Barcelona, Bari, Bergen, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dortmund, Eindhoven, Liverpool, London–Luton, Ovda (begins 31 October 2017), Reykjavík–Keflavík, Sandefjord, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion

Statistics

Route statistics

Busiest routes from Riga (2016)[8]
Rank City Passengers Airlines
1 United Kingdom London 540,793 airBaltic, Ryanair, Wizz Air
2 Russia Moscow 443,008 Aeroflot, airBaltic, UTair Aviation
3 Norway Oslo 282,801 airBaltic, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Wizz Air
4 Germany Frankfurt 280,670 airBaltic, Lufthansa, Ryanair
5 Finland Helsinki 261,444 airBaltic, Finnair
6 Germany Berlin 231,380 airBaltic, Ryanair
7 Sweden Stockholm 229,582 airBaltic, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian
8 Estonia Tallinn 204,195 airBaltic
9 Lithuania Vilnius 166,499 airBaltic
10 Denmark Copenhagen 151,483 airBaltic, Norwegian Air Shuttle

Annual passenger numbers at Riga Airport (millions)

Updated: 1 July 2017

Ground transportation

Check-in
Bus stop at Riga Airport

Bus

Riga Airport is accessible by bus line 22, 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.

Other facilities

Incidents and accidents

See also

References

  1. 1 2 EAD Basic
  2. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Operational Facilities". Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Airport at a glance". Riga Airport Website.
  6. ↑ riga-airport.com - Flight schedules retrieved 16 October 2016
  7. ↑
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ "Contacts." Latvian Civil Aviation Agency. Retrieved on 19 January 2012. "Civil aviation agency Address: Airport "Riga", LV-1053, Latvia"
  10. ↑ "airBaltic flight makes emergency landing at Riga airport". The Baltic Course. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "17 flights diverted today due to closed runway at Riga Airport". The Baltic Times. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "Incidents ar 'airBaltic' lidmašīnu ietekmējis 1341 kompānijas pasažieri" (in Latvian). www.delfi.lv. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

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