# Liepāja International Airport (LPX / EVLA)

**Liepāja International Airport** (IATA: LPX, ICAO: EVLA) is a large airport in Liepāja, South Kurzeme Municipality, Latvia. It has one runway, 2,002 m (6,568 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 100 passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/evla

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LPX / EVLA
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Liepāja, South Kurzeme Municipality, Latvia
- Elevation: 5 m / 16 ft
- Coordinates: 56.5175, 21.0969
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,002 m / 6,568 ft
- Passengers: 100 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Riga
- Website: http://www.liepaja-airport.lv/en/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liep%C4%81ja_International_Airport (32 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q517037
- Weather station: EVLA · WMO 26406
- Ident: EVLA

## Timeline

- 30 Dec 1967: Aeroflot Flight 51. 43 killed.
- 22 Mar 1979: Q16662585.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,002 m / 6,568 ft | 40 m / 131 ft | Asphalt | 070° / 250° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2004 | 1,512 | Wikidata |
| 2005 | 1,026 | Wikidata |
| 2006 | 1,572 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 32,039 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 44,705 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 2,051 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 4,780 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 9,751 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 13,835 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 3,900 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 100 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 100 (2021) | =3,645 of 3,974 | #745 in Europe | #2 in LV |
| Longest runway | 2,002 m / 6,568 ft | =3,830 of 29,858 | =719 in Europe | #4 in LV |
| Elevation | 5 m / 16 ft | =41,727 of 43,403 | =5,628 in Europe | #15 in LV |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =2 in LV |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP/TWR | 129.400 |
| INFO | METEO INFO | 124.800 |

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- [LV-0040](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lv-0040.md) Priekuļu lidlauks · 31 km / 19 mi
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## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/evla/data