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Riga International Airport

ICAO EVRA56.9208°N 23.9707°E11 m / 36 ftLarge airport

Riga International Airport (IATA: RIX, ICAO: EVRA) is a large airport in Riga, Mārupe Municipality, Latvia. It opened in 1974. It has one runway, 3,200 m (10,499 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by SJSC Riga International Airport. In 2025 it handled 7.1 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1974–1974

1974

OpenedRiga International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

18/36185° / 005° · LIT

LENGTH3,200 m10,499 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025

4.8M

5.1M

5.4M

6.1M

7.0M

7.8M

2.0M

2.3M

5.4M

6.6M

7.1M

7.1M

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Routes

97 destinations · 41 countries

Year-round62

PLQPalanga International AirportLithuania · AirBaltic206 km128 mi VNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · AirBaltic267 km166 mi TLLLennart Meri Tallinn AirportEstonia · AirBaltic282 km175 mi HELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Finnair, AirBaltic382 km237 mi TKUTurku AirportFinland · AirBaltic412 km256 mi ARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Ryanair, AirBaltic465 km289 mi TMPTampere-Pirkkala AirportFinland · AirBaltic500 km311 mi WAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines563 km350 mi CPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Scandinavian Airlines, AirBaltic713 km443 mi KRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair809 km503 mi AARAarhus AirportDenmark · Ryanair819 km509 mi OSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · AirBaltic829 km515 mi BERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · AirBaltic842 km523 mi TRFSandefjord Airport, TorpNorway · Ryanair843 km524 mi OULOulu AirportFinland · AirBaltic894 km556 mi BLLBillund AirportDenmark · AirBaltic921 km572 mi HAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · AirBaltic956 km594 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Ryanair, AirBaltic992 km616 mi VIEVienna International AirportAustria · AirBaltic1,099 km683 mi BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · AirBaltic1,102 km685 mi RMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · AirBaltic1,161 km721 mi MUCMunich AirportGermany · AirBaltic1,255 km780 mi FRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · AirBaltic, Lufthansa1,271 km790 mi DUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · AirBaltic1,279 km795 mi AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · AirBaltic1,333 km828 mi FMMMemmingen Allgau AirportGermany · Ryanair1,356 km843 mi OTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · AirBaltic1,381 km858 mi BRUBrussels AirportBelgium · AirBaltic1,434 km891 mi CRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Ryanair1,464 km910 mi ZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · AirBaltic1,481 km920 mi TSFTreviso AirportItaly · Ryanair1,493 km928 mi SOFSofia AirportBulgaria · AirBaltic1,582 km983 mi BGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,590 km988 mi STNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,625 km1,010 mi MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · AirBaltic1,636 km1,017 mi LBALeeds Bradford AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,644 km1,022 mi EMAEast Midlands AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,670 km1,038 mi CDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · AirBaltic1,672 km1,039 mi EDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,673 km1,040 mi LGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · AirBaltic1,692 km1,051 mi MANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,704 km1,059 mi ISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · AirBaltic, Turkish Airlines1,773 km1,102 mi FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Ryanair, AirBaltic1,877 km1,166 mi NCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · AirBaltic1,885 km1,171 mi DUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair, AirBaltic1,942 km1,207 mi ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · AirBaltic2,111 km1,312 mi TBSTbilisi International AirportGeorgia · AirBaltic2,260 km1,404 mi BCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Ryanair, AirBaltic2,337 km1,452 mi EVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · AirBaltic2,377 km1,477 mi MLAMalta International AirportMalta · Ryanair, AirBaltic2,448 km1,521 mi PFOPaphos International AirportCyprus · Ryanair2,551 km1,585 mi LCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · AirBaltic2,557 km1,589 mi KEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · AirBaltic2,605 km1,619 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · AirBaltic2,691 km1,672 mi ALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · AirBaltic2,741 km1,703 mi TLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · AirBaltic2,894 km1,798 mi AGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Ryanair, AirBaltic3,082 km1,915 mi LISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · AirBaltic3,137 km1,949 mi FAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · AirBaltic3,229 km2,006 mi TASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · FlyOne, Uzbekistan Airways3,641 km2,262 mi DXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · AirBaltic4,320 km2,684 mi TFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · AirBaltic4,507 km2,801 mi

Seasonal34

WAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · AirBaltic563 km350 mi KAOKuusamo AirportFinland · AirBaltic1,045 km649 mi SZGSalzburg AirportAustria · AirBaltic1,256 km780 mi CGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Ryanair1,287 km800 mi LJULjubljana Jože Pučnik AirportSlovenia · AirBaltic1,356 km843 mi BEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · AirBaltic1,370 km851 mi INNInnsbruck AirportAustria · AirBaltic1,373 km853 mi VCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · AirBaltic1,501 km933 mi VRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · AirBaltic1,567 km974 mi SPUSplit Saint Jerome AirportCroatia · AirBaltic1,583 km984 mi BOJBurgas AirportBulgaria · AirBaltic1,615 km1,004 mi DBVDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković AirportCroatia · AirBaltic1,647 km1,023 mi TIVTivat AirportMontenegro · AirBaltic1,657 km1,030 mi GVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · AirBaltic1,703 km1,058 mi TRNTurin AirportItaly · AirBaltic1,723 km1,071 mi TIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · AirBaltic1,751 km1,088 mi PSAPisa International AirportItaly · AirBaltic1,753 km1,089 mi SKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · AirBaltic1,825 km1,134 mi NAPNaples International AirportItaly · AirBaltic1,914 km1,189 mi CFUCorfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International AirportGreece · AirBaltic1,948 km1,210 mi ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines2,111 km1,312 mi BUSAlexander Kartveli Batumi International AirportGeorgia · AirBaltic2,116 km1,315 mi CTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · AirBaltic2,261 km1,405 mi AYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · AirBaltic2,283 km1,419 mi RHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · AirBaltic2,302 km1,430 mi HERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · AirBaltic2,401 km1,492 mi PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · AirBaltic2,469 km1,534 mi VLCValencia AirportSpain · AirBaltic2,625 km1,631 mi OPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · AirBaltic2,903 km1,804 mi SSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · AirBaltic3,322 km2,064 mi HRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · AirBaltic3,398 km2,111 mi RAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · AirBaltic3,732 km2,319 mi FNCCristiano Ronaldo International AirportPortugal · AirBaltic4,093 km2,543 mi LPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · AirBaltic4,455 km2,768 mi

Seasonal charter9

BGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Heston Airlines1,590 km988 mi BOJBurgas AirportBulgaria · Heston Airlines1,615 km1,004 mi TIVTivat AirportMontenegro · Air Montenegro, Heston Airlines1,657 km1,030 mi SUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportItaly · AirBaltic2,081 km1,293 mi GPAPatras Araxos Agamemnon AirportGreece · AirBaltic2,095 km1,302 mi AYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Mavi Gök Airlines, Freebird Airlines2,283 km1,419 mi NBEEnfidha - Hammamet International AirportTunisia · Heston Airlines2,528 km1,571 mi SSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Heston Airlines, SkyUp3,322 km2,064 mi HRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Heston Airlines3,398 km2,111 mi

Most destinationsAirBaltic 81Ryanair 21Heston Airlines 6Finnair 1LOT Polish Airlines 1Scandinavian Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from RIX. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Riga International Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers7.1M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#275of 3,974 · #79 Europe · #1 LV Longest runway3,200 m10,499 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=819of 29,823 · =110 Europe · #1 LV Elevation11 m36 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,976of 43,341 · =5,388 Europe · #13 LV AgeOpened 19742026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,986of 15,079 · =1,175 Europe · #4 LV Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =2 LV

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

5 channels

APPAPP129.925

ATISATIS121.200

MISCRiga Apron131.600

TWRTWR118.100

GNDRiga Ground118.800