Riga International Airport

RIX Riga Airport RIX Rīgas lidosta
IATA: RIX ICAO: EVRA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Latvia
Serves	Riga, Latvia
Location	Mārupe Municipality
Hub for	airBaltic Norwegian Air Shuttle[1] SmartLynx Airlines RAF-Avia Ryanair
Built	1973
Elevation AMSL	36 ft / 11 m
Coordinates	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 in Latvia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18/36 3,200 10,500 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Number of Passengers 6,630,891[2] Passenger change 22–23 23.2%[2] Aircraft movements 61,345[2] Movements change 22–23 11.9%[2] Cargo (tonnes) 19,160[2] Cargo change 22–23 9.7%[2]
Source (excluding statistics): AIP at EUROCONTROL

RIX Riga Airport (Latvian: RIX Rīgas lidosta; 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 Ryanair. 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.