Riga International Airport
RIX Riga Airport RIX Rīgas lidosta | |||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Latvia | ||||||||||||
| Serves | Riga, Latvia | ||||||||||||
| Location | Mārupe Municipality | ||||||||||||
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| Built | 1973 | ||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 36 ft / 11 m | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 56°55′25″N 023°58′16″E / 56.92361°N 23.97111°E | ||||||||||||
| Website | riga-airport.com | ||||||||||||
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RIX Location of the airport in Latvia | |||||||||||||
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| 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 107 destinations as of September 2024. It is the 12th-busiest airport in post-Soviet states as well as 77th-busiest airport in Europe. It serves as a hub for airBaltic, SmartLynx Airlines and RAF-Avia, and as one of the base airports for Ryanair and Norwegian Air Shuttle. 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.