RIX · Riga, Latvia
Riga International Airport.
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Riga International Airport
Airport in Latvia
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for RIX
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 2758; ident EVRA; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
riga-airport.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Riga International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
21 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
RIX / EVRA
OurAirports ident
EVRA
GPS / local code
EVRA
ISO region
LV-062
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
riga-airport.com
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q505421
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 8:19 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--EEST · UTC+03:00
Time zone
EEST
Europe/Riga · UTC+03:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
8.7 km
Approximate distance to central Riga.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Riga
Languages
Latvian
Currency
EUR (€)
Country area
64,559 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
1 runway
Longest runway
10,499 ft / 3,200 m
Runway surface
asphalt
Opened / operator
1974 · SJSC Riga International Airport
Owner / entity
Government of Latvia
Hub airlines
as one of the base airports for Ryanair, Norwegian Air Shuttle
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
21 source-backed signals
Riga International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Riga, Latvia. Riga's built-up core sits roughly 8.7 km from the terminal area. Operations run on Europe/Riga (UTC+03:00, EEST). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Riga International Airport (RIX / EVRA) is at 56.9208° N, 23.9707° E, elevation 36 ft (11 m), serving Riga, Latvia.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Riga is in Latvia (capital Riga); on Europe/Riga (EEST, UTC+03:00); working languages: Latvian; currency: EUR (€).
Distance from central Riga: 9 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for RIX.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Riga International Airport (RIX / EVRA)
Riga International Airport · Airport in Latvia
Source identifiers
EVRA · EVRA · LV-062
riga-airport.com · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Regional role cue
RIX Riga Airport 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.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for RIX; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Location cue
The airport is located in the Mārupe Municipality west of Riga, approximately 10 km from its city centre.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Mārupe
marupe · 5.2 km from RIX
Latvia · Europe/Riga · +0h · population 19,096 · city coordinates 56.9054, 24.0511
2. Riga
riga · 8.7 km from RIX
Latvia · Europe/Riga · +0h · population 742,572 · city coordinates 56.9460, 24.1059
3. Dārzciems
darzciems · 13 km from RIX
Latvia · Europe/Riga · +0h · population 17,599 · city coordinates 56.9456, 24.1746
4. Jūrmala
jurmala · 13 km from RIX
Latvia · Europe/Riga · +0h · population 52,001 · city coordinates 56.9680, 23.7704
5. Salaspils
salaspils · 25 km from RIX
Latvia · Europe/Riga · +0h · population 17,826 · city coordinates 56.8601, 24.3654
6. Jelgava
jelgava · 34 km from RIX
Latvia · Europe/Riga · +0h · population 54,834 · city coordinates 56.6500, 23.7128
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. VNO EYVI
Vilnius International Airport · Vilnius
267 km from RIX · Europe/Vilnius · +0h · elevation 648 ft (198 m) · airport coordinates 54.6341, 25.2858
2. HEL EFHK
Helsinki Vantaa Airport · Helsinki (Vantaa)
382 km from RIX · Europe/Helsinki · +0h · elevation 179 ft (55 m) · airport coordinates 60.3184, 24.9633
3. MSQ UMMS
Minsk National Airport · Minsk
424 km from RIX · Europe/Minsk · +1h · elevation 670 ft (204 m) · airport coordinates 53.8881, 28.0400
Route-time reference set
1. RIX-VNO
Vilnius · 267 km · 1h 10m
Europe/Vilnius · +0h from RIX; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. RIX-HEL
Helsinki (Vantaa) · 382 km · 1h 19m
Europe/Helsinki · +0h from RIX; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. RIX-MSQ
Minsk · 424 km · 1h 22m
Europe/Minsk · +1h from RIX; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
1 runway
Longest runway 10,499 ft / 3,200 m. 1 lighted runway in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for RIX.
Runway identifiers
18/36
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Accepted operational notes
Source note 1
It is the 12th-busiest airport in post-Soviet states as well as 77th-busiest airport in Europe.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for RIX.
Source note 2
It serves as a hub for airBaltic and RAF-Avia, and as one of the base airports for Ryanair and Norwegian Air Shuttle.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for RIX.
Country and authority
RIX sits in Latvia (Republic of Latvia), whose capital is Riga. No specific civil-aviation authority label is attached in the current map, so this page avoids inventing one. Country context: Europe, Northern Europe.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: Latvian. Currency context: EUR (€). RIX is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
Airport in Latvia. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Regional role cue: RIX Riga Airport 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. Location cue: The airport is located in the Mārupe Municipality west of Riga, approximately 10 km from its city centre.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q505421 · Riga International Airport. Owner / owning body: Government of Latvia. Administrative area: Mārupe Parish. Named after: Riga
Field and clock profile
Riga International Airport is a near sea-level field at 36 ft (11 m), positioned at 56.9208° N, 23.9707° E in the Northern high mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 1 runway and a longest runway of 10,499 ft / 3,200 m. The airport clock uses Europe/Riga (EEST, UTC+03:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Mārupe is the closest retained city-time anchor at 5.2 km. VNO Vilnius is the closest retained airport alternative at 267 km.
Country airport peers
RIX has no same-country peer airports retained in the current airport set, so the useful comparison points are its code, coordinates, timezone, and route references.
Route geometry
RIX-VNO Vilnius: 267 km, about 1h 10m, +0h. RIX-HEL Helsinki (Vantaa): 382 km, about 1h 19m, +0h. RIX-MSQ Minsk: 424 km, about 1h 22m, +1h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident EVRA backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. riga-airport.com is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
as one of the base airports for Ryanair, Norwegian Air Shuttle
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
1 runway · longest 10,499 ft / 3,200 m
Runway identifiers
18/36
OurAirports classifies RIX as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Riga.
RIX (EVRA) is a near sea-level field at 36 ft (11 m) in the high mid-latitudes, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
RIX also has a clear airline-network role: the source summary describes it as airbaltic and raf-avia, and as one of the base airports for ryanair and norwegian air shuttle.
RIX's runway record lists 1 runway, with the longest runway at 10,499 ft / 3,200 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt.
SJSC Riga International Airport is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for RIX.
- 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 and RAF-Avia, and as one of the base airports for Ryanair and Norwegian Air Shuttle.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at riga-airport.com, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for RIX
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
RIX uses Europe/Riga (EEST, UTC+03:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Riga International Airport is about 8.7 km from central Riga; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
VNO Vilnius is the closest retained alternate at 267 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
riga-airport.com is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place RIX inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
RIX ranks #1 in the curated Latvia airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 1 airport.
Same-zone airport cohort
RIX has no other retained airport in the same IANA zone cohort, making Europe/Riga a more distinctive signal for this page.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
RIX is 36 ft (11 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include MJI 36 ft (11 m) (0 ft delta) · PHL 36 ft (11 m) (0 ft delta) · AVV 35 ft (11 m) (1 ft delta) · COV 35 ft (11 m) (1 ft delta) · DIA 35 ft (11 m) (1 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
RIX's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are VNO 267 km +0h · HEL 382 km +0h · MSQ 424 km +1h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vilnius | VNO | 267 km | 1h 10m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Helsinki (Vantaa) | HEL | 382 km | 1h 19m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Minsk | MSQ | 424 km | 1h 22m | +1h | --:--:-- |
RIX to VNO
Vilnius
Distance 267 km; estimated travel window 1h 10m; destination zone Europe/Vilnius is +0h from RIX. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
RIX to HEL
Helsinki (Vantaa)
Distance 382 km; estimated travel window 1h 19m; destination zone Europe/Helsinki is +0h from RIX. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
RIX to MSQ
Minsk
Distance 424 km; estimated travel window 1h 22m; destination zone Europe/Minsk is +1h from RIX. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
Central Riga is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Riga is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Riga International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from RIX, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Mārupe
marupe · 5.2 km · Europe/Riga
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Riga
riga · 8.7 km · Europe/Riga
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Dārzciems
darzciems · 13 km · Europe/Riga
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Jūrmala
jurmala · 13 km · Europe/Riga
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Salaspils
salaspils · 25 km · Europe/Riga
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Jelgava
jelgava · 34 km · Europe/Riga
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Ogre
ogre · 41 km · Europe/Riga
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Tukums
tukums · 50 km · Europe/Riga
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Cēsis
cesis · 90 km · Europe/Riga
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Valmiera
valmiera · 112 km · Europe/Riga
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Jēkabpils
jekabpils · 124 km · Europe/Riga
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Ventspils
ventspils · 155 km · Europe/Riga
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Riga International Airport is associated in the current source trail with as one of the base airports for Ryanair, Norwegian Air Shuttle, which makes carrier-specific schedule checks especially important before acting on a route plan.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Vilnius (VNO), Helsinki (Vantaa) (HEL), Minsk (MSQ). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
AirBaltic and RAF-Avia, and as one of the base airports for Ryanair and Norwegian Air Shuttle.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 1 runway; longest runway 10,499 ft / 3,200 m; identifiers 18/36.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt; 1 lighted runway in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: SJSC Riga International Airport.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1974.
- Network role: as one of the base airports for Ryanair, Norwegian Air Shuttle.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from RIX. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Vilnius International AirportVNO
Vilnius · large airport
- Distance
- 267 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 648 ft (198 m)
Compare against VNO when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Helsinki Vantaa AirportHEL
Helsinki (Vantaa) · large airport
- Distance
- 382 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 179 ft (55 m)
Compare against HEL when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Minsk National AirportMSQ
Minsk · large airport
- Distance
- 424 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +1h
- Elevation
- 670 ft (204 m)
Compare against MSQ when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Companion Planning Tools
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Riga International Airport (RIX) in?▾
Riga International Airport is in the Europe/Riga timezone (UTC+03:00, EEST).
What are the codes for Riga International Airport?▾
Riga International Airport uses IATA code RIX and ICAO code EVRA.
Where is Riga International Airport located?▾
Riga International Airport is located in Riga, Latvia at coordinates 56.9208° N, 23.9707° E, with an elevation of 36 ft (11 m) (near sea-level field in the high mid-latitudes).
How far is Riga International Airport from central Riga?▾
Riga International Airport sits roughly 8.7 km from the nearest mapped city center for Riga.
Which route reference is most useful from RIX?▾
Vilnius (VNO) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 10m, destination timezone Europe/Vilnius, and a +0h difference from RIX.
How many runways does Riga International Airport have?▾
Riga International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 1 runway, with the longest runway recorded at 10,499 ft / 3,200 m; identifiers include 18/36.