RIX

Riga International Airport

Riga, Latvia

Operated by Riga International Airport (Starptautiskā lidosta Rīga)public

ICAOEVRAElev36 ft

The Verdict

63/100Surprisingly not awful

The trajectory is flat — no improvement in sight.

Ranked #44 of 198 airportsBased on data from 2004–2026

Operational30%

84Reliably good

Sentiment25%

50Middling

Infrastructure15%

44Not great

Sent. Velocity15%

50Middling

Connectivity15%

77Actually decent

What People Think

No sentiment data yet. The silence is deafening.

The Numbers

7.1MPassengers (2025)

-0.0%YoY Growth

7.1M passengers in 2025 — still 9% below the 2019 peak, though up 256% from the 2020 COVID crater.

7.1MInternational (100%)

184Domestic (0%)

Passenger History

Lounges

2 available

Kepler Club

priority pass

Primeclass Riga Business Lounge

priority pass

Tardiness Report

2026/02–2025/03 · 115,173 flights

0.0%Flights Delayed31 of 115,173 flights

1.1minAvg Delay

Delays? What delays? This place runs like clockwork.

-0.0pp vs prior year-0.1min vs prior year

Delay Causes (ATFM)

Weather100%

Carrier0%

ATC0%

Airport0%

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Ground Transport

MMetro

RRail

TTram

BBus

The Runway Report

1 Runway

18/3610,499ft × 148ft · ASP · Lighted

The Backstory

Awards

None recorded. A clean record — in the worst sense.