Airport Overview
State Joint Stock Company (SJSC) RIGA International Airport of the Republic of Latvia. The sole shareholder is the Republic of Latvia. The shareholder of the state stock company is the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia.
RIGA International Airport is the largest international aviation company in the Baltic’s and the main air traffic centre in this region offering regular passenger, cargo and postal delivery to the cities of Europe and world. The RIGA International Airport renders both aviation (airplane, passenger and cargo attendance) and non-aviation services (lease, parking spaces, VIP centre services, etc.). It attends both national and international airlines becoming one of the few European airports that attends both full service and low costs airlines.
Airport Location and Contact |
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Country |
Latvia |
Province or District |
Riga |
Nearest Town or City |
TOWN NAME: Riga DISTANCE (km) : 5.4 K.M |
Airport’s Complete Name |
RIGA International Airport |
Latitude |
56.92361111 |
Longitude |
23.97111111 |
Elevation (ft and m) |
36 Feet |
IATA Code |
RIX |
ICAO Code |
EVRA |
Managing Company or Airport Authority |
SJSC Riga International Aitport |
Management Contact Person |
Līga Kaģe, Assistant to Chairman of the Board T: (+371) 6 7207 135 F: (+371) 6 7211 767 Email: office@riga-airport.com |
Open From (hours) |
24 h/7 |
Open To (hours) |
24 h/7 |
Airport Picture
Description and Contacts of Key Companies
RIX GH Services
RIX Ground
Handling (or RIX GH) is
an operational department of SJSC "RIGA International
Airport" offering full ground handling services for all
airlines at Riga International Airport. We are capable of serving
all sizes of passenger and cargo aircraft, including
• scheduled and chartered passenger flights
• regular and chartered cargo flights
• ad-hoc private and business
aviation flights.
All our operations are performed according to three main principles of RIX GH – safety, efficiency and punctuality. As an ISO 9001 / ISO 14001 certified ground handler, we continuously incorporate the highest EU and international aviation industry safety standards into our ground handling processes to meet and exceed airline requirements. Our highly trained staff will always make sure to match ground handling processes with our airline customers’ needs in the ever changing and demanding air transport market.
RIX GH provides full range of services to passenger
and cargo flights including the following:
• full aircraft handling
• administrative services and flight
supervision
• dedicated turnaround coordinator for each
flight
• passenger services and baggage handling
• airside cargo handling
• preparation of loading documents.
RIX GH Services
Contacts:
GSM: (+371)29233017
(+371)67207136
VHF freq: 121.775, Riga handling/ 118.8, Riga ground
For more information on airport contacts, please see the following link: 4.5 Airport Companies Contact List
Information on some aviation service providers can be found at: http://www.azfreight.com/
Passenger and Cargo Performance Indicator
Performance for 2016 |
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Per Year |
Per Month |
Per Day |
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Total Aircraft Movements |
68061 |
5671 |
189 |
Total Passengers |
5400243 |
450020 |
15000 |
Total Capacity of the Airport (MT) |
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Current Activity of the Airport (MT) |
19760 |
1646.6 |
54.8 |
Current use by Humanitarian Flights (UNHAS) |
N/A |
Runways
Runway #18 |
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Runway Dimensions |
8366 ft x 148 ft (2550 m x 45 m) |
Orientation |
185.0 |
Surface |
Asphalt |
Runway #36 |
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Runway Dimensions |
10499 ft x 148 ft (3200 m x 45 m) |
Orientation |
005.0 |
Surface |
Asphalt |
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Helicopter Pad(s)
Helipad #1 |
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Present |
Under constriction |
Largest Helicopter that can Land |
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Width and Length (m) |
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Surface |
Helipad #2 |
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Present |
Yes / No |
Largest Helicopter That Can Land |
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Width and Length (m) |
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Surface |
Airport Infrastructure Details
Customs |
Yes |
JET A-1 fuel |
Yes |
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Immigration |
Yes |
AVGAS 100 |
Yes |
Terminal Building |
Yes |
Single Point Refueling |
Yes |
Passenger Terminal |
Yes |
Air Starter Units |
Yes |
Cargo terminal |
Yes |
Ground Power (mobile) |
Yes |
Pax Transport to Airfield |
Yes |
Ground Handling Services |
Yes |
Control Tower |
Yes |
Latrine Servicing |
Yes |
Weather Facilities |
Yes |
Fire Fighting Category (ICAO) |
Yes |
Catering Services |
Yes |
De-icing Equipment |
Yes |
Base Operating Room |
Yes |
Parking Ramp Lighting |
Yes |
Airport Radar |
Yes |
Approach & Runway Lights |
Yes |
NDB |
Yes |
VOR |
Yes |
ILS |
Yes |
Airport Operating Details
Operating Details |
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Storage Area (m3 and MT) |
Aviation Cargo Transit Services (ACTS)
Global Ground, Baltic Cargo Centre
AG Handling
KOLL
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Handling Equipment |
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Elevators / Hi Loaders |
Yes |
Max Capacity (MT) |
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Max Height (m) |
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Loading Ramps |
Yes |
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Other Comments |
Facilities Aviation Cargo Transit Services (ACTS) ACTS was established in 2005 by a group of professionals with over 15 years of experience in handling services of civil and cargo aircrafts. The company operates its own air cargo handling customs warehouse and a 4-storey office building, just 100 m away from the cargo aircraft parking aprons.
Contacts: Global Ground, Baltic Cargo Centre Since 2001 Baltic Cargo Centre provides cargo handling service 24 hours a day to airlines and forwarding agents, offering customers reliable, safe and professional service.
Contacts:
AG Handling AG Handling established in 2007 as a cargp terminal operator at RIGA International Airport with mission to be most advanced cargo terminal at RIGA International Airport.
Contacts KOLL
Contacts: |
Customs Guidance
Movement of goods and cash
When travelling in the EU territory
When travelling to the European Union (EU) member states, there are no restrictions on transportation of purchased or carried goods, provided that such goods are intended for personal use and not for sale. However, it should be taken into account that there are certain product groups listed in the regulatory acts to which specific imports restrictions in terms of transportation and quantity are applied, such as tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, coffee etc.
In the laws and regulations additional restrictions are applied to some EU territories regarding transportation of excise goods in personal baggage.
If the quantity of excise goods transported from one EU member state to another exceeds the official limit, at border crossing the goods must be declared and the excise tax paid to the state revenue service for the excess quantity of goods.
The following limits are determined for the goods subject to excise duty that have been purchased in an EU Member State for personal use with all taxes being paid in the respective state and taken to Latvia or another EU Member State:
- Tobacco products:
• 800 cigarettes;
• 400 cigarillos (cigars weighing not more than 3 grams each);
• 200 cigars;
• 1 kilogram of smoking tobacco; - Alcoholic beverages:
• 110 litres of beer;
• 90 litres of wine (including a maximum of 60 litres of sparkling wine) or other fermented beverages;
• 20 litres of intermediate products (medium-strong beverages);
• 10 litres of other alcoholic beverages (strong beverages);
- Coffee:
• 10 kilograms;
- Non-alcoholic beverages:
• 110 litres.
As regards tobacco products, EU countries may limit the number of cigarettes you can bring with you from certain other EU countries, which do not yet charge the minimum level of excise duty under Council Directive 2011/64/EU of 21 June 2011 on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco. This limit cannot be lower than 300 cigarettes. Currently, Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Slovenia and Sweden apply this lower limit for travellers coming from Bulgaria, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Hungary. (Updated information is available on the homepage of the European Commission Director-General for Taxation and Customs: http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/common/travellers/within_eu/index_en.htm)
When travelling outside the EU territory
When arriving by air in the EU from a non-member state of the EU, no customs duty or VAT tax is charged on the traveller’s luggage if its total value does not exceed 430 Euro per person. Children under 15 years of age can bring goods for personal use at the value not exceeding 285 Euro.
Personal luggage means new, unused goods intended for the traveller’s or his/her family members’ personal use or as gifts unless the type and quantity of such goods testify to their import for commercial purposes. The traveller’s own clothes, toiletries and other used items are not considered personal luggage.
When travelling by air, a person may bring for personal use:
• 200 cigarettes or
• 100 cigarillos (cigars weighing not more than 3 grams
each), or
• 50 cigars, or
• 250 grams of smoking tobacco, or
• Tobacco products in any combination provided that the
percentage applied to individually determined quantities in total
does not exceed 100 per cent.
Alcoholic beverages:
• 1 litre of distilled beverages and alcohol, provided that
the alcohol content exceeds 22%; non-methylated ethyl spirits
with alcohol content of 80% and more, or
• 2 litres of distilled beverages, alcohol and wine- or
alcohol-based aperitifs with alcohol content not exceeding 22%;
sparkling wine, dessert (liqueur) wine;
• Above-mentioned alcoholic beverages in any combination,
provided that the percentage applied to individually determined
quantities in total does not exceed 100 per cent;
• 4 litres of non-sparkling (still) wines;
• 16 litres of beer.
Persons under 18 years of age are not granted relief from import
duty payment for tobacco products and alcohol carried into the
country.
Non-alcoholic drinks and coffee, observing the value limits for
movement of goods. When bringing non-alcoholic beverages and coffee
from third countries, such as Russia or Belarus, the approved
quantity limits for food products must be observed - in personal
luggage for non-commercial purposes such food products can be
brought in that do not contain the products of animal origin,
provided that their total weight do not exceed 10 kg.
Declaring cash
Crossing the State border of the Republic of Latvia (both on
arrival and departure) in places, which are also external border of
the European Union, any natural person must declare cash if it is
equivalent to or exceeds 10 000 euro, submitting a written
declaration of the cash. The declaration
forms are available free of charge from a competent
authority at the border crossing point, as well as on State Revenue
Service (SRS) homepage in Latvian, Russian or English. Declared
cash is recalculated in euro using the currency exchange rate (in
lats) set by the Bank of Latvia on the day of border crossing.
Additional information about declaring cash is available
on SRS
homepage.
"Traveller’s ABC"
Get more information on goods allowed for transportation in a baggage, not paying import duties, in the booklet "Traveller’s ABC" issued by the State Revenue Service (SRS): https://www.vid.gov.lv/default.aspx?tabid=11&id=87&hl=1
You can get additional information on the conditions for movement of goods on SRS website www.vid.gov.lv and by calling to SRS informative phone 67120000 (select the option "Customs")
Information regarding transportation of food products for personal use is available on the website of the Sanitary Border Inspection of the Food and Veterinary Service www.pvd.gov.lv .
Customs: T: +371 67 207 108
For more information on customs in Latvia, please see the following link: 1.3 Customs Information
Storage Facilities
Aviation Cargo Transit Services (ACTS)
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Warehousing, including cold storage for 100 tonnes of cargo
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Warehouse: 2000 sq.m.
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Office building 2500 sq.m.
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Customs outdoor area 7120 sq.m.
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Maximum cargo capacity 100 000 tons/year
Contacts:
T: +371 67930201
E: info@cargorix.com
Global Ground, Baltic Cargo Centre
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Warehause 1600 sq.m. (incl. cold storage 30 cub.m. and offices 450 sq.m.)
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Maximum cargo capacity 15 000 tons/year
Contacts:
T: +371 67 207 345
E: olegs@bkcentrs
AG Handling
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4 rooms (total 56 sq.m.) for temperature-sensitive goods(-18C or +8C)
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12sq.m. strong room for valuable goods
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12 sq.m. strong room for firearms
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8 sq.m. dangerous goods room
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4 sq.m. radioactive material storage room
Contacts
T: +371 67 009 133
E: cargo@aghandling.lv
KOLL
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Warehause 900 sq.m.
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Office space 120 sq.m.
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Maximum cargo capacity 156 000 tons/year
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Temperature control rooms 25 sq.m.
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Cold Storage 35 sq.m.
Contacts:
T: +371 29 209 030
E: koll@koll.riga.lvkoll@koll.riga.lv
Airfield Costs
Fuel Services Charges
Price per Litre USD - $ |
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Jet A-1 |
1.83 |
Avgas |
2.90 |
Cargo Terminal Charges
http://www.riga-airport.com/en/main/b2b/aviation/airlines/airport-charges
Security
In order to attain high-level security throughout the EU, common rules and standards are adopted for screening of passengers, carry-on and hold baggage, and aircraft security control. Common EU regulation is adopted with regards to dangerous goods that must not be checked in.
Sandis Stabiņš
Director
Inta
Smildziņa
Deputy Director
T: (+371) 6 7207 371
F: (+371) 6 7211 767
i.smildzina@riga-airport.com
Armīns Vāverīte
Head of Guard Unit
T: (+371) 6 7207 482
F: (+371) 6 7211 767
a.vaverite@riga-airport.com
Kārlis Dombrovskis
Head of Aviation Security
Unit
T: (+371) 6 7060 430
F: (+371) 6 7211 767
k.dombrovskis@riga-airport.com
Roberts Buks
Rescue and Firefighting service
Chief
T: (+371) 6 7207 751
F: (+371) 6 7211 767
r.buks@riga-airport.com
Nauris Klauža
Emergency Situations
management
T: (+371) 6 7207 081
F: (+371) 6 7668 260
n.klauza@riga-airport.com