Riga International Airport

Riga International Airport is about 10 km west of central Riga, in Mārupe Municipality. By taxi or private car the drive usually takes 15 to 25 minutes, depending on traffic. City bus 22 takes about 40 minutes to Grēcinieku iela, next to Old Riga, and continues to the international bus station near Riga Central Station.

Riga Airport has one passenger terminal. Departures leave from Pier B, used for Schengen flights, and Pier C, which handles both Schengen and non-Schengen flights. Arriving passengers come out into one of two neighboring halls on the ground floor: Sector E after Schengen flights and Sector C after flights from outside the Schengen Area.

airBaltic is the main airline at Riga and carried about 57 percent of its passengers in 2025, followed by Ryanair with about 23 percent. Norwegian, Finnair, Lufthansa, LOT Polish Airlines, SAS, Turkish Airlines, flydubai, FlyOne and Uzbekistan Airways also fly here, and charter airlines add seasonal holiday flights in summer. All of them use the same terminal.

Yes. Riga International Airport is the home base and hub of airBaltic, Latvia's airline, which flies from Riga to cities across Europe, the Nordic countries, the Caucasus and the Gulf. In 2025 airBaltic carried about 57 percent of the airport's passengers, and many travelers use Riga to connect between airBaltic flights, often with short walking transfers inside the single terminal.

Take Rīgas Satiksme bus 22 from the stop opposite the terminal, just past the P1 parking area. Get off at Grēcinieku iela, next to Old Riga, or stay on to the international bus station. The ride takes about 40 minutes depending on traffic. After midnight, night bus N22 runs hourly. Tickets are sold by the driver, at ticket machines and in the Mobilly app.

Licensed airport taxis, including Red Cab and XTaxi, wait outside the arrivals halls. You can also buy a pre-paid voucher for one ride to the central Riga zone, accepted by XTaxi, TaxiLV and Red Cab. Show the voucher to the driver before the ride starts. A voucher cannot be split or reused and expires three months after purchase.

Yes. Bolt and Forus both pick up at Riga International Airport, and the pickup points are signposted and shown in the app. Since December 2025, Bolt TapBox screens at the exits of arrivals Sectors E and C let you book and pay for a ride without the app or a mobile data connection, then walk to the designated pickup point.

Yes. The Primeclass Business Lounge is airside after security, on the way to the C gates and next to the transfer center. It is open from 05:00 to 23:00 to all departing and transit passengers, with entry paid on site or through the airport's e-shop. Transit passengers arriving from outside Schengen need a valid Schengen visa to use it.

It depends on where you fly from. Latvia is in the Schengen Area, so passengers from other Schengen countries normally arrive without passport control in Sector E. Passengers from outside the Schengen Area clear passport control, where non-EU travelers are registered in the EU Entry/Exit System with fingerprints and a photo, and arrive in Sector C.

Riga International Airport handled slightly more than 7.1 million passengers in 2025, about the same as in 2024. Around 5.7 million started or ended their trip in Riga and about 1.4 million were connecting between flights. London was the most popular destination, followed by Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm, Vilnius and Tallinn. Cargo rose 7 percent to about 20,100 tonnes.

Riga uses Eastern European Time, UTC+2 in winter and UTC+3 in summer, when Latvia switches to daylight saving time with the rest of the EU. That puts Riga one hour ahead of Berlin and Paris all year. The currency is the euro, and cards are widely accepted, including by licensed airport taxis and ride-hailing apps.

Jūrmala, Latvia's seaside resort town, starts about a 15-minute drive west of Riga Airport along the A10 highway, according to Visit Jūrmala. The town stretches along the coast about 20 km west of Riga, so central areas such as Majori take a little longer to reach. Trains to Jūrmala leave from Riga Central Station, not from the airport.

Yes. Riga Airport has five parking areas. P1 is the short-term parking area, about 50 m or a one-minute walk from the terminal. The long-term parking areas P2, P3, P4 and P5 lie between 350 m and 800 m away, a walk of about four to ten minutes. Check current rates on the airport's website before you travel.

Book free assistance for passengers with reduced mobility at least 48 hours before your flight through your airline's website or your travel agency. Staff help from your arrival at the airport until boarding, and on arrival through the arrivals hall, baggage claim and to a vehicle. Without a booking, ask at the information office by check-in or a parking area call point.