Liepāja International Airport

Along with Riga International Airport and Ventspils Airport, it is one of the three major airports in Latvia.

Liepāja International Airport
IATA: LPX ICAO: EVLA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Liepaja City Municipality
Operator	Aviasabiedrība "Liepāja" SIA
Location	South Kurzeme Municipality, Liepaja
Hub for	airBaltic pilot academy
Built	1940
Elevation AMSL	18 ft / 5.5 m
Coordinates	56°31′03″N 021°05′49″E / 56.51750°N 21.09694°E / 56.51750; 21.09694 (Liepāja International Airport)
Website	www.liepaja-airport.lv
Map
LPX Location of airport in Latvia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 2,002 6,568 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2019)
Number of Passengers 14,082
Source: Aerodrome chart Latvian AIP at EUROCONTROL

Liepāja International Airport is situated in South Kurzeme Municipality, 2.7 NM (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) east of Liepāja, 210 km (130 mi) from the capital of Latvia, Riga, and 60 km (37 mi) from the Lithuanian border. The territory of the airport covers 2.2 km² (0.85 sq mi) and is integrated within the Liepāja Special Economic Zone.

On September 20, 2016, the airport was recertified for handling commercial flights after a gap of eight years. On December 5, 2016, airBaltic conducted a test flight from Riga to Liepāja using their Bombardier CS300 aircraft. On December 6, 2016, it was announced that they would be conducting a further series of test flights in spring 2017. Flights to Riga began in 2017 with a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, between three and five times weekly, but ended in 2020.

The airport first began operations as a military airfield in 1940. Early during the Cold War, the airfield was a Soviet Anti-Air Defense base. Its aircraft shot down a U.S. Air Force PB4Y-2 Privateer BuNo 59645 on April 8, 1950.

The airport was closed from 20 September 2014 for infrastructure reconstruction works; re-opening on 25 May 2016; fully operational status is from September 2016.

The airport held the Baltic International Airshow in 2022.