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Liepāja International Airport
Airport in Liepāja, Latvia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Liepāja International Airport (IATA: LPX, ICAO: EVLA) is a regional airport in western Latvia which is certified for international air traffic. Along with Riga International Airport and Ventspils Airport, it is one of the three major airports in Latvia.
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Overview
Liepāja International Airport is situated in South Kurzeme Municipality, 2.7 NM (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) east[2] 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.[3] On December 5, 2016, airBaltic conducted a test flight from Riga to Liepāja using their Bombardier CS300 aircraft.[4] On December 6, 2016, it was announced that they would be conducting a further series of test flights in spring 2017.[5] Flights to Riga began in 2017 with a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, between three and five times weekly, but ended in 2020.
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History
The airport first began operations as a military airfield in 1940.[6] 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.[7]
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.[8]
The airport held the Baltic International Airshow in 2022.[9]
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Statistics
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Annual passenger traffic at LPX airport.
See Wikidata query.
- number of movements represents total aircraft takeoffs and landings during that year
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