Spilve Airport

Spilve Airport (Latvian: Spilves lidosta, also given as Rīgas Centrālā lidosta – Riga Central Airport) is a former civilian and military airport in Latvia located 5 km north of Riga's city centre, from which aircraft took off as early as the First World War. It became the first international airport of Riga in the 1920s and fell into disuse in the 1980s after Riga International Airport was built.

Spilve Airport
Summary
Airport typeCivil
LocationRiga
Elevation AMSL5 ft / 1.6 m
Coordinates56°59′28″N 024°4′30″E
Websitewww.spilve.lv
www.spilve.org?en
Map
Spilve
Location of airport in Latvia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 5,413 1,650 Asphalt
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