Ventspils International Airport

Ventspils International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Ventspils International Airport
nativename = Ventspils Starptautiskā Lidosta
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IATA = VNT
ICAO = EVVA
type = Public
owner =
operator = Ventspils city municipality
city-served =
location = Ventspils
elevation-f = 19
elevation-m = 6
coordinates = Coord|57|21|28.08|N|021|32|38.99|E|type:airport_region:LV
website =
metric-elev = yes
metric-rwy = yes
r1-number = 03/21
r1-length-f = 4,259
r1-length-m = 1,298
r1-surface = Asphalt
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Ventspils International Airport airport codes|VNT|EVVA is an airport in Latvia. It is the newest airport and along with Liepāja International Airport and Riga International Airport is one of the three notable airports in the country.

Ventspils Airport was founded in 1975. One asphalt-concrete runway (1300 m x 35 m) and an apron (100 m x 100 m) were built. At that time there was an air control dispatchers point at the aerodrome and 40 - 45 employees worked in the airport. The aerodrome was used by aircraft AN-24, AN-2, YAK-40, MI-2. The flight range was small and there were only two scheduled flights Ventspils - Riga and Ventspils - St. Petersburg.

In addition to commercial traffic, different state departments utilized the airport for various reasons. There were state border control flights, flights for oil pipeline control, forest patrols, traffic control, fishing inspection flights and others. Airport operation ceased in 1983 due to political decisions by the government.

The possibility re-opening the airport was first discussed in the mid-nineties by which time Ventspils had become became an important transport hub. The efficiency and importance of the re-opening of the Ventspils Airport was evaluated.

The main conclusions of this research were that the rehabilitation of the airport would enhance the efficiency of the existing transport corridors and foster economic activity in the region. The region possessed all the social and economic preconditions that indicate potential demand for air traffic. An operational Ventspils Airport would promote competitiveness of the Ventspils transport hub in the European and global markets.

At the time the re-opening of the airport was being considered, people in the Ventspils region and corporate clients who wished to travel by air used the airport at Riga that was 202 kilometres away from Ventspils. This necessitated an additional 6 - 8 hours of extra time to travel to the airport in Riga and back by road. These opportunities did not satisfy the demand for air transport traffic.

Work on the project "The rehabilitation of the Airport Ventspils" began in 1997. Actual implementation of the project began in 1999. The project was developed within the National Transport Development Programme of the Republic of Latvia (1996-2010).

At the start of 2001 all documentation for the airport exploitation was prepared and an airport security program was developed. The plan of safety improvements for security standards was current in that moment which was followed by the equipping of the temporary passenger service building and establishing an electric security system.

The most important result of all undertaken activities was the start of operation in the year 2000 upon receiving the certificate. Certificate confirmed that the aerodrome was suitable for exploitation and the first programs of flights were for conclusion that the first cycle of Ventspils Airport development was completed.

On 11 April 2008 Latvian national airline airBaltic began the first regular service from the airport to Riga.

Airlines and destinations

*airBaltic (Riga [seasonal] )

External links

* [http://www.airport.ventspils.lv/ Ventspils International Airport]
*WAD|EVVA


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