Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Greater Amsterdam
- IATAAMS
- ICAOEHAM
- Serves
- Greater Amsterdam
- Operator
- Royal Schiphol Group
- Owner
- Not recorded
- Opened
- 19 September 1916
- Elevation
- -11 ft (-3 m)
- Runways
- 6 (longest 3,800 m)
- Airlines based here
- KLM, KLM Cityhopper, Martinair
- Website
- www.schiphol.nl
About the airport
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (IATA: AMS, ICAO: EHAM), known informally as Schiphol Airport, is the main international airport of the Netherlands. It is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi; 4.9 nmi) southwest of Amsterdam, in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer in the province of North Holland. In 2025, it was the world's fifth-busiest airport by international passenger traffic. With 68.8 million passengers, it was the fourth-busiest airport in Europe in terms of passenger volume and the third-busiest in terms of air transport movements. With 1.43 million tonnes of cargo, it was the fifth-busiest in Europe by cargo volume in 2025. Schiphol Airport covers a total area of 2,787 hectares (6,887 acres) of land. The airport is built on the single-terminal concept: one large terminal split into three departure halls. Schiphol is the principal hub for KLM and its regional affiliate KLM Cityhopper, as well as for Martinair. The airport also serves as an operating base for Corendon Dutch Airlines, easyJet, Transavia, TUI fly Netherlands, and Vueling. Schiphol began operating as a military airfield on 19 September 1916. The end of the First World War also saw the beginning of civilian use of Schiphol…
This summary is adapted from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence. Passenger and runway figures come from the same source and can lag the latest annual totals, so check the figures the operator publishes for the current total.