EHAM Schiphol 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 Airport, and the airport eventually lost its military role completely. By 1940, Schiphol had four asphalt runways at 45-degree angles. The airport was captured by the German military that same year and renamed Fliegerhorst Schiphol. The airport was destroyed by bombing, but at the end of the war, the airfield was soon rebuilt. In 1949, it was decided that Schiphol was to become the primary airport of the Netherlands.

A new general aviation terminal was opened in 2011 on the east side of the airport, operated as the KLM Jet Center. The new terminal building has a floorspace of 6,000 m² (65,000 sq ft); 1,000 m² (11,000 sq ft) for the actual terminal and lounges, 4,000 m² (43,000 sq ft) for office space and 1,000 m² (11,000 sq ft) for parking.

The centre and its activities were sold to Swiss aviation services company Jet Aviation in October 2018 and now operate as Jet Aviation Amsterdam.