Amsterdam Airport Schiphol facts for kids
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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Luchthaven Schiphol
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Schiphol's Entrance
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Schiphol Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Schiphol Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Haarlemmermeer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | http://www.schiphol.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sources: Schiphol Group and AIP
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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Dutch: Luchthaven Schiphol) (IATA: AMS, ICAO: EHAM) is the Netherlands' main international airport, It is 20 minutes southwest of Amsterdam. The airport's English name is Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The airport had an IATA name of SPL, but is now AMS. The airport is the main airport for KLM, Arkefly, Corendon Dutch Airlines, Martinair and Transavia. The airport is also the main European airport for Delta Air Lines. It is the 4th busiest airport in Europe and the 12th busiest in the world.
Airlines & Destinations
| Airlines | Destinations | Pier |
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| Adria Airways | Ljubljana | B |
| Aer Lingus | Cork, Dublin | D |
| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo | D, G |
| Air Arabia Maroc | Nador, Tangier | D |
| Air Astana | Atyrau | D, E |
| Air Europa | Madrid | C |
| Air France | Marseille, Paris-Charles de Gaulle | C |
| Air France operated by CityJet |
Seasonal: Brive, Pau | C |
| Air France operated by CityJet |
London-City | D |
| Air France operated by Régional |
Clermont-Ferrand, Lyon, Nantes, Strasbourg | C |
| Air Malta | Malta | B |
| Air Transat | Seasonal: Calgary, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver | G |
| AirBaltic | Riga | B |
| Alitalia | Florence, Milan-Linate, Rome-Fiumicino | B |
| Alitalia operated by Alitalia CityLiner |
Turin | B |
| Arkefly | Antalya, Aruba, Banjul, Boa Vista, Bodrum, Bonaire, Burgas, Cancún, Colombo, Curaçao, Dalaman, Dubai, Eilat-Ovda, Faro, Fortaleza, Goa, Heraklion, Holguín, Hurghada, Larnaca, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Luxor, Kathmandu, Kos, Málaga, Miami, Montego Bay, Natal, Orlando-Sanford, Ovda, Paphos, Preveza/Lefkada, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Rhodes, Sal, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife-South, Varadero, Zanzibar Seasonal: Aqaba, Essaouira, Girona-Costa Brava, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Malé, Oakland, Ponta Delgada, Pula, Rimini, Split, Terceira, Toronto-Pearson, Venice-Marco Polo |
C, D, G |
| Arkia Israel Airlines | Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion | G |
| Armavia | Seasonal: Yerevan | D |
| Austrian Airlines | Vienna | B |
| Azerbaijan Airlines | Baku | D |
| Belavia | Minsk | D |
| BH Air | Seasonal: Burgas | D |
| British Airways | London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow | D |
| British Airways operated by BA CityFlyer |
London-City | D |
| Bulgaria Air | Sofia Seasonal: Burgas |
D |
| Cathay Pacific | Hong Kong | G |
| China Airlines | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Taipei-Taoyuan | E, F |
| China Southern Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Guangzhou | E, F |
| Corendon Airlines | Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Gazipaşa, Istanbul–Atatürk, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, İzmir, Kayseri, Konya | D, G |
| Corendon Dutch Airlines | Antalya, Bodrum, Elazığ, Ercan, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Nador, Tetouan Seasonal: Aqaba, Arrecife, Banjul, Burgas, Eilat–Ovda, Fuerteventura, Heraklion, Málaga, Marrakesh, Marsa Alam, Ohrid, Palma de Mallorca |
D, G |
| Croatia Airlines | Zagreb Seasonal: Dubrovnik, Pula, Split |
D |
| Cyprus Airways | Larnaca | D |
| Czech Airlines | Prague | B, C |
| Delta Air Lines | Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Mumbai, New York-JFK, Newark, Portland, Seattle/Tacoma Seasonal: Memphis |
E |
| EasyJet | Belfast-International, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, Lisbon, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Southend, London-Stansted, Madrid, Manchester (UK), Milan-Malpensa, Prague, Rome-Fiumicino, Split | H, M |
| EasyJet Switzerland | Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva | M |
| EgyptAir | Cairo | G |
| El Al | Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion | G |
| Emirates | Dubai | G |
| Estonian Air | Tallinn | B |
| euroLOT | Gdansk, Kraków | C, D |
| Europe Airpost | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Málaga, Tangier Seasonal: Heraklion, Nador |
D |
| EVA Air | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Taipei-Taoyuan | E |
| Finnair | Helsinki | B |
| Flybe | Exeter, Inverness, Southampton | D, H |
| Garuda Indonesia | Dubai, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta | D, F |
| Georgian Airways | Tbilisi | D |
| Iberia | Madrid | B |
| Iberia Express | Madrid | B |
| Icelandair | Reykjavík-Keflavík | C |
| Iran Air | Tehran-Imam Khomeini | E |
| Israir Airlines | Seasonal: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion | G |
| Jat Airways | Belgrade | D |
| Jet2.com | Leeds/Bradford | H |
| Kenya Airways | Nairobi | F |
| KLM | Aalborg, Aberdeen, Abu Dhabi, Abuja, Accra, Addis Ababa, Almaty, Aruba, Athens, Atlanta, Bahrain, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Beijing-Capital, Bergen, Berlin-Tegel, Billund, Birmingham (UK), Bonaire, Bristol, Bucharest-Henri Coandă, Budapest, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Cairo, Calgary, Cape Town, Cardiff, Chengdu, Chicago-O'Hare, Copenhagen, Curaçao, Dammam, Dar es Salaam, Delhi, Denpasar/Bali, Doha, Dubai, Edinburgh, Entebbe, Geneva, Glasgow-International, Guayaquil, Hamburg, Hangzhou, Havana, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Houston-Intercontinental, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta, Johannesburg, Kano, Khartoum, Kiev-Boryspil, Kigali, Kilimanjaro, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lagos, Lima, Lisbon, Liverpool, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Luanda, Lusaka, Madrid, Manchester (UK), Manila, Mexico City, Milan-Linate, Milan-Malpensa, Montréal-Trudeau, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Munich, Muscat, Nairobi, Newcastle upon Tyne, New York-JFK, Osaka-Kansai, Oslo, Panama City, Paramaribo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Quito, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rome-Fiumicino, St. Petersburg, San Francisco, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Singapore, St. Maarten, Stavanger, Stockholm-Arlanda, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Tokyo-Narita, Toronto-Pearson, Tripoli, Vancouver, Venice-Marco Polo, Vienna, Warsaw-Chopin, Washington-Dulles, Xiamen, Zürich Seasonal: Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami |
B, C, D, E, F |
| KLM operated by KLM Cityhopper |
Aalborg, Aberdeen, Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin-Tegel, Berlin-Brandenburg, Billund, Birmingham (UK), Bologna, Bordeaux, Bremen, Bristol, Brussels, Cardiff, Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen, Durham (UK), Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow-International, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Hamburg, Hanover, Helsinki, Kingston upon Hull, Kristiansand, Leeds/Bradford, Linköping, London-Heathrow, Luxembourg, Manchester (UK), Marseille, Munich, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nice, Norwich, Nuremberg, Prague, Sandefjord, Stuttgart, Toulouse, Trondheim, Venice-Marco Polo, Vienna, Zürich | B, C, D |
| Korean Air | Seoul-Incheon | F |
| LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw-Chopin | C, D |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt | B |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine |
Hamburg, Munich | B |
| MAT Airways | Skopje | B |
| Malaysia Airlines | Kuala Lumpur | E, G |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm-Arlanda | M |
| Onur Air | Antalya | D, G |
| Pakistan International Airlines | Islamabad, Lahore | G |
| Pegasus Airlines | Antalya, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Kayseri, Konya | D, G |
| Pegasus Airlines operated by Izair |
İzmir | D |
| Rossiya | St. Petersburg | D |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca, Nador, Tangier Seasonal: Al Hoceima, Oujda |
G |
| Royal Jordanian | Amman-Queen Alia | D, G |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm-Arlanda | C |
| Singapore Airlines | Singapore | G |
| Sky Airlines | Antalya | D |
| Sky Work Airlines | Bern | B |
| Sun d'Or International Airlines operated by El Al |
Seasonal: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion | G |
| SunExpress | Antalya, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, İzmir | G |
| Sunwing Airlines | Seasonal: Toronto-Pearson | G |
| Surinam Airways | Paramaribo | G |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Zürich | B |
| Syrian Air | Aleppo, Damascus | D, G |
| TACV Cabo Verde Airlines | Sal, Sao Vicente | D |
| TAP Portugal | Lisbon | B |
| TAP Portugal operated by Portugália |
Porto | B |
| TAROM | Bucharest-Henri Coandă | D |
| Transavia.com | Agadir, Alicante, Almería, Antalya, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin-Tegel, Bodrum, Budapest, Catania, Dalaman, Djerba, Enfidha, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Hurghada, Innsbruck, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, İzmir, Jerez de la Frontera, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Lisbon, Luxor, Málaga, Marrakech, Marsa Alam, Minorca, Montpellier, Naples, Nice, Pisa, Olbia, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Seville, Sharm el-Sheikh, Taba, Tenerife-South, Valencia, Venice-Treviso, Verona Seasonal: Biarritz, Burgas, Cephalonia, Chambéry, Chania, Chios, Corfu, Girona-Costa Brava, Heraklion, Ibiza, Kithira, Kos, Lesbos, Palma de Mallorca, Preveza/Lefkada, Rhodes, Rovaniemi, Salzburg, Samos, Thessaloniki, Varna, Volos, Zakynthos |
B, C, D, E, G |
| Tunisair | Tunis | D |
| Turkish Airlines | Ankara, Antalya, Istanbul-Atatürk, İzmir | G |
| Turkish Airlines | Ankara, Istanbul-Atatürk | G |
| Ukraine International Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil | D |
| United Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark, Washington-Dulles | G |
| US Airways | Philadelphia | G |
| Vueling Airlines | Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia Seasonal: A Coruña, Ibiza, Seville |
B |
| WOW Air | Reykjavík-Keflavík | C |
Railway station
Trains run by Nederlandse Spoorwegen connect Amsterdam Schipol railway station to places around the Netherlands.
Images for kids
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A Ford being used to power a winch for towing gliders at Schiphol in 1933
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The air traffic control tower at Schiphol in 1960
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Airplanes and service vehicles on the apron in 1965
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Map showing the six runways of Schiphol
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Queues to the security control in June 2022
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The main entry of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
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Check-in hall interior at the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
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KLM Cargo Boeing 747-400ERF on the Taxiway Bridge crossing the Highway A4 E19.
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Schiphol Tower
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All the airport's 6 runways viewed from an aeroplane taking off at dawn.
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Schiphol Group offices
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The Convair Building, which houses KLM Cityhopper and KLM offices, and the original Schiphol control tower
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The construction of the tunnel and railway station in 1992
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The crash site of El Al Flight 1862 in 1992
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The crash site of Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 on 25 February 2009
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See also
In Spanish: Aeropuerto de Ámsterdam-Schiphol para niños
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