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Schiphol's main competitors in terms of passenger traffic and cargo throughput are London-Heathrow, Frankfurt, Madrid, Paris–Charles de Gaulle and Istanbul. A record 71,706,999 passengers passed through the airport in 2019. It also ranks as the world's fifth busiest by international passenger traffic and the world's sixteenth busiest for cargo tonnage. Schiphol Airport ranked as Europe's third busiest and the world's eleventh busiest by total passenger traffic in 2017 (12th in 2016, 14th in 2015, 20 and 16th in 2012). However, Gothic has never been spoken in the Netherlands. In the Gothic language, it indicated an area of low lying wetland ('hol' or 'holl') where wood (scip) could be extracted. Etymology Īccording to the airport's media department, the name of Schiphol originated in the 15th century. Schiphol Airport was voted the Best Airport in Western Europe in 2020.

In 1949, it was decided that Schiphol was to become the primary airport of the Netherlands. The airport was destroyed through bombing but at the end of the war, the airfield was soon rebuilt. The airport was captured by the German military that same year and renamed Fliegerhorst Schiphol. By 1940, Schiphol had four asphalt runways at 45-degree angles. 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. Schiphol opened on 16 September 1916 as a military airbase. The airport also serves as a base for easyJet. Schiphol is the hub for KLM and its regional affiliate KLM Cityhopper as well as for Corendon Dutch Airlines, Martinair, Transavia and TUI fly Netherlands. The airport is built on the single-terminal concept: one large terminal split into three departure halls.

AMS covers a total area of 6,887 acres (10.761 sq mi 2,787 ha) of land. With an annual cargo tonnage of 1.74 million, it is the 4th busiest in Europe. With almost 72 million passengers in 2019, it is the third-busiest airport in Europe in terms of passenger volume and the busiest in Europe in terms of aircraft movements.

It is the world's third busiest airport by international passenger traffic in 2021.

It is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) southwest of Amsterdam, in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer in the province of North Holland. Sources: CBS, Schiphol Group and AIP Īmsterdam Airport Schiphol ( IATA: AMS, ICAO: EHAM), known informally as Schiphol Airport ( Dutch: Luchthaven Schiphol, pronounced ), is the main international airport of the Netherlands.

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