Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)

Netherlands

Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)
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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (IATA: AMS) is the main international airport of the Netherlands. It lies 9 km southwest of Amsterdam in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, North Holland. Schiphol is the main hub of KLM, KLM Cityhopper and Martinair.

Condé Nast Traveller (UK) readers ranked Amsterdam Schiphol No. 6 in the Readers' Choice Awards 2025 list of the best airports in the world, with a score of 90.61. The passage from the magazine is a ranking table and adds no further comment.

Schiphol opened as a military airfield on 19 September 1916 and was used for civil flights from the end of the First World War. In 2025 it handled 68.8 million passengers, making it the fourth-busiest airport in Europe, and 1.43 million tonnes of cargo. It is built on a single-terminal concept: one large terminal divided into three departure halls.

Sources of this text: Wikipedia · Condé Nast Traveller (UK)

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