Amsterdam Schiphol is unusual among the world's biggest airports in keeping everything under one roof: a single terminal with one vast departure hall, which makes transfers short even on long-haul connections. It is the hub of KLM, the oldest airline still flying under its original name. The current schedule feed lists 296 airports in 91 countries connected to Amsterdam.
The airport sits several meters below sea level on the bed of the drained Haarlemmermeer lake — its name comes from the ships said to have been lost there before the water was pumped away.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the 17th busiest airport in the world — it handled 68,771,592 passengers in 2025, according to ACI World's annual ranking.
The most frequently served routes for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol connect to Munich (MUC), Barcelona (BCN) and Lisbon (LIS).
The longest connected route for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol reaches Denpasar-Bali Island (DPS). This flight covers a distance of 7,554 miles (12,157 km).