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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Amsterdam, NetherlandsIATA: AMSICAO: EHAM
Live radar
Live radar around the airport
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The runways at this airport
What do the colors mean?
- No traffic seen The runway is there, but we see nothing on it right now.
- Arriving traffic Aircraft are descending toward this runway right now.
- Departing traffic Aircraft are climbing out from this runway right now.
- Direction unknown It says “in use now” without an arrow: we see traffic, but the aircraft does not report whether it is climbing or descending.
The white arrow on the runway points the way the traffic is going. Derived from the positions of aircraft flying low near the airport right now. Not an official runway plan; what we see.
Designation, direction and length of every runway. These rarely change; which one is in use right now shows up here whenever we observe traffic.
6 runways · Longest runway: 12,467 ft
- 18R/36Lin use nowdeparting traffic12,467 ft · heading 3/183 degrees
- 09/2711,329 ft · heading 87/267 degrees
- 06/2411,283 ft · heading 58/238 degrees
- 18L/36R11,155 ft · heading 3/183 degrees
- 18C/36C10,826 ft · heading 3/183 degrees
- 04/22in use now6,627 ft · heading 41/221 degrees
Runway data: OurAirports, public domain.
Practical
Plan your trip
Transport by train, bus, taxi, and car; parking at the airport; picking someone up or dropping them off.
Airline activity
Most active airlines on the board
10:25 AM–02:40 PM local timeCounted over the 347 flights now listed on the arrivals and departures boards. Not a daily total and not a passenger count.
- KLM182flights
- Transavia16flights
- easyJet Europe13flights
- Delta Air Lines12flights
- British Airways8flights
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Direct destinations
The destinations we know the most flight numbers for. That approximates how heavily a route is served; it is not a passenger count.
237 destinations · 68 countries · 129 airlines
KLM21%166 destinations
A connection is one airline to one destination. If three airlines fly to Barcelona, that counts as three connections.
LHRUnited Kingdom
London
- Distance
- 230 mi
- Estimated duration
- 48m
- Airlines
British Airways · China Southern Airlines · +3
British Airways · China Southern Airlines · IndiGo · KLM · Singapore Airlines
DUBIreland
Dublin
- Distance
- 466 mi
- Estimated duration
- 1h 14m
- Airlines
Aer Lingus · American Airlines · +11
Aer Lingus · American Airlines · Corendon Dutch Airlines · Delta Air Lines · Global Reach Aviation · JetBlue · KlasJet · KLM · Ryanair · SUA · Transavia · TUI fly Netherlands · USC
BCNSpain
Barcelona
- Distance
- 771 mi
- Estimated duration
- 1h 49m
- Airlines
Air Nostrum · Amelia · +7
Air Nostrum · Amelia · Corendon Dutch Airlines · easyJet Europe · Euroair · KLM · Qatar Airways · Transavia · Vueling
CDGFrance
Paris
- Distance
- 248 mi
- Estimated duration
- 47m
- Airlines
Air France · ASL Airlines France · +12
Air France · ASL Airlines France · Cathay Pacific · Corendon Dutch Airlines · Delta Air Lines · easyJet Europe · Emirates · Ethiopian Airlines · KLM · Qatar Airways · Smartwings · SUA · Transavia France · Turkish Airlines
Airports nearby
Other airports within reach, with the straight-line distance and the number of direct destinations we know of. Airports without scheduled service are left out.
Airport facts
Practical information
- Full name
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- City and country
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- IATA / ICAO
- AMS / EHAM
- Time zone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Terminal
- 1, 2, 3
- Category
- International hub
Frequently asked questions
Prepare for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
How early should I arrive at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol?
Follow your airline’s instructions and allow time for baggage, security, and crowds. Confirm current airport information shortly before departure.
Where can I view arrivals at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol?
Open the arrivals board through the navigation above. The board fetches times, gates, and status when you open it.
Can I avoid waiting too long when picking someone up?
Check the specific flight first and leave only when landing, baggage, and your travel time make it sensible.
Schiphol: the home of KLM and one of Europe's great transfer airports
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (IATA AMS, ICAO EHAM) lies in the Haarlemmermeer polder, a quarter of an hour by train southwest of Amsterdam and more than four meters below sea level. It is the largest airport in the Netherlands and the home hub of KLM, which makes it one of the great transfer airports of Europe: a large share of its passengers never leave the building, changing between a European and an intercontinental flight. For visitors to Amsterdam it is also one of the easiest airports in the world to get into town from. The live radar on this page shows what is moving around Schiphol right now; the arrivals and departures pages are linked above it.
Airlines and destinations
KLM is by far the largest airline at Schiphol and, with its regional arm KLM Cityhopper, flies to almost every sizeable city in Europe and to North America, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean; Delta is its transatlantic partner. Transavia is the group's leisure airline for the Mediterranean, easyJet the biggest low-cost carrier here, and TUI fly and Corendon fly the package-holiday routes. Emirates, Qatar Airways, Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines are among the long-haul names. In our route data, London Heathrow, Dublin, Barcelona, Paris and Madrid are the most frequently flown connections, and Atlanta, New York JFK, Toronto and Dubai the busiest intercontinental ones.
Getting to and from Schiphol
The railway station is directly under the terminal, beneath Schiphol Plaza. Trains run day and night to Amsterdam Centraal in about fifteen minutes and directly to Utrecht, Rotterdam, The Hague, Leiden and Eindhoven; the Eurostar to Brussels and Paris stops here too. Bus 397 runs to the city center and other lines serve Haarlem and Amstelveen. By car, the A4 and A9 lead to the airport; short-term parking is in the garages at the terminal, while the long-term lots with a shuttle bus are far cheaper, especially booked online. Taxis wait outside Schiphol Plaza at the official rank.
Good to know
Schiphol has one terminal with three departure halls (1, 2 and 3) and piers B to H plus M. Halls 1 and 2 mostly serve flights within the Schengen area, hall 3 and piers E, F and G the intercontinental flights. The piers form a horseshoe around the terminal, so the walk from security to a far gate can take a quarter of an hour; a transfer from a European to a long-haul flight includes passport control, and ninety minutes is comfortable. In summer and around Christmas, arrive well ahead of time. The nearby alternatives are Eindhoven for low-cost flights and Rotterdam The Hague with Transavia. Every airport we track is listed in the airport overview.