Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (EHAM) sits 11 miles southwest of central Amsterdam. Commercial service is overwhelmingly dominant — EHAM is the principal KLM hub and one of the busiest airports in Europe — and the field handles a meaningful flow of business aviation alongside the airline operations. For Amsterdam-area private aviation, EHRD (Rotterdam, 50 km south) is the typical dedicated reliever, but EHAM remains the default for international VIP arrivals into the Netherlands.

The six runways at EHAM handle every current business jet without restriction. KLM Jet Center and Universal Aviation handle business aviation movements with full CBP / Marechaussee handling. Slot pressure is significant — EHAM operates one of the more structured slot frameworks in Europe — and brokers should plan ahead for major tulip-season weekends, the structural Dutch summer holiday window, and major Amsterdam event weeks. Field elevation is -11 feet (below sea level), with no density-altitude concerns. The dominant operational consideration is the often-low cloud ceiling and persistent winter fog that can drive Cat II/III operations and delays. Ground time to central Amsterdam via the A4 is 25–40 minutes; the airport rail line delivers passengers to Centraal Station in 15–20 minutes.

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, known informally as Schiphol Airport, is the main international airport of the Netherlands, and is one of the major hubs for the SkyTeam airline alliance. It is located 9 kilometres southwest of Amsterdam, in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer in the province of North Holland. It was the world's fifth busiest airport by international passenger traffic in 2024. 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. With an annual cargo tonnage of 1.74 million, it is the 4th busiest in Europe. AMS covers a total area of 2,787 hectares of land. The airport is built on the single-terminal concept: one large terminal split into three departure halls.