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Schiphol redirects here. For the railway station, see 8.8% to and from Asia; cargo volume was mainly between
Schiphol railway station.
Schiphol and Asia (45%) and North America (17%).[6]
In 2010, 106 carriers provided a total of 301 destinations
on a regular basis. Passenger destinations were oered by
91 airlines. Direct (non-stop) destinations grew by 9 to a
total of 274. Regular destinations serviced exclusively by
full freighters (non-passenger) grew by eight to a total of
twenty-seven.[7]
The airport is built as one large terminal (a singleterminal concept), split into three large departure halls,
which connect again once airside. The most recent of
these was completed in 1994 and expanded in 2007 with
a new section, called Terminal 4, although it is not considered a separate building. Plans for further terminal
expansion exist, including the construction of a separate
new terminal between the Zwanenburgbaan and Polderbaan runways that would end the one-terminal concept.
Schiphol opened on 16 September 1916 as a military airbase. 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. By 1940,
Schiphol had four asphalt runways at 45-degree angles.
The airport was captured by the German military that
same year and renamed Fliegerhorst Schiphol. The airport was destroyed through bombing but at the end of the
war the aireld was restored quickly. In 1949, it was decided that Schiphol was to become the primary airport
of the Netherlands. The airports ocial English name,
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, reects the original Dutch
word order (Luchthaven Schiphol).
Description
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Schiphol Airport is an important European airport, ranking as Europes fth busiest and the worlds fourteenth
busiest by total passenger trac in 2015 (14th in 2014
and 2013 and 16th in 2012). It also ranks as the worlds
fth busiest by international passenger trac and the
worlds sixteenth busiest for cargo tonnage. 52.569 million passengers passed through the airport in 2013, a 3%
increase compared with 2012.[4] Schiphols main competitors in terms of passenger trac and cargo throughput are London Heathrow Airport, Frankfurt Airport,
ParisCharles de Gaulle Airport and MadridBarajas
Airport.
HISTORY
3.1
Terminal
Infrastructure
3.1
Terminal
3 INFRASTRUCTURE
museum is closed until the end of 2016, due to refurbishment.
In summer 2010, Schiphol Airport Library opened alongside the museum, providing passengers access to a collection of 1,200 books (translated into 29 languages) by
Dutch authors on subjects relating to the countrys history and culture. The 89.9 m2 (968 sq ft) library offers e-books and music by Dutch artists and composers
that can be downloaded free of charge to a laptop or mobile device.[20] The Schiphol Airport Library closed in
September 2014 for refurbishment until the end of 2016.
3.3
Tower
3.4
Runways
TUI Boeing 737-800 in Amsterdam
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4.1
4.2
Cargo
4.3
Other users
Statistics
Other facilities
GROUND TRANSPORT
Schiphol.[66] In 2003 the museum moved to Lelystad Airport and was renamed the "Aviodrome.[67]
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7.1 Rail
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train operator, has a major passenger railway station directly underneath the passenger terminal complex that offers transportation into Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague,
Rotterdam and many other cities.[68] There are intercity
connections to Lelystad, Amsterdam Centraal, Utrecht
Centraal, both The Hague Centraal and The Hague
HS, Rotterdam Centraal, Eindhoven, 's-Hertogenbosch,
Leeuwarden, Groningen, Enschede, Arnhem, Nijmegen
and Heerlen. Schiphol is also a stop for the Thalys international high-speed train, connecting the airport directly
to Antwerp, Brussels, Lille and Paris, as well as to Bourg
St Maurice (winter) and Marseille (summer).
7.2
Bus
7.3
Car
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Canon of Amsterdam
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See also
11.1
Rijksmuseum.
[20] Clark, Nicola (15 September 2010). At Schiphol, an Unlikely Sanctuary of Books. The New York Times. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
References
Citations
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REFERENCES
[11] Waar komt de naam Schiphol vandaan?". Schiphol Nederland B.V. 2013.
[34] Aeromexico Announces New Route for 2016: Amsterdam (Press release). Mexico City: Aeromxico. PR
Newswire. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December
2015.
11.2
Bibliography
11.2 Bibliography
Heuvel, Coen van den. Schiphol, een Wereldluchthaven in Beeld, Holkema & Warendorf, 1992,
978-9-0269-6271-4
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External links
Ocial website
Fire Brigade Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Accident history for AMS at Aviation Safety Network
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