Schiphol Group's main activity in the Netherlands is the operation of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. In 2011, the airport processed 49.8 million passengers, 1.5 million tons of cargo and more than 420.000 air transport movements (scheduled and charter flights).

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has five main runways.

About Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Schiphol is Europe's fourth-largest airport in terms of passenger number, number five in air transport movements, and ranks third in terms of cargo volume. Schiphol is the oldest international airport in the world to be located at the original site of its first aircraft landing. This event took place over 90 years ago, on 19 September 1916.

Schiphol is also one of the lowest lying airports in the world. The airport is located in a polder reclaimed between 1848 and 1852, at 4.5 metres below sea level.

Since 1980, the airport has won some 180 international awards and is recognised as one of the best airports in Europe and the world at large.

AirportCity
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is an "AirportCity" and Schiphol Group's showpiece. It is here that the AirportCity formula has been developed to its fullest extent. The experience and expertise gained at Schiphol is applied in rolling out the formula at other airports. AirportCity Schiphol is a dynamic and efficient multimodal hub for air, rail and road transport. It is a dynamic hub integrating people and businesses, logistics and shops, information and entertainment offering its visitors and locally based international businesses all the services they require on a 24/7 basis.

We operate Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in a safe and responsible way: efficient, reliable, sustainable, inspiring and hospitable.

Schiphol, Europe's preferred airport
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol aims to be the best airport in Europe for all her stakeholders. An inspiring environment for all our guests to be, to travel to and from and to work. Europe's mainport With an extensive network of connections, Schiphol is one of Europe's hubs, or mainports. In 2011 Schiphol offered direct connections to 313 passenger and cargo destinations in 104 countries. These services are operated by 103 scheduled airlines. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol serves as KLM's home base and is one of two hubs for the Air France-KLM SkyTeam alliance.