Schiphol

Amsterdam's main airport

Schiphol is the main international airport serving Amsterdam and the Netherlands, one of Europe's busiest aviation hubs.

The name, from an area that was once a lake prone to shipwrecks, now appears in travel contexts worldwide: My connecting flight goes through Schiphol.

Often called Amsterdam Schiphol or Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

airport

Amsterdam

Capital of Netherlands

departure · arrival · hub · gate · transit · customs · duty-free · passport · boarding · check-in

Dutch

Netherlands

Northwestern European constitutional monarchy

windmills · canals · Dutch · clogs · Sprinter · Rotterdam · Utrecht · cycling · flat · polder

travel

flight

Aerial journey by aircraft

connecting · destination · booking · airline · ticket · schedule · journey · stopover · itinerary · long-haul

history

WWII

1939-45 global conflict

  • crashSudden violent impact
  • fortDefensive military installation
  • 1916World War One's middle

expansion · polder · military · reconstruction · wartime · memorial · development · growth

Opposites
rival european hub airports

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London's main airport

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Family

ship, ships, shipping, shipped, shipper, shipment, hole, holes, holed

Familiarity
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G