amsterdam airport schiphol (iata: ams, icao: eham), known informally as schiphol airport (dutch: luchthaven schiphol, pronounced [ˌlʏxtɦaːvə(n) ˈsxɪp(ɦ)ɔl; sxɪpˈɦɔl]), is the main international airport of the netherlands.it is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) southwest of amsterdam, in the municipality of haarlemmermeer in the province of north holland.it is the world's third busiest airport by international passenger traffic in 2021.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 6,887 acres (10.761 sq mi; 2,787 ha) of land.the airport is built on the single-terminal concept: one large terminal split into three departure halls.schiphol is the hub for klm and its regional affiliate klm cityhopper as well as for corendon dutch airlines, martinair, transavia and tui fly netherlands.the airport also serves as a base for easyjet.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 airfield was soon rebuilt.in 1949, it was decided that schiphol was to become the primary airport of the netherlands.schiphol airport was voted the best airport in western europe in 2020.in the gothic language, it indicated an area of low lying wetland ('hol' or 'holl') where wood (scip) could be extracted.however, gothic has never been spoken in the netherlands.it also ranks as the world's fifth busiest by international passenger traffic and the world's sixteenth busiest for cargo tonnage.a record 71,706,999 passengers passed through the airport in 2019.schiphol's main competitors in terms of passenger traffic and cargo throughput are london-heathrow, frankfurt, madrid, paris–charles de gaulle and istanbul.in 2019, 70.5% of passengers using the airport flew to and from europe, 10.6% to and from north america and 10.1% to and from asia; cargo volume was mainly between schiphol and asia (46.3%) and north america (17.6%).in 2019, 102 carriers provided a total of 332 destinations on a regular basis.the airport is built as one large terminal (a single-terminal concept), split into three 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.a new pier is to be opened in 2019 with a terminal extension planned to be operational by 2023.plans for further terminal and gate expansion exist, including the construction of a separate new terminal between the zwanenburgbaan and polderbaan runways that would end the one-terminal concept.because of intense traffic and high landing fees (due to the limit of 500,000 flights a year), some low-cost carriers decided to move their flights to smaller airports, such as rotterdam the hague airport and eindhoven airport.many low-cost carriers, such as easyjet and ryanair, however, continue to operate at schiphol, using the low-cost h pier.lelystad airport is currently being expanded aimed at accommodating some of the low-cost and leisure flights currently operating out of schiphol, eventually taking up to 45,000 flights a year.to combat noise and pollution complaints from the community in schiphol, amsterdam airport is advocating for a prohibition on private jets, with the aim of minimizing noise and environmental pollution.
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