How many airports does Netherlands have in this index?

This index retains 5 airport records for Netherlands (5 large and 0 medium). It is a curated reference set with usable IATA/ICAO codes and coordinates, not a complete national aviation registry.

What is the busiest airport in Netherlands?

Based on the curated airport-facts file, the busiest retained record for Netherlands is Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) in Amsterdam at 72 million passengers (2019). Other airports in the country may carry more traffic; this reflects only retained records with quoted passenger figures.

Which timezone is Netherlands in?

All retained airport records in Netherlands resolve to Europe/Amsterdam. The zone observes a seasonal DST shift, so local-clock math around transition weekends needs care.

Are these airports served by scheduled airlines?

5 of 5 retained records in Netherlands carry the OurAirports "scheduled service" flag. That flag is a structural tag from the OurAirports dataset, not a real-time schedule check.

How does Netherlands compare with regional peers for airport count?

Among same-continent peers with similar retained-record counts, Netherlands has 5 records vs. Ireland (4), Poland (6), Sweden (4). The comparison covers only retained records on this site, not full national aviation inventories.

Country airport index

Airports in Netherlands.

5 airportsPrimary zone: Europe/Amsterdam

This page lists 5 retained airport records in our curated Netherlands airport catalog with IATA and ICAO codes, city names, and local timezone information. Airport records come from OurAirports and timezone rules come from the IANA database. Click any airport for coordinates, elevation, the current local time, and nearby airports.

Holidays in Netherlands Timezones in Netherlands

Airport index methodology

How we calculate this: Airports are grouped by country code, then sorted with large airports first and named airports alphabetically inside each type. Local time uses each airport’s stored IANA timezone identifier. Passenger figures, hub-airline tags, and operational facts come from the per-airport curation file when available; absent figures are left blank rather than estimated.
Data sources: OurAirports for IATA/ICAO, coordinates, elevation, and airport type; IANA Time Zone Database for local-time rules; airport-shaped Wikipedia summaries for the curated facts file (passengers, runways, terminals, hub airlines, operator, year opened); hand-curated country dossier sources (FAA, CAAC, DGCA, Rosaviatsiya, IATA, national civil-aviation authorities) for the editorial dossier block where present; curated country records for country names and locale-safe slugs.
Update cadence: Airport country pages revalidate weekly. The OurAirports source CSV was last fetched 2026-04-25; the airport-facts snapshot was last generated 2026-05-21. This page currently represents 5 large airports rather than a complete national aviation registry.

Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. This airport index is reviewed as a curated reference surface. It does not claim complete aviation coverage for Netherlands; it lists 5 retained airport records (5 large airports) across Europe/Amsterdam.

Coverage note. This is an airport-reference index for timezone and travel planning. It focuses on retained large and medium airport records with usable codes and coordinates, not every runway, heliport, closed facility, or local landing strip. Airport service levels, terminal operations, route availability, and codes can change; verify with the airport, airline, NOTAM, or official aviation source before travel.

Country airport evidence

Why this Netherlands airport page is retained

12/12 signals

This page is classified as a compact gateway set. The evidence score comes from static source coverage: codes, airport facts, official domains, city-clock handoffs, IANA zones, operational facts, and country dossiers where present.

Retained scope

compact gateway set

Netherlands has 5 retained large/medium airport records (5 large, 0 medium) across 1 IANA zone.

Code and entity coverage

5 IATA, 5 ICAO

5 retained records have airport-facts rows; 5 cite official airport domains and 5 carry Wikidata entity links.

Traffic and operation facts

3 passenger rows

3 records quote passenger-volume facts; 10 runway counts are aggregated where quoted; 5 records carry scheduled-service flags.

Timezone pattern

single airport-timezone cluster

The retained airport set resolves to one dominant local-clock pattern, but each airport still stores its own IANA identifier for DST-safe calculations.

Verification boundary

21 source URLs

Visible source hosts include schiphol.nl, en.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org, ourairports.com, eindhovenairport.nl, groningenairport.nl, maa.nl, rotterdamthehagueairport.nl. These support identity and static facts, not live routes, terminal assignments, NOTAMs, or airline schedules.

Editorial status

manual dossier attached

Manual dossier sources are attached for country-level aviation context; point-in-time statements still defer to the linked authorities.

Source hosts seen in retained airport facts

schiphol.nlen.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.comeindhovenairport.nlgroningenairport.nlmaa.nlrotterdamthehagueairport.nl

Traveler planning patterns

How to use Netherlands airport data without overreading it

Country-specific caveats

Start with the gateway layer

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) is the first retained airport to check for Netherlands; then scan the 5 large and 0 medium records for regional alternates.

Keep airport-local time explicit

The retained airport set behaves like a single local-clock cluster, but the airport-specific IANA zone still matters around DST transitions and imported calendar events.

Use codes for the search, city pages for context

3 airport records link onward to vetted city-time pages, so a code lookup can become a local-clock, daylight, holiday, and meeting-time check.

Treat schedules as live elsewhere

5 retained records carry a scheduled-service flag, but route availability, airline service, terminals, and disruption notices are not live here.

Watch holidays and local operating days

Netherlands has a holiday country page on this site, so use it alongside airport time checks for closures, public-holiday pressure, and ground-service planning.

Know what the passenger data covers

3 retained airports quote passenger-volume facts. Airports without a quoted figure are not ranked by traffic on this page.

Airport coverage patterns

How the Netherlands airport index is structured

This page adds country-level context around airport counts, code coverage, timezone spread, and city-clock handoffs. It is built from the retained airport dataset rather than a live airline or aviation registry feed.

Coverage pattern

Only 5 airport records are retained for Netherlands, mapped across 5 localities — a deliberately small set (5 large and 0 medium; 5 large airports) covering the airports most likely to anchor a city clock or travel check.

Code reliability

Every retained Netherlands record carries both an IATA and an ICAO code (5 of each), so passenger-facing and aviation lookups resolve consistently across the set.

Timezone spread

Every retained airport in Netherlands resolves to Europe/Amsterdam (5), so the country's airport clocks move together and a single offset check covers the whole set.

Major airport examples

Standout anchors here include Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) in Amsterdam, Eindhoven Airport (EIN) in Eindhoven, Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ) in Groningen, and Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) in Maastricht. Large airports lead the list because they are the most reliable hooks for travelers, city clocks, and cross-border time checks.

City-clock handoff

Airport records here hand off to indexable city pages such as Eindhoven (EIN, RTM) and Amsterdam (AMS). Handoffs are restricted to vetted city pages so the airport index does not spend crawl budget on thin local URLs.

Busiest airport

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) in Amsterdam at 72 million passengers (2019) sits at the top of the curated passenger ranking for Netherlands. Curated passenger figures are attached to 3 retained records on this page. Aggregated curated annual passenger volume across those records is 79.2 million. Numbers come from the airport-facts curation file and reflect the latest year quoted there, not a live traffic feed.

Regional peer comparison

Netherlands has 5 retained airport records vs. Ireland 4, Poland 6, Sweden 4 in the same continent. This is a structural comparison of retained-record counts, not an audit of national aviation policy or fleet size.

Operational depth

Across the retained Netherlands set we have 10 curated runway records, 1 curated terminal record, and 5 airports flagged with scheduled service. Operational facts come from the Wikipedia-derived airport-facts curation, which is sparse for smaller airports and not a substitute for the airport authority's own data.

Editorial dossier

Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) carried 66.8 million passengers in 2024 (+8.0%), with 473,815 air-traffic movements. Of the total, 24.3 million were transfer passengers — Schiphol remains a major intercontinental hub. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Air France-KLM group), Transavia, and easyJet dominate. The Dutch ILT regulates; Schiphol Group operates the airport. The government's contested noise-cap proposal to cap movements at 478,000 ATMs is the live policy fight, with EU Commission pushback ongoing.

Traveler boundary: use these records for timezone orientation and airport discovery. Verify live operations, route availability, terminal status, and NOTAM-sensitive details with official airport, airline, or aviation sources.

Country aviation profile

Aviation profile snapshot for Netherlands

Curated airport facts

These numbers aggregate the curated airport-facts file across this country’s retained records. Missing fields mean the curation file does not quote that figure; they are not zero-imputed.

International gateways

Records flagged with an international-gateway role label.

Scheduled service

5 / 5

Records with the OurAirports “scheduled service” flag set.

Runway records

Rotterdam · RTM · Europe/Amsterdam

EHRD

It is located 5.5 kilometres north northwest of Rotterdam in South Holland and is the third busiest airport in the Netherlands.

Operations

scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 7,218 ft / 2,200 m

Source signals

official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 20 coverage signals

rotterdamthehagueairport.nlen.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com

Time-zone span

Single-zone airport clock for Netherlands

All retained airport records resolve to one IANA timezone (Europe/Amsterdam, UTC+02:00 CEST with DST). Local-clock math is simpler here than in multi-zone countries, but the airport’s stored IANA identifier is still the authoritative reference for DST transition weekends.

Busiest curated airports

Top airports in Netherlands by curated passenger volume

Numbers from airport-facts file

These ranks reflect passenger volumes quoted in the curated airport-facts file; airports without a quoted figure are excluded from this card even if they may be locally busier.

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Amsterdam · AMS

72 million passengers (2019)

6 runways · 1 terminal / 3 departure halls terminals

Eindhoven Airport

Eindhoven · EIN

6.96 million passengers (2025)

1 runway

Groningen Airport Eelde

Groningen · GRQ

220,710 passengers

1 runway

Regional peer comparison

Netherlands vs. Europe peers

Retained-record counts

Peers are picked by geographic proximity (same continent) and similarity of retained-record counts. Comparison is structural — it does not audit fleet size, national aviation policy, or passenger traffic.

Country	Airports	Large / medium	IANA zones
Netherlands	5	5 / 0	1
Ireland	4	4 / 0	1
Poland	6	6 / 0	1
Sweden	4	4 / 0	1

Country aviation dossier

Editorial context for Netherlands aviation

Hand-curated

Sources

Last verified 2026-05-09 · manually curated. Figures quoted in this paragraph are point-in-time; treat the linked sources as authoritative.

Frequently asked

Netherlands airport questions

How many airports does Netherlands have in this index?: This index retains 5 airport records for Netherlands (5 large and 0 medium). It is a curated reference set with usable IATA/ICAO codes and coordinates, not a complete national aviation registry.
What is the busiest airport in Netherlands?: Based on the curated airport-facts file, the busiest retained record for Netherlands is Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) in Amsterdam at 72 million passengers (2019). Other airports in the country may carry more traffic; this reflects only retained records with quoted passenger figures.
Which timezone is Netherlands in?: All retained airport records in Netherlands resolve to Europe/Amsterdam. The zone observes a seasonal DST shift, so local-clock math around transition weekends needs care.
Are these airports served by scheduled airlines?: 5 of 5 retained records in Netherlands carry the OurAirports "scheduled service" flag. That flag is a structural tag from the OurAirports dataset, not a real-time schedule check.
How does Netherlands compare with regional peers for airport count?: Among same-continent peers with similar retained-record counts, Netherlands has 5 records vs. Ireland (4), Poland (6), Sweden (4). The comparison covers only retained records on this site, not full national aviation inventories.

Country overview

Airport coverage for Netherlands

The retained catalog currently includes 5 airport records in 5 airport cities or localities. Large airports are shown first because they are usually the most useful entry points for flight planning, timezone checks, and nearby-city lookup.

Retained records

Airport localities

Timezone records

1 zone

Time-zone planning

Use the airport clock for travel math

For overnight flights, connections near daylight-saving transitions, and cross-border itineraries, use the airport’s IANA timezone instead of assuming every airport follows the country’s primary zone.

Europe/Amsterdam5 airports

Codes, clocks, and city mapping

How to read the Netherlands airport index

IATA + ICAO reference

IATA coverage

5 codes

Useful for passenger-facing flight searches, tickets, airport boards, and quick route lookup.

ICAO coverage

5 codes

Useful for aviation references, flight tracking, weather briefings, and operational documents.

Airport mix

5 large / 0 medium

Gateway airports are prioritized first, but regional airports remain useful for local clock checks.

DST travel risk

Single-zone

Recheck local airport time around overnight arrivals, daylight-saving weekends, and cross-border connections.

Major city to airport links

These rows connect retained airport records to city-time pages, so a reader can move from a flight code to the local clock, nearby planning context, and meeting-time checks.

Eindhoven

2 linked airports

city clock

EIN Eindhoven Airport (Europe/Amsterdam); RTM Rotterdam The Hague Airport (Europe/Amsterdam)

Amsterdam

1 linked airport

city clock

AMS Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Europe/Amsterdam)

Major airport list

Key airports in Netherlands

Large airports first

These entries are pulled from the same retained catalog as the full table below. Use them as a starting point for local time, code lookup, and nearby-city planning, then verify route and terminal details with the airport or airline.

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Amsterdam

AMS