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Here you will find some information about regular passenger flights, and some other options.

The information below on public transport connections to the airports can be quite wordy; most of the same information is displayed graphically in my other site Benelux by train.

Regular passenger flights in the Netherlands

The primary gateway of the Netherlands is Amsterdam Schiphol Airport AMS. In the last few years, it has been the fifth or sixth busiest airport in the world in terms of international passenger numbers. The passenger numbers through Schiphol dwarfs all the other airports in the Netherlands. It has its own underground train station Schiphol Airport, with direct trains to many domestic destinations, as well as international trains to Belgium and France, and to England and Germany via easy connections elsewhere on the Dutch railway network. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is also served by many local buses.

The second busiest airport is Eindhoven Airport EIN. It is a large base for low-cost and leisure carriers, offering many short haul flights to Europe, Anatolia, and the Maghreb. There are buses 400 and 401 connecting Eindhoven Airport with Eindhoven train station. There is a combined train+bus ticket for Eindhoven Airport.

The third busiest airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport RTM. Other than budget and leisure carriers, the airport also attracts some traditional carriers, with some of the routes buisness-oriented. There is a bus 33 connecting Roterdam Centraal station, Rotterdam The Hague Airport, and Meijersplein metro station (metro line E; connections with Rotterdam Centraal, Den Haag Laan van NOI, and Den Haag Centraal (The Hague Central) stations).

There are two other smaller airports with regular scheduled passenger flights in European Netherlands. One is Groningen Eelde Airport GRQ in the northeast of the country; bus 100 runs between Groningen station and Groningen Eelde Airport. Another one is Maastricht Aachen Airport MST in the southeast of the country; bus 30 serves Maastricht station, Meerssen station, Maastricht Aachen Ariport, Beek-Elsloo station, and Sittard station.

There are no domestic flights within European Netherlands. The shortest flights from Amsterdam AMS are to Brussels BRU and Düsseldorf DUS.

In Caribbean Netherlands, each of the three islands has one airport:

For European Netherlands, many airports in neighbouring countries are easily accessible from the Netherlands. See the following sections. The competition for Dutch customers from the Rhine-Rhur area airports in Germany is strong enough that KLM provides two free buses pre day to/from Schiphol for customers in Arnhem/Nijmegen and Eindhoven/Maastricht.

Private jets, charter flights, DIY

There are plenty Dutch and foreign air taxi, private jet, and charter companies. Amsterdam Schiphol and Rotterdam The Hague Airports have dedicated private jet terminals (the Amsterdam private jet terminal is very far away from the general terminal). You might also want to do you own flying. Other than the airports outlined above, the following are some smaller airports in the Netherlands, of various sizes:

As for heliport, there is at least the Amsterdam Heliport that is not military or for private-use-only. As far as I know, there are no fixed-route commuter helicopter services in the Netherlands. There are many helicopter companies where you can charter a helicopter to land, e.g., on an oil rig, in the middle of the opening of your own concert at an open-air stadium.

Zweefvliegen 'gliding' is also popular in the Netherlands. There are many zweefvliegvelden 'glider airfields' around the country.

Belgium

See also the Belgium page at Benelux by train for illustrations on most of the points below.

Luxembourg

See also the Luxembourg page at Benelux by train for illustrations on the points below.

Luxembourg Airport LUX is a small airport in terms of passengers numbers, but it is the fifth largest cargo airport in Europe, with many long haul cargo flights. From the airport, there are bus 16 (faster) and bus 29 (slower) to Luxembourg train station. There is also bus 117 to Trier (Germany), and many other shuttle services. For trains to the Netherlands, usually going through Belgium (Brussels or Liège) is faster and cheaper, but it is also worth looking into going through Germany.

Germany

The following are some airports in Germany that are closer to and/or easily accessible from the Netherlands. See also the Germany section in the Netherlands page at Benelux by train for illustrations on the points below.


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