Editing Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (section)

==Description==
Schiphol Airport ranked as Europe's [[List of the busiest airports in Europe|third busiest]] and the world's [[World's busiest airports by passenger traffic|eleventh busiest]] by total passenger traffic in 2017 (12th in 2016, 14th in 2015, 2014 and 2013 and 16th in 2012). It also ranks as the world's fifth busiest by international passenger traffic and the world's [[World's busiest airports by cargo traffic|sixteenth busiest for cargo tonnage]]. A record 71,706,999 passengers passed through the airport in 2019.<ref name=TR2019>{{cite web|url=https://www.annualreportschiphol.com/trafficreview2019|title=Traffic Review 2019|website=Schiphol Group|access-date=18 March 2022|archive-date=1 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301222741/https://www.annualreportschiphol.com/trafficreview2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Schiphol's main competitors in terms of passenger traffic and cargo throughput are [[Heathrow Airport|London Heathrow]], [[Frankfurt Airport|Frankfurt]], [[Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport|Madrid]], [[Charles de Gaulle Airport|Paris–Charles de Gaulle]] and [[Istanbul Airport|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%).<ref name=TR2019 /> In 2019, 102 carriers provided a total of 332 destinations on a regular basis.<ref name=TR2019 /> As of 2024, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol handled over 66.8 million passengers annually, reinforcing its status as one of Europe's largest aviation hubs.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-14 |title=Amsterdam Schiphol’s traffic rose by 8% in 2024 |url=https://www.businesstravelnewseurope.com/Air-Travel/Amsterdam-Schiphol-s-traffic-rose-by-8-in-2024 |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=www.businesstravelnewseurope.com |language=en}}</ref>

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&nbsp;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 carrier]]s 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&nbsp;pier. In 2015, [[Lelystad Airport]] was allowed to expand, 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lelystad Airport krijgt ruimte om te groeien {{!}} Nieuwsbericht |url=https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/nieuws/2015/03/31/lelystad-airport-krijgt-ruimte-om-te-groeien.html |language=nl |website=rijksoverheid.nl |date=March 31, 2015 |access-date=22 August 2015 |archive-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702170506/http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/nieuws/2015/03/31/lelystad-airport-krijgt-ruimte-om-te-groeien.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>

To combat complaints from the community in Schiphol, Amsterdam Airport is advocating the prohibition of private jets, with the aim of minimizing noise and environmental pollution. The airport also intends to restrict takeoffs between midnight and 6 a.m. and landings between midnight and 5 a.m.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Plans Curfew, Private Jet Ban |last=Schlappig |first=Ben |work=One Mile at a Time |date=4 April 2023 |access-date=19 March 2025 |url= https://onemileatatime.com/news/amsterdam-schiphol-airport-curfew-private-jet-ban/}}</ref>