Summary

Introduction

In 2018, Schiphol was connected to 327 destinations worldwide. 108 Airlines offered their services, moving a total of 71.1 million passengers (+3.7% more than previous year), 1.7 million tonnes of freight (-2.5%). The number of commercial air transport movements reached close to its maximum of 500,000 movements, namely 499,444 movements (+0.5%).

Traffic and transport summary

2018

Compared to
2017 in %

Air transport movements (excl. general aviation)

499,444

0.5%

- scheduled services

486,934

1.4%

- non-scheduled services

12,510

-23.3%

- passenger services

483,502

1.0%

- full-freighter services

15,942

-10.4%

General aviation

18,293

4.1%

Total air transport movements (incl. general aviation)

517,737

0.7%

Passenger transport (incl. transit-direct 1x)

71,053,147

3.7%

- scheduled services

69,497,877

4.8%

- non-scheduled services

1,555,270

-28.6%

- domestic

970

0.4%

- europe

49,986,644

2.7%

- intercontinental

21,065,533

6.1%

Transit-direct passengers

96,553

-15.5%

Passenger transport (excl. transit-direct)

70,956,594

3.7%

Freight transport (tonnes)

1,716,497

-2.5%

- inbound

877,682

-3.0%

- outbound

838,816

-2.0%

- passengers services

737,710

4.1%

- full-freighter services

978,787

-7.0%

Mail transport (tonnes)

21,486

-16.8%

Air transport movements annual totals
Passenger transport annual totals
Freight transport annual totals

Traffic and transport summary per continent

Air transport
movements

compared to
2017 in %

Passengers
(incl. Transit-direct)

compared to
2017 in %

Cargo (tonnes)

compared to
2017 in %

E.U.1

345,748

1.0%

42,140,104

2.8%

60,978

-8.9%

Rest of Europe

60,501

-2.9%

7,847,510

2.5%

177,870

-2.3%

Total Europe

406,249

0.4%

49,987,614

2.7%

238,848

-4.1%

North America

29,752

3.1%

7,293,444

8.9%

298,957

-2.8%

Latin America

12,576

4.0%

3,355,957

6.6%

211,560

5.8%

Africa

15,002

1.7%

2,956,186

7.2%

165,763

0.1%

Middle East

12,384

-4.4%

2,433,313

-0.4%

199,265

-9.6%

Asia

23,481

0.8%

5,026,633

4.5%

602,104

-2.7%

Total intercontinental

93,195

1.3%

21,065,533

6.1%

1,477,649

-2.3%

Grand total

499,444

0.5%

71,053,147

3.7%

1,716,497

-2.5%

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