Aviation; monthly figures of Dutch airports

Edit table Show description
Airports Aircraft movements Cross-country flights (number) Aircraft movements Local flights (number) Commercial air traffic Flights All flights Total flights (number) Commercial air traffic Flights All flights Scheduled (number) Commercial air traffic Passengers Total passengers Total passengers (number) Commercial air traffic Cargo Total cargo Total cargo (ton) Commercial air traffic Mail Total mail Total mail (ton)
Total Dutch airports 131,400 22,948 121,540 119,108 16,631,380 352,146 1,811
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 112,389 1,457 108,923 107,777 14,821,822 344,879 1,811
Rotterdam The Hague Airport 6,672 6,235 3,468 2,971 413,625 0 0
Eindhoven Airport 8,341 0 8,109 7,928 1,366,732 0 0
Maastricht Aachen Airport 1,528 669 839 432 17,674 7,267 0
Groningen Airport Eelde 2,470 14,587 201 0 11,527 0 0
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


Data on flight movements, passengers, cargo and mail at Dutch airports.

Summary of the contents of the EU figure in this publication:
The composition of the European Union (EU-15) until 2004: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom.
In 2005 the European Union (EU-25) expanded with: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.
In 2007 Bulgaria and Romania have been added (EU-27).
In 2014 Croatia was added (EU-28).
As of February 2020 the United Kingdom has left the European Union.

Data available from:
Annual figures available from 1997; monthly figures available from January 1999.

Status of the figures:
The figures are final up to and including 2023, 2024 and for the current year are provisional.

Up to and including December 2020 the figures of EU countries include data for the UK. This to guarantee the comparability of the data. As of January 2021 data for the UK are included in the figures of "other Europe".

As of 8 November 2022 the figures for Eindhoven airport for the reporting period April, May and June 2022 have been adjusted as a result of additional information. As a result, the marginal totals for the months of April, May and June 2022 have also been adjusted.

Due to renovation work on the runway at Maastricht Aachen Airport, there was no air traffic at this airport from 8 May 2023 to 30 June 2023.

Changes as of 6 May 2025:
The figures for March 2025 and for the 1st quarter 2025 have been added.

When will figures become available?
The monthly figures are published as a rule 1 month after the end of the reporting month.

Description topics

Aircraft movements
Take-offs and landings:
Information concerning take-offs and landings is based on the so-called
'airport records' dispatched monthly to Statistics Netherlands by civil
airport authorities.
The number of aircraft movements is the sum of all take-offs and
landings together.
Cross-country flights
The number of take-offs and landings in the category 'cross-country
flights'; a cross-country flight takes off at one airport and lands at
another.
Local flights
The number of take-offs and landings in the category 'local flights';
a local flight takes off and lands at the same airport.
Commercial air traffic
Commercial air traffic:
All commercial air traffic by airlines transporting passengers, cargo and
mail for remuneration and for hire. Such flights can be classified as
follows:
- Scheduled flights:
Commercial cross-country flights along fixed routes and according to fixed
timetables.
- Non-scheduled flights:
Basically irregular commercial cross-country flights, e.g. charter
flights; taxi flights however are excluded.
Flights
The total of all arrivals and departures in commercial air traffic.
Flights can be classified as follows:
- Scheduled flights:
Commercial cross-country flights along fixed routes and according to fixed
timetables.
- Non-scheduled flights:
Basically irregular commercial cross-country flights, e.g. charter
flights; taxi flights however are excluded.
All flights
All arrivals and departures of airlines in commercial air traffic.
Total flights
Scheduled
Passengers
Transport of passengers in commercial air traffic. Also included are
persons employed by airlines and passengers travelling on free tickets.
Transit passengers (arriving and departing on the same aircraft) and
passengers on taxi flights are not included.
Total passengers
The total number of passengers arriving and departing in commercial
air traffic.
Total passengers
Cargo
Transport of cargo in commercial air traffic, excluding mail and luggage.
Total cargo
The total weight of cargo in commercial air traffic, loaded and unloaded
at Dutch airports.
Total cargo
Mail
The total weight of mail in commercial air traffic, loaded and unloaded
at Dutch airports.
Total mail
The total weight of mail in commercial air traffic, loaded and unloaded
at Dutch airports.
Total mail