Major Airports in the Netherlands

The Netherlands runs one of the most concentrated aviation networks in Europe. A single airport — Amsterdam Airport Schiphol — handles the overwhelming majority of the country’s passengers and ranks among the busiest hubs on the continent, home to flag carrier KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and a vast global route network. Around it sit four much smaller airports — Eindhoven, Rotterdam The Hague, Maastricht Aachen and Groningen Eelde — that focus on low-cost, leisure and cargo flying.

✈️ See also: Most Active Airlines in Netherlands — which carriers fly the most routes from the Netherlands, mapped.

Below we map and rank the Netherlands’ major airports by the number of nonstop destinations each one serves, drawn from live route data on AirportRoutes. Because the figures come from observed flight data — a large sample rather than a complete published timetable — we treat them as a strong guide to relative connectivity rather than exact, official totals.

Which Dutch airports have direct flights to the US?

Long-haul flying in the Netherlands is concentrated almost entirely at Schiphol. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the hub of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and, together with its SkyTeam joint-venture partner Delta Air Lines, flies nonstop to around 15 US cities — among them New York, Newark, Atlanta, Boston, Houston, Minneapolis, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Washington, Miami and Orlando.

None of the country’s other airports run scheduled flights to the United States. Eindhoven, Rotterdam The Hague, Maastricht and Groningen focus on Europe, Turkey and Mediterranean holiday destinations — so a transatlantic trip from anywhere in the Netherlands almost always starts at Schiphol.

A closer look at the Netherlands’ airports

✈️ Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)

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Schiphol is the Netherlands’ main gateway and one of Europe’s busiest airports, sitting just southwest of Amsterdam on reclaimed land below sea level. It is the home hub of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and a major SkyTeam hub, handling almost all of the country’s long-haul and intercontinental traffic.

Serving Amsterdam, AMS reaches about 206 regularly-served nonstop destinations, including roughly 128 intercontinental routes — one of the widest networks of any airport in Europe. Top destinations include Alicante, Paris, Málaga, Manchester and Düsseldorf.

Main airlines: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Transavia, easyJet, Delta Air Lines, TUI fly. See the full route map for AMS on AirportRoutes →

💡 Eindhoven Airport (EIN)

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Eindhoven is the Netherlands’ second-busiest airport, in the southern province of North Brabant at the heart of the country’s tech and design region. It is a low-cost and leisure airport, with Ryanair, Transavia and Wizz Air driving most of its traffic.

Serving Eindhoven, EIN reaches about 74 regularly-served nonstop destinations across Europe and the Mediterranean, including holiday routes to Spain, Portugal and Turkey. Top destinations include London, Málaga, Alicante, Budapest and Valencia.

Main airlines: Ryanair, Transavia, Wizz Air, TUI fly. See the full route map for EIN on AirportRoutes →

🚢 Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)

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Close to the great port city of Rotterdam and the seat of government in The Hague, this compact airport mixes business and leisure flying. It is a Transavia base focused on European city and holiday routes.

Serving Rotterdam and The Hague, RTM reaches about 47 regularly-served nonstop destinations, mostly across Europe with leisure flights to Spain, Portugal and Turkey. Top destinations include London, Alicante, Málaga, Faro and Istanbul.

Main airlines: Transavia, TUI fly, Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress. See the full route map for RTM on AirportRoutes →

📦 Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST)

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In the far south near the German and Belgian borders, Maastricht Aachen is better known for freight than for passengers. It is one of the Netherlands’ main cargo airports and a centre for aircraft maintenance, with only a handful of scheduled and seasonal passenger flights.

Serving Maastricht, MST has around 9 regularly-served nonstop passenger destinations, mostly seasonal and leisure routes such as Istanbul, Copenhagen, Alicante and Bari. The long-haul carriers that show up in its data — names like Emirates and Royal Jordanian — operate freighters here, not passenger flights.

Main passenger airlines: Ryanair, Wizz Air, Corendon Airlines. See the full route map for MST on AirportRoutes →

🏖️ Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ)

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Groningen Eelde is the main airport of the northern Netherlands, a small regional field that runs mostly seasonal holiday charters and a few regional links, connecting the north of the country to sunshine destinations.

Serving Groningen, GRQ has a small, largely seasonal network of regularly-served routes. Top destinations include Gran Canaria, Antalya, Guernsey and Palma de Mallorca.

Main airlines: TUI fly, Corendon Airlines. See the full route map for GRQ on AirportRoutes →

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