Car Hire in Schiphol Airport - Mini guide to Schiphol Airport

The Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the main airport in the Netherlands. The Schiphol Airport is located just twenty minutes southwest of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. The airport is a major European mainport, making it important for passenger and cargo throughput to London’s Heathrow Airport, Germany’s Frankfrut International Airport, and France’s Charles de Gaulle Airport. The stats from 2007 ranked Schiphol as the fifth largest number of passengers in a Euorpean airport. The airport saw more than 47 million passengers through the airport in 2007. It also handled more than a million tons of cargo, ranking it third in all of the European airports. It is one of only a few airports that have received a four star rating by Skytrax.

The airport have five main runways and one that is used for general aviation aircraft. There are plans in the works for a seventh runway at Schiphol. The large terminal is split into three smaller departure halls. There are plans for terminal expansion that would rid Schiphol of its one terminal concept, but plans have not been finalized yet. Ground transportation is great in this airport, there are buses and taxis avaliable outside the terminal. If you want to rent a car from the airport and drop it back off there when you leave then visit the car hire counters on arrival.

The airport began in 1916 as a military airbase, but moved to accommodating civil aircraft by December, 1920. Schiphol is the home base of the Royal Dutch Airlines, Martinair, and Transavia. It is also a hub for Northwest Airlines. Schiphol is also one of the lowest major commercial airports. With the air traffic control tower being 101 meters tall, the airport sits three meters below sea level.

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