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Amsterdam Airport
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Luchthaven Schiphol (German Schiphol Airport) [ˈsxɪpɦɔl] (IATA code: AMS, ICAO code: EHAM) is the international commercial airport of the largest Dutch city, Amsterdam. With approximately 71 million passengers in 2019, it is the third busiest airport in Europe (after London Heathrow and Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle), and ranked 11th in the world in 2018.
Schiphol was commissioned as a military base on 16 September 1916. Here, smaller hangars served as airport buildings and a grassy area as a runway. Since civil aviation began on 17 December 1920, the airport has been called Schiphol. The place name Schiphol has been documented since 1447 (Sciphol) at the latest.
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