Amsterdam Schiphol Statistics 2026

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Amsterdam Schiphol passenger data didn’t start off as well as the airport hoped for 2026. January saw a 9% dip in passenger traffic and that was way before all the Middle East instability became a thing. Additionally in 2025 the airport fell short of 70 million passengers due to the government imposed slot ceiling being hit in the final months.

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Amsterdam Schiphol Statistics For 2026

YearMonthNumber of PassengersNumber of PAX FlightsCargo TonnesEurope PAXNorth AmericaSouth AmericaAfricaMiddle EastFar East
2026January4,365,42031,354112,5142,813,910427,781329,933249,022201,536343,238
2026February
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2026December
Total4,365,42031,354112,5142,813,910427,781329,933249,022201,536343,238

Schiphol Statistics Over The Years

Total passenger volume chart for Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (2023-2026) showing the impact of capacity constraints.
Passenger traffic growth at AMS peaking in 2025, followed by the January 2026 contraction due to strict flight movement caps.

2025 Passenger Data

YearMonthNumber of PassengersNumber of PAX FlightsCargo TonnesEurope PAXNorth AmericaSouth AmericaAfricaMiddle EastFar East
2025January4,804,06035,050104,3553,240,908486,134299,169249,479196,598331,718
2025February4,693,26634,339108,8793,288,773413,496270,784232,715188,667298,831
2025March5,324,55038,870131,6453,772,351538,828293,076221,553179,196319,546
2025April5,825,95340,363116,6954,175,041654,908277,509210,537191,031316,927
2025May6,089,84342,674122,7084,438,586684,339271,084200,038182,188313,582
2025June6,032,88840,737104,1954,381,736714,259261,674203,768154,973316,118
2025July6,552,45143,320114,3254,729,405737,505291,963238,306213,599341,578
2025August6,621,92043,616118,3414,742,803749,186293,190251,286226,323359,132
2025September6,094,40941,374118,6854,417,434657,001270,660217,228191,530340,556
2025October6,230,11542,007131,5434,457,240656,267295,934249,913219,875350,886
2025November5,215,34436,590129,2873,624,822498,345308,844243,665210,364329,304
2025December5,286,79337,535128,1983,606,217546,595329,584256,087217,723330,421
Total68,771,592476,4751,428,85648,875,3167,336,8633,463,4712,774,5752,372,0673,618,178

2025 ended with Amsterdam Schiphol falling short of the 69 million passenger mark. The issue here isn’t the physical capacity of the airport, but the government imposed yearly aircraft movement caps.

Amsterdam Schiphol is capped at approximately 480,000 aircraft movements per year. That means that the airport has to carefully plan when to allocated capacity and the end of the year generally sees heavy throttling to avoid breaking through the imposed limits.

The centrality of Amsterdam as an European aviation hub is further put into jeopardy by the intention of green strands of the government to axe an additional 20,000 flights per year.

View from the aircraft with a KLM wing while taxiing at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
KLM wing view while taxiing at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

How Did Amsterdam Airport Wrap Up 2024?

YearMonthNumber of PassengersNumber of PAX FlightsCargo Tons
2024January4,543,87935,050118,253
2024February4,626,93935,103121,853
2024March5,226,12938,223136,492
2024April5,470,43239,141117,657
2024May5,975,69442,043122,510
2024June5,958,31440,857121,648
2024July6,301,05842,452128,192
2024August6,417,53943,118126,833
2024September6,031,43541,778129,351
2024October6,039,66342,005130,295
2024November5,071,18636,588120,293
2024December5,164,85735,698120,017
Total66,827,125472,0561,493,394

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Alex Achille

Ex Emirates Cabin Crew and long time aviation enthusiast. I can remember loving aviation and planes since I was a very little boy. I have developed my passion into a deep knowledge of the sector and industry to offer on my sites in depth and precise analyses of what is going on. I also completed cabin crew training with Ryanair, however, I never worked for the company (more on that another time). Finally I also have taken flying lessons completing my first solo flights.