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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS, EHAM) serves Amsterdam, Netherlands. Flights leaving AMS left an average of 20.1 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 79th least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 68.7 million passengers used it in the twelve months to May 2026, most often flying to or from Barcelona.

Delays at AMS

Average departure delay per flight: 20.1 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in January (32.3 min) and lightest in April (14.3 min).

Average departure delay per flight from AMS, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202520.7 min22,479
September 202526.0 min21,339
October 202524.4 min21,661
November 202516.6 min19,111
December 202518.6 min19,327
January 202632.3 min16,132
February 202616.9 min16,690
March 202614.7 min19,706
April 202614.3 min20,434
May 202617.1 min21,642
June 202620.7 min20,739
July 202619.6 min21,801

Air traffic flow restrictions held 6.8% of arrivals at AMS for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of weather (58% of those delay minutes).

Departure delay counts every cause, from the airline to air traffic control, and is measured against the scheduled time. Source: EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, summarised by TripStow. EUROCONTROL does not endorse TripStow.

Passengers at AMS

68,663,288 passengers used AMS in the twelve months to May 2026, on 451,547 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at AMS, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
June 20256,032,52839,410
July 20256,552,35641,918
August 20256,621,92042,248
September 20256,094,40939,969
October 20256,230,02940,382
November 20255,215,34435,491
December 20255,286,62736,051
January 20264,365,42029,963
February 20264,593,09030,906
March 20265,400,01736,627
April 20265,981,47338,156
May 20266,290,07540,426

Eurostat publishes airport figures a few months behind. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Busiest routes from AMS

  1. Barcelona (BCN)1,560,944 passengers
  2. London Heathrow (LHR)1,460,366 passengers
  3. Dublin (DUB)1,297,903 passengers
  4. Madrid (MAD)1,229,639 passengers
  5. Copenhagen Kastrup (CPH)1,159,509 passengers
  6. Paris (CDG)1,120,411 passengers
  7. Manchester (MAN)1,083,040 passengers
  8. Lisbon (LIS)1,044,889 passengers
  9. Dubai (DXB)991,087 passengers
  10. Malaga (AGP)912,397 passengers

Passengers in 2024, both directions together. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Amsterdam (AMS)?
Flights leaving AMS left an average of 20.1 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 79th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at AMS?
January 2026, when flights left an average of 32.3 minutes late; the lightest month was April 2026 (14.3 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at AMS?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At AMS in the last year the biggest cause was weather (58% of those minutes), then airport capacity (42%).

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