The ICAO should not be confused with the International Air Transport Association ( IATA ), a trade organization for airlines also headquartered in Montreal, or with the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation ( CANSO ), an organization for Air Navigation Service Providers ( ANSPs ) with its headquarters at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands.

Air Traffic Control Towers ( ATCTs ) at Schiphol Airport

* A DC-3 registered OO-AUX ( which SABENA had leased from Delta Air Transport ) was damaged beyond repair in a ground accident at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on 9 May 1970.

Passengers boarding a Maersk Air UK Canadair RJ200, operating for BA Express, at Amsterdam Schiphol in 2000

Kalitta Air Boeing 747 landing at Schiphol

Air traffic controller at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 in crossover CP Air livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in 1988

** A member of the Japanese Red Army and four members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijack Japan Air Lines Flight 404, a Boeing 747-246B with 140 other people on board, shortly after it takes off from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands for a flight to Anchorage, Alaska, en route a final destination of Tokyo International Airport, Tokyo, Japan.

* Delta Air Lines ( DL ) uses Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ( ATL ), Salt Lake City International Airport ( SLC ), Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport ( CVG ), John F. Kennedy International Airport ( JFK ), LaGuardia Airport ( LGA ), Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport ( MSP ), Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport ( DTW ), Memphis International Airport ( MEM ), Amsterdam Schiphol Airport ( AMS ), Tokyo's Narita International Airport ( NRT ), and Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport ( CDG ).

In its early years, Delta Air Transport offered up to 4 daily scheduled flights between its then base at Antwerp Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on behalf of KLM ( the contract lasted until 1997, when DAT had become a wholly owned Sabena subsidiary ), as well as a limited number of routes to the neighboring countries.

400 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers of the United States Army Air Forces dropped 800 tons of K-rations during May 1 – 3, on Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

Schiphol is an important European airport, ranking as Europe ’ s 4th busiest and the world's 14th busiest by total passenger traffic in 2011.

The air traffic control tower at Schiphol in 1960

However concerns regarding aircraft noise from local communities, a complicated airspace structure and a slower growth of traffic at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, which it is to function as a reliever airport to, has delayed these plans.

Since early 2003, a special law court with prison facilities has been operational at Schiphol airport.

Schiphol is equipped with 18 double jetway gates in preparation for airlines introducing the Airbus A380.

Schiphol opened on 16 September 1916 as a military airbase, with a few barracks and a field serving as platform and runways.

However, with several direct trains per hour from the railway stations Hollands Spoor and Centraal, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is more frequently used by people travelling to and from The Hague by air.

Middelburg has a railway station with intercity train connections to Vlissingen, Goes, Roosendaal, Rotterdam, The Hague, Leiden, Schiphol International Airport and Amsterdam, among others.

Ede-Wageningen is the main station with services to Alkmaar, Amersfoort, Amsterdam, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Arnhem, Barneveld, Den Helder and Utrecht.

The demolition was necessary for the construction of the provincial road ( Mayor Of Sonweg ) from Amstelveen to Schiphol, with a swing bridge over the circular canal of the Haarlemmermeer.

Nederlandse Spoorwegen, the largest Dutch railway company, serves the municipality with three stations: Hoofddorp ( Also situated on the HSR but no stop ), Nieuw-Vennep, and Schiphol ( which is an High-Speed-Rail Station )

The disadvantage of this is for foreign users, as none of the machines accept banknotes, and most also do not accept credit cards or non-SEPA debit cards ( with the exception of those at Schiphol and Amsterdam Centraal ).

In terms of the number of served passengers it is the second largest airport in the Netherlands, with 2. 65 million passengers in 2011 ( well behind Schiphol, which serves more than 49 million passengers ).

Initially intended to be a much larger set light rail network, with branches to Leiderdorp, the district Ridderfeld in Alphen and Schiphol.

In addition to firmly establishing itself as the airport's and West Berlin's leading charter airline, it also operated scheduled services linking Tegel with Amsterdam Schiphol, Saarbrücken and London Gatwick, its main operating base.

The airline, with its head office, the Convair Building, on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Schiphol-Oost, Haarlemmermeer, operates short haul services in Europe on behalf of the mother company, KLM.

The aircraft then flies to Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, refuels, and returns to Helsinki for more ransom money from the newspaper before flying on to Oulu, where he releases his final three hostages in exchange for a chauffered limousine ride home and 24 hours alone with his wife.

* November 28 – KLM Flight 1673, a Boeing 737-406 with 146 people on board, suffers a landing gear failure during its takeoff roll at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, veers off the runway, and crashes.

The nearest airport is Cardiff International, with hourly service to Amsterdam Schiphol, reached via either road or rail.

Home to various mainports, transport is an important issue in the Randstad, with the port of Rotterdam, and Schiphol airport.

Three security scanners using millimeter waves were put into use at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on 15 May 2007, with more expected to be installed later.

* Amsterdam Sloterdijk – at ground level is the railway from Amsterdam to Haarlem and Zaandam, with branches to Alkmaar and Purmerend / Hoorn ; at elevated level is the railway from Amsterdam to Schiphol Airport, thence to Leiden and The Hague.

Along with a long history of flights to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via KLM Cityhopper ( formerly KLM UK ), it offers flights to various destinations in the United Kingdom and Europe.

In 2010, 65. 9 % of passengers using the airport flew to and from Europe, 11. 7 % to and from North America and 8. 8 % to and from Asia ; cargo volume was mainly between Schiphol and Asia ( 45 %) and North America ( 17 %).

Schiphol was the home base of Amsterdam Airlines, which ceased operations on 31 October 2011

The wayfinding signage at Schiphol was designed in 1991 by Paul Mijksenaar.

Schiphol's name is derived from a former fortification named Fort Schiphol which was part of the Stelling van Amsterdam defence works.

A new factory was built next to Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam in 1951.

In 1852 the Haarlemmermeer polder was reclaimed and the " Fort at the Schiphol " was created as a defense for the capital Amsterdam.

" Fort at the Schiphol " was a separating ditch between Aalsmeer and Amstelveen, and named after a piece of land from Amstelveen.

Schiphol Fort was demolished in 1934.

After World War II Amstelveen caught a portion of Amsterdam's housing shortage, and was also a member of the municipality of Schiphol.

In 1917 a military airport was built near the old fort of Schiphol.

After Stockholm's airport, Schiphol was the second airport in Europe to have hardened runways, in 1937 – 1938.

In 1981, Hoofddorp was connected by rail for the second time, this time to Leiden and Schiphol Airport as a part of the Schiphollijn.

In 2002, Hoofddorp was connected to Haarlem, Schiphol Airport and Amsterdam Zuidoost by the high quality bus line Zuidtangent.

In early 1991, a 19-year-old Ray Slijngaard was working as a chef at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.

Its main base was Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam.

The international terminal was modelled after Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

Krekar was arrested in the Netherlands at Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam in September 2002, after Iran denied him entry and sent him back to Europe.

Laker's European Skytrain plans were opposed by BCal, which was keen to expand its European network beyond routes linking Gatwick with Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol, Brussels National ( Zaventem ) and Genoa.

Previously Transavia's head office was in the Building Triport III at Schiphol Airport.

It was concluded from Munir's autopsy and eye witnesses during the trial, that he had died two hours before arrival in Schiphol, Amsterdam.

Munir was treated by a doctor on board the plane but pronounced dead a short time before the plane landed at Amsterdam ’ s Schiphol airport.