Our air traffic controllers decide which runway can be used based on weather conditions, traffic density, and the number of available runways. For safety reasons, aircraft take off and land into the wind as much as possible. In poor visibility, such as during fog, some runway combinations cannot be used for safety reasons.
Passing showers accompanied by thunder, rain or snow can also prevent us from using certain runways. The use of runways has been agreed with the government. This is done on the basis of a preferential order. We prefer to use the Kaagbaan and Polderbaan, as these cause less disturbance to neighbouring residents. Would you like to know which runway is currently in use at Schiphol?
You can see which runways are currently in use below. The data is updated every five minutes. Therefore, the runway usage shown may differ from the actual runway usage for a short period of time. You can also select a date and time in the past. To do this, click on the date and time.
