Rotterdam The Hague Airport

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Rotterdam The Hague Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/Operator Schiphol Group
Serves Rotterdam and The Hague
Location Zestienhoven, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Focus city for
Elevation  AMSL −14 ft / −4 m
Coordinates 51°57′25″N04°26′25″E / 51.95694°N 4.44028°E / 51.95694; 4.44028
Website rotterdamthehagueairport.nl
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Location of airport in Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands
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Statistics (2019)
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Sources: AIP, [1] 2019 Annual Facts & Statistics Report (PDF, Dutch) [2]

Rotterdam The Hague Airport (formerly Rotterdam Airport, Vliegveld Zestienhoven in Dutch), ( IATA : RTM, ICAO : EHRD) is a minor international airport serving Rotterdam, the Netherlands' second largest city, and The Hague, its administrative and royal capital. It is located It is located 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi; 3.0 nmi) north northwest [1] of Rotterdam in South Holland and is the third busiest airport in the Netherlands.

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The airport handled over 2.1 million passengers in 2019 and features scheduled flights to European metropolitan and leisure destinations. It is also used extensively by general aviation and there are several flying clubs, a skydiving club and a flight training school located at the airport.

History

Early years

After World War II, the Dutch government decided that a second national airport was needed in addition to Schiphol. Rotterdam had previously had an airport before the war; Waalhaven airport, but it was heavily damaged in the German bombing of Rotterdam, and was later completely destroyed to prevent it from being used by the Germans. Reconstruction of the airport was not a realistic proposition, so a new location was found in the Zestienhoven polder, giving the airport its original name. [3]

Construction of the airport began in August 1955 and the airport was officially opened in October 1956. Several large international airlines, such as Swissair, Lufthansa, Air France, Channel Airways, and British Air Ferries (Channel Air Bridge) were soon operating to Rotterdam. However, in the 1970s plans were made to either close or move the airport to make space for housing. Its uncertain future halted the airport's growth and led to many operators leaving. [3]

Development since the 1990s

For almost thirty years the airport faced closure, but the economic growth of the 1990s caused an increase in passengers again, and in 2001 it was decided that the airport's current location would be maintained for at least a century.

The route with the longest continual service, to London Heathrow and operated by KLM Cityhopper, was suspended in 2008. This marked the end of KLM's involvement with the airport. However, in December 2012, British Airways began a service to Rotterdam from Heathrow. [4] In October 2014, British Airways announced they would suspend the route again in March 2015. [5] British Airways now flies to Rotterdam from London City Airport. [6]

The name of the airport was changed from Zestienhoven to Rotterdam Airport and finally in 2010 to its current name Rotterdam The Hague Airport.

Most flights today are operated by smaller mainline jets such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 series or the Embraer 190. There is also a fair amount of business aviation. State and military aircraft also use the airport frequently, due to its proximity to The Hague, the seat of the Dutch government and various international institutions such as the International Criminal Court. [7] With the closure of nearby Ypenburg Airport in 1992 and Valkenburg Naval Air Base in 2006, Rotterdam The Hague Airport is now the only remaining airport in the area.

The airport experienced significant growth in the 2010s, doubling passenger numbers from 1,000,858 in 2010 to 2,133,976 in 2019.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Rotterdam/The Hague: [8]

AirlinesDestinations
Blue Islands Seasonal charter: Guernsey, Jersey [9]
British Airways London–City
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Antalya, Kayseri [10]
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Al Hoceima [11]
Luxair Luxembourg (begins 27 October 2024) [12]
Pegasus Airlines Seasonal: Antalya, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Kayseri
Royal Air Maroc Seasonal: Nador, [13] Oujda, [13] Tangier [13]
SunExpress Seasonal: Antalya, [14] Izmir [15]
Transavia Al Hoceima, Alicante, Barcelona, Edinburgh, Faro, Fez, Gran Canaria, Lisbon, Málaga, Nador, Tenerife–South, Valencia
Seasonal: Almería, Bastia, [16] Bergamo, Bergerac, Brindisi, Chambéry, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Geneva, Girona, Grenoble, Heraklion, Ibiza, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Kos, Lanzarote, Montpellier, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Perugia, Pula, Rome–Fiumicino, Salzburg, Split, Tangier, Toulon, Zadar
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Casablanca, [17] [18] Nador [ citation needed ]
TUI fly Netherlands Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Marrakech, Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Antalya, Heraklion, Kittilä, [19] Kos, Kuusamo, [19] Rhodes, Sharm El Sheikh, Zakynthos

Statistics

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A Sabena de Havilland Heron at the airport in 1968
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Check-in area

Passenger numbers

Annual passenger traffic at RTM airport. See Wikidata query.
YearPassengersAircraft movements
20171,774,976 [20] Increase2.svg49,962 Decrease2.svg
20181,943,733 [21] Increase2.svg53,322 Increase2.svg
20192,133,976 [22] Increase2.svg52,439 Decrease2.svg
2020 [23] 497,078 Decrease2.svg38,653 Decrease2.svg
2021 [24] 764,061 Increase2.svg46,139 Increase2.svg
2022 [25] 2,133,708 Increase2.svg59,444 Increase2.svg

Busiest routes

Busiest routes from Rotterdam Airport (2016)
RankAirportPassengers 2016
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London City Airport 219,222
2 Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona–El Prat Airport 154,152
3 Flag of Spain.svg Málaga Airport 126,034
4 Flag of Portugal.svg Faro Airport 121,494
5 Flag of Spain.svg Alicante Airport 110,239
Source: http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/submitViewTableAction.do

Ground transport

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Meijersplein metro station

Bus

The airport is served by bus line 33, which runs between Rotterdam Centraal, the airport, and further to Meijersplein station. At Meijersplein, transfers are available to metro line E, with frequent service to Den Haag Centraal, Rotterdam Centraal and Rotterdam city center. [26]

Car

The airport is situated next to the busy A13/E19 motorway, which makes it easily accessible via car.

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ Annual Statistics 2010-2019 - Rotterdam The Hague Airport (PDF, Dutch)
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  18. ↑ "Flights to Casablanca".
  19. 1 2 "TUI fly in de winter van Rotterdam Airport naar Egypte en Lapland". 30 May 2022.
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